Meal and workshop — Join West End Neighbourhood Food Network’s Urban Garden Club and Village Vancouver at our monthly family friendly gatherings. Depending on what COVID protocols are in place at the time (if any), we’ll either invite you to bring a dish to share, or to bring your own meal and tableware (e.g. plate, eating utensils, etc.) Each month we present a short workshop on a different food and/or gardening related topic. This time the theme is Seed Saving. Free.
Sept 19, 2021 (Sunday) Thu 1 pm to 2:30 pm Location: *West End Community Centre Facility: Bidwell Room
Instructors: West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Village Vancouver
Meal and workshop — Join West End Neighbourhood Food Network and Village Vancouver as our monthly family friendly gatherings resume!. For now, we won’t be doing potlucks. Please bring your own food and tableware (e.g. plate, eating utensils, etc.) Each month we present a short workshop on a different food and/or gardening related topic. August – Saving Seeds.
Aug 26, 2021 Thu 6 pm to 7:30 pm Location: *West End Community Centre Facility: Off Site – KG Outdoor Basketball Courts
Instructors: West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Village Vancouver
Meal and workshop — Join West End Neighbourhood Food Network and Village Vancouver as our monthly family friendly gatherings resume!. For now, we won’t be doing potlucks. Please bring your own food and tableware (e.g. plate, eating utensils, etc.) Each month we present a short workshop on a different food and/or gardening related topic. June – Sugar Beets!
Sunday, June 20, 2021 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location: West End Community Centre Facility: Off Site – KG Outdoor Basketball Courts
We just received a large plant donation and will also be giving away plants.
Here’s a general idea of what we have: Veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, onions, squash, pumpkins, onions, cucumbers, peppers, cabbage, etc.), tomatoes, herbs (parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, lavender, basil, etc.) and flowers/landscaping plants (many varieties). Mostly plants are in small (4-6 inch) pots, and some 4 packs and larger plants as well. 4 packs and pots with multiple plants in them count as one plant. There may be a couple/few things which are no longer available.
Village Vancouver is doing a plant giveaway in front of McBride Fieldhouse on Friday June 18 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Parking is on 4th and 5th. You can get up to 8 plants.
We had many plans for 2020 and 2021, but COVID-19 had other plans. We have maintained our outdoor gardening activities, and things are starting to ramp up again, with special protocols to be safe.
Some items are in the West End Community Centre program, showing activities organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network, West End Urban Garden Club, and Village Vancouver.
Register online (www.vancouver.ca/westendrec) via keyword search, in person at WECC, or call WECC (604.257.8333).
Wed May 27, 6-7:30 pm – Early Summer Gardening (FULL, waiting list open)
Sun May 30, 9:30-10:15 am – Free Seeds for Gardening (FULL, waiting list open)
Sun May 30, 10:15-11 am – DIY Planter Box Giveaway (FULL, waiting list open)
Sun May 30, 11 am-12:30 pm – Community Meal, Gardening Workshop, and WE Urban Garden Club – Mini-workshop: “Growing Great Tomatoes“
Sun Jun 6, 10 am-noon – “Introduction to Vertical Gardening” (FULL, waiting list open)
Sun Jun 28, 11 am-12:30 pm – Community Meal, Gardening Workshop, and WE Urban Garden Club – Mini-workshop: “Sugar Beets!”
Limited space for all activities (10 persons max.) All activities are free for everyone, except for the Vertical Gardening workshop (which is free for seniors 50 and over. $13 for others).
More news – Our boxes at Robson Community Garden are doing great, with several gardeners participating. On the other hand, programming workshops, etc. over the last 6 months has been quite the challenge – organize, program, schedule, cancel or postpone and reschedule, postpone and reschedule again, etc. On May 27, we were actually able to run our 1st workshop at the community centre in over a year. On the basketball court behind the community centre. Sunday, May 30, we’re resuming the monthly meal (bring your own, not a potluck, also on the basketball court).
We had an extensive schedule of workshops planned in the 2020 winter and spring sessions, but COVID-19 had other plans. We had to put all our workshops at the West End Community Centre on pause in mid-March this year due when the community centre announced its closure for safety reasons.
But that did not stop us from being very active outdoors!
