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June 20, 2015 from 12pm to 6pm – Denman Join us for WE Car Free Day. We'll have a seed library there - you can get some free seeds for your garden, or swap or donate some seeds. Find out what's going on with VV have information about VV an… Organized by VV and WENFN | Type: west end, car , ree, day", wenfn
June 4, 2015 at 10am to June 25, 2015 at 12:30pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden **NOTE: This class runs every Thursday for four weeks. Capture the summer season using watercolour, with VanDusen’s summer flowers and foliage as inspiration. We will explore a variety of techniques… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: watercolour, painting, garden
June 6, 2015 at 10am to June 27, 2015 at 12pm – West End Community Centre Every Saturday our volunteers receive food scraps from hundreds of the 45,000 residents in the West End. The take since June 2012 now totals over 50 tonnes of food scraps for composting to be recycle… Organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Recycling Alternative, and Village Vancouver | Type: west end, compost, food scraps
June 16, 2015 at 5:45pm to July 7, 2015 at 7pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden **NOTE classes run every Tuesday for four weeks. Enjoy yoga outdoors, under the trees. This class will practice gentle yoga postures, breathing techniques and plenty of deep relaxation. Suitable for… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: yoga, garden, vandusen
June 20, 2015 from 10am to 2pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden See the world from a new perspective through the lens of your camera. The term bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke, meaning “blur” or “haze”. Using the lively early-summer garden, Jenni will teac… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: photography, bokeh, vandusen
June 20, 2015 from 10am to 12pm – VV Permaculture plot at Cottonwood Community Garden Join us for our weekly work parties (mostly on weekends) at our plot at Cottonwood Community Garden. It's fun, it's educational - no experience necessary, we teach you. RSVP here or to ross@villagev… Organized by Ross Moster, Jill Ineson, and Village Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks | Type: strathcona, permaculture, gardening, potluck, learning opportunity, cottonwood community garden
June 20, 2015 from 10am to 12pm – Second beach parking lot Watch Matthew Beatty, certified arborist, climb the old trees of Stanley Park to investigate the ecological systems sustained in their canopies. Using rope and ecologically sensitive climbing techniq… Organized by Celina Starnes | Type: nature, outdoor
June 20, 2015 from 1pm to 2:30pm – Kits, please RSVP for location Village maintains Green Street garden space in Kits. Join us for our weekly work party. New volunteers welcome. No experience necessary. RSVP/info: ross@villagevancouver.ca. Date/time TBC. Organized by Ross Moster and Kits Village | Type: kits, gardening, collaborative gardens, community gardens, green, spaces", permaculture, pollinators
June 20, 2015 from 1pm to 3pm – Stanley Park Nature House Many of our province’s biggest trees are actually in Stanley Park. Join Shaun Muc, member of the Big Tree Registry, as we tour some of the Park’s giants. We’ll also explore the processes of forest su… Organized by Celina Starnes | Type: nature, outdoor, education
June 20, 2015 from 2pm to 4pm – The Roundhouse Community Centre Theatre A hosted conversation between geographer Dr. Lenore Newman, bee expert Dr. Mark Winston, artist Shirley Wiebe and the Sidewalk Cellist Clara Shandler will make this a fascinating conversation to list… Organized by Sharon Kallis | Type: yaletown:, roundtable, dialogue
June 20, 2015 from 3pm to 5:30pm – Kits, near beach Our 5th season. New Volunteers welcome, no experience necessary. Please contact for us for details at ross@villagevancouver.ca. Date/time TBC Organized by Kits Village Collaborative Garden | Type: kits, gardening, collaborative garden, community garden
June 20, 2015 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Stanley Park Dining Pavilion Explore the ecology and conservation status of the most spectacular temperate rainforests in Canada with Ken Wu from the Ancient Forest Alliance. Photographer TJ Watt will share his striking images o… Organized by Celina Starnes | Type: presentation, nature, education
Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.
Regular activities:
Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).
Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th
Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID
Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.
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