Container Gardening Workshop
Hosted by the Environmental Youth Alliance and the SFU Local Food Project
Wednesday, July 21 2010, 3-5pm
MBC 2290 | SFU Burnaby Campus
Map: http://www.sfu.ca/hp/about/maps.html
By donation*

Want to learn how to grow your own food?  Not sure where to start?  Looking for tips on how to grow fabulous fruits, veggies, and herbs in small spaces on a budget? Container gardening is great for folks who live in apartments, rental suites, or don't have a backyard garden to plant in. This session is sure to inspire you to get growing!

Topics will include: where to get cheap planters (and what size they should be), where to find the best soil for growing food in containers, what to plant and how to care for it, getting the most out of tiny and small spaces, growing food year round, and where to go for help. Participants should bring a willingness to get their hands dirty. Container Gardening Guide and your own plant to take home with you is included!

About the facilitator: Matthew Kemshaw has worked in the field of Urban Agriculture for several years and has been mentored by some of the Pacific Northwest's most respected community gardeners. His experience includes working with dozens of schools to strengthen or create their own schoolyard food garden, growing thousands of vegetable seedlings for giveaway in low income neighborhoods of Vancouver, working with Parks Victoria to develop Food Forests on city land, maintaining several community gardens in both Victoria and Vancouver, and designing and implementing horticultural therapy programs with the elderly and people suffering from addictions and/or mental health issues. Matthew has an incredible amount of passion and vision for urban agriculture in Western Canada.

Capacity: 20 participants (register early to reserve your space as this workshop will sell out fast!). Please note, if you sign up for the workshop, that means we are holding a space for you, so please do attend as we are expecting a waitlist!

This workshop is part of the Urban Agricultural Skills Training Workshop Series, generously supported by Vancity.

For information on our upcoming workshops, visit www.sfulocalfood.ca or join our mailing list by emailing info@sfulocalfood.ca with 'SUBSCRIBE' in the subject line.

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*What does by donation mean?  This means we're offering this workshop on a pay-as-you-can basis to make it accessible to students and folks on a budget.  Can't pay?  No worries - no one turned away due to lack of funds.  However, if you can afford to provide a donation,  please do so, as this will help offset programming costs and help us provide more workshops in the future!

Suggested donation: Students: $5-10; Staff/Faculty: $10-20

Cash and cheques made payable to the SFU Local Food Project are accepted at the event! :)