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April 15, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm – Roundhouse Community Centre- Yaletown (Canada Line) H-aloha Friends, I am picking-up plants from Robin Wheeler who runs a nursery with a selection of 50+ plants at fair-prices, suited for any garden including edible landscaping, forest gardening and… Organized by Yee Tong | Type: plant, delivery/permaculture, meetup, event
May 8, 2010 from 10am to 4pm – Botanical Garden Parking Lot Saturday, May 8, 2010 10 am to 4 pm Located in the Botanical Garden Parking Lot. Admission by donation Perennial Plant Sale Latest News Last updated: 1 May 2009 at 5:02pm Perennial Plant Sale (… Organized by UBC Botanical Garden | Type: plant, sale, ubc
May 8, 2010 from 10am to 1pm – Sophia and 28th (Cityview Baptist Church) On Saturday, May 8, come enjoy the hundreds of plants available at excellent prices at Seed to Sky Garden Club's annual plant sale. Round out your garden in time for the Victoria Day planting weekend… Organized by Shamir Bhatia | Type: plant, sale
September 16, 2010 at 11am to September 17, 2010 at 6pm – UBC Botanical Garden “Detoxify your home” with hundreds of unusual indoor plants, herbs and flowers at Student Friendly prices! Free entry and onsite parking Bus C-20 from the UBC bus loop Sorry NO dogs on Site Free Ga… Organized by Friends of the UBC Botanical Garden | Type: ubc, endowment, lands, plant, sale, &, garden, tours
May 1, 2011 at 6:30pm to May 5, 2011 at 8pm – Jericho Beach, Stanely Park, Burnaby Lake, Cumosun Bog. Community Garden What do you see in the green? Identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver This class is all about identifying edible and medicinal plants around Vancouver. Using some basic botany, stude… Organized by garliq | Type: plant, identification, course, educational, food, security, diy, self, sufficency, connection, to, earth
May 12, 2012 from 10am to 1pm – 2720 turner, back lane The original! 4th annual very local plant and seed exchange, Slocan and Turner streets, and close neighbours, others welcome. Kids welcome : we will have a tiny pond for them to play in. Baked goods,… Organized by Beth Hutchinson, Melanie Conn, Jill Whitelaw | Type: hasting, sunrise, neighbourhood, plant, exchange
July 5, 2012 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm – Eternal Abundance An important immune booster! A delicious digestive tonic! A help to your heart. A wonderful warmth. Fire Cider is all this and more. This old folk tonic has been used for everything from high blood p… Organized by Alexandra Brigham, Garliq Herbalista | Type: grandview-woodlands, herbalism, fermentation, urban, foraging, plant, identification, gardening
May 4, 2013 from 11am to 2pm – in the lane between Georgia and Turner St (2700 block) in Vancouver. Greetings everyone, It is time for our 4th plant and seed exchange. Join us on Saturday May 4th, 2013 between 11-2 in the lane between Georgia and Turner St (2700 block) in Vancouver. This year we… Organized by Beth, Jill, Melanie, Benita, Dawn, Renata | Type: hastings, sunrise, plant, and, seed, exchange
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Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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