Do you want to learn more about growing food on your balcony, in your yard, in your community garden plot? We can help! There are resources available that we post on this page and also videos and How-To’s that we’ve produced using our community garden for inspiration.

West Coast Seeds: Sign up for their Urban Garden Series. Here are a few links and resources to help you grow your garden.

Linda Gilkeson’s gardening tips: For beginning gardeners see the class Master Gardeners, with the password: mgbasic  Click “Submit”.  There are two files. Part 2 has the section on growing food in containers and the second half of that file is a vegetable by vegetable guide

UBC Botanical Garden Forum: A place where people  ask specific growing questions.

Grow Green Guide: A great place to start when brainstorming gardening ideas. This guide helps you assess your space and light to help determine what vegetables and plants will be most successful

Canoe Creek Community Kitchen: A learning and sharing space, where like-minded folks come together to cook, preserve, and create using food as our medium. Now offering virtual cooking sessions!

Did you know that you can eat yarrow?

Yarrow can even stop nosebleeds! In this video, Métis herbalist and educator, Lori Snyder shares the many different qualities of this wonderful plant!

Making Incense Cones

In this video, Métis herbalist and educator, Lori Snyder, explains how you and your little one(s) can make your very own incense cones using local natural materials! These little cones smell absolutely lovely

Did you know that you can eat dandelions?

Dandelions are also a great source of food for our local pollinators! In this video, Métis herbalist and educator, Lori Snyder shares the many different qualities of this wonderful plant!

Let's join Madame Beespeaker in the garden for a creative sensory activity! All you need is a small chalkboard, chalk, and some treasures from the garden 🙂