Mar 7-8 | Local Food Security and Starting your own Community Garden

This two-day interactive course will introduce you to the concepts and practice of community gardening in Vancouver.

A general history of community gardening will open the class.

Then the basics on how to plan and start your own community garden.

Then, a half day interactive workshop for each student’s unique “plan of action” towards starting a community garden in Vancouver.

The second day will include a field-trip to two community gardens in Vancouver via public transit.

Instructors:

Devorah Kahn, Food Policy Coordinator, City of Vancouver ;
Kathrine Richardson, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, UBC;
Polly Ng and Jing Niu, co-authors of Growing Gardens: A Resource Guide to Starting your Own Community Garden.

9 am–4:30 pm, $75 (GST included)

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