This year we launched nine raised garden beds at the Robson Community Garden (corner of Robson and Broughton Streets in the West End). They are being cultivated by an intergenerational and multi-cultural group of twelve gardeners from the WENFN Urban Garden Club, in cooperation with Village Vancouver.
We are hoping to resume our workshops, a combination of virtual on Zoom and in-person workshops, during the upcoming winter session as the community centre opens up gradually. We are watching for signs of hope for this.
We will also have new seeds available by mail after the New Year 2021. Stay tuned.
Another activity still ongoing is work to update our Urban Garden Calendar (second edition), aiming for completion soon.
We hope you have all been keeping safe and staying healthy during these trying times. Food growing is a healthy activity and we’ll do our best to keep these things going in 2021!
Great news! A full list of spring activities by West End Neighbourhood Food Network, West End Urban Garden Club, and Village Vancouver are now online in the West End Community Centre program. Download or view PDF online here.
Register online (www.vancouver.ca/westendrec), in person at WECC, or call WECC (604.257.8333).
From the West End Community Centre Winter Guide, events in March 2020.
Register online (www.vancouver.ca/westendrec), in person at WECC, or call WECC (604.257.8333).
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Gardening in Difficult Spaces NEW!
In this joint Village Vancouver-Village
Vancouver-WENFN West End Urban
Garden Club workshop with Mik Turje,
you’ll learn how to grow food in difficult
spaces, including growing in poor soil,
shady areas, small spaces, and other
challenging situations. We’ll have a community
seed library present – pick up
some free seeds for your garden, swap
or donate seeds.
Instructor: West End Food Network Sun Mar 8 1:00-3:00pm
255792 $13/1 sess
Barclay Room
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Community Potluck, Seed Library & Workshop
Join West End Neighbourhood Food
Network and Village Vancouver at our
monthly family friendly gatherings.
Bring something yummy, share some
good food and conversation with neighbours,
and pick up a West End Urban
Garden Calendar. We’ll have the community
seed library present – pick up
some free seeds for your garden, swap
or donate seeds or plants. Each month
we present a short workshop on a different
food and/or gardening related topic.
January – Exploring Responses to the
Climate Emergency (share actions you’re
taking, especially ones which others
can also take), February – Mason Bees,
March – Passive Houses, Followed by the
West End Urban Garden Club (separate
registration required).
Instructor: West End Food Network Sun Mar 15 1:00-2:30pm
255786 Free
Barclay Room Continue reading →
Garlic’s easy to grow, can thrive in small spaces, and tastes great homegrown! In
this joint Village Vancouver-WENFN West End Urban Garden Club workshop with
Rhiannon Johnson, we’ll cover different types of garlic, soil, planting, care, and
what to expect. You’ll learn how to grow garlic in your garden or containers and
take home some garlic cloves to plant. We’ll have a community seed library
present – pick up some free seeds for your garden, swap or donate seeds.
Instructor: West End Food Network
Sun Feb 9, 2020. 1:00-3:00pm
Event 255790
Cost – $13/1 sess
Barclay Room, West End Community Centre
Join Village Vancouver and West End Neighbourhood Food Network in discussing practical responses to the climate emergency. For this gathering, we’re particularly interested in actions you’re taking, especially ones which others can also take. Facilitated by Ross Moster. We’ll have a community seed library present – pick up some free seeds
for your garden, swap or donate seeds.
Exploring Responses will also meet on Wednesday, February 12 – come to one or both (separate registration required.)
Instructor: West End Food Network
Sat Feb 1 10:30am-12:30pm – Event 255788 Free
Wed Feb 12 6:30-8:30pm – 255840 Free
West End Community Centre, Meeting Room 2
Microgreens are tasty and nutritious greens that can be eaten as a fresh snack
or added to salads, smoothies, soups and more. In this Village Vancouver
and WENFN West End Urban Garden Club workshop with Dr. Yael Stav, you’ll
learn how to grow your own trays of microgreens at home year-round. We’ll
look at the difference between sprouts and microgreens, review the many
possible seeds that can be used for starting microgreens, and look into troubleshooting common problems. You’ll prepare your own microgreen tray to take home! Supplies included. We’ll have a community seed library present – pick up some free seeds for your garden, swap or donate seeds.
Instructor: West End Food Network
Sun Jan 26 2:00-3:30 pm
255787 $13/1 session
Barclay Room
From the West End Community Centre Winter Guide, events in March 2020.
