Most people in the lower mainland have heard about UBC Farm, but many probably haven’t yet heard about the Orchard Garden. The garden is in […] Read More
Category: urban agriculture
It was learning week at UBC this past week. Presumably we’re supposed to be learning all the time, but this week was special in that […] Read More
During our SFU tour last Friday and Saturday, we visited SoleFood’s new location on a parking lot at Pacific and Carrall. This large intensive urban […] Read More
Many of the courses and tours I’ve designed and delivered have included UBC Farm. In the past, I have enlisted one of the UBC Farm […] Read More
Fall festival season is upon us. I wrote about the Moon Festival coming up on Saturday, September 29th hosted by the Still Moon Arts Society. […] Read More
I’m a pretty big fan of bike art, so I was delighted to see these creative trellises at the Mt Pleasant Park Community Garden last […] Read More
I recently gave a compost workshop at the Evergreen’s City Hall community garden. In addition to walking through the compost basics, I recommended a procedure […] Read More
I attended a Vancouver Food Policy Council meeting this week. The topic was food scraps, so I was motivated to attend on a warm summer […] Read More
One of my neighbours and fellow Village Vancouver member is into bees. Mary Bennett is also into art and has found a way to marry […] Read More
I’m on a mission to install rodent resistant bins at every community garden in my neighbourhood. Last year, we built a wood and wire bin […] Read More