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2012 East Van Coop Crawl & Hive Hop at East Vancouver

September 23, 2012 from 11am to 4pm
A self-guided tour of local chicken coops and bee hives in Vancouver's East Side from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, September 23rd.Maps will be distributed from designated locations on the day of the event and hosts will provide information and answer questions at each site. Sites will be grouped by location and participants will be encouraged to walk or bike or roll through their local neighbourhood.Organizers are looking for volunteers to help get the word out and host sites on the day of the event!…See More
Sep 21, 2012
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2012 East Van Coop Crawl & Hive Hop at East Vancouver

September 23, 2012 from 11am to 4pm
A self-guided tour of local chicken coops and bee hives in Vancouver's East Side from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, September 23rd.Maps will be distributed from designated locations on the day of the event and hosts will provide information and answer questions at each site. Sites will be grouped by location and participants will be encouraged to walk or bike or roll through their local neighbourhood.Organizers are looking for volunteers to help get the word out and host sites on the day of the event!…See More
Aug 10, 2012
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Katie L left a comment for Surya Govender
"Hi Surya, What a great idea! I'd love to get involved with this! I have neither hives nor coops but am a East Ender and a local chef with willing hands. Let me know if you're still looking for bodies to help out. Cheers, Katie"
Jul 30, 2012
Surya Govender replied to Alyssa K's discussion straw - July 2012 in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"A bale would be great (it's actually for my garden AND chickens)...anything I can do to help?"
Jul 24, 2012
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East Van Coop and Hive Crawl at East Vancouver

September 23, 2012 from 10am to 4pm
A self-guided tour of local chicken coops and bee hives in Vancouver's East Side from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, September 23rd.Maps will be distributed from designated locations on the day of the event and hosts will provide information and answer questions at each site. Sites will be grouped by location and participants will be encouraged to walk or bike or roll through their local neighbourhood.Organizers are looking for volunteers to help get the word out and host sites on the day of the event!…See More
Jul 19, 2012
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Surya Govender replied to Alyssa K's discussion straw - July 2012 in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"Hi Alyssa, We'd take a bale if that's still a possibility! Thanks! Surya 604-722-1424"
Jul 19, 2012
RossK replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Neighbourhood Food Networks
"Hi, My wife and I are super keen to help out if we can and to go on the tour itself. We would like to set up a hive or two in our garden, but have zero experience, so networking with local beekeepers would be fantastic! We make yogurt, kefir, kimchi…"
Jun 22, 2012
Surya Govender replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"Hi folks, Just wanted to let you know that our first organizing potluck will be on Thursday, June 28th - 6:30 to 9:30 (...ish, we'll probably wrap up sooner). Email me at thefindingprincess@yahoo.com for more info, if you think you can make it,…"
Jun 20, 2012
Jana Ronne replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Neighbourhood Food Networks
"Hello, We also have a coop, so we can be part of the crawl. Is there a tentative date? Jana"
Jun 12, 2012
Alyssa K replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"Hi Surya, Please send me a message and let me know how I can help! (I thought I already replied here, but I don't see my response). Alyssa"
Jun 5, 2012
Caitlin Dorward replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"Hi Surya There was also an East Vancouver Tour do Coop held last year, organized by Colleen Kimmett who is also Village member. There were six stops or so, we started near Hastings/Victoria I think, and made our way south, last stop around Broadway…"
Jun 5, 2012
Laura Arp replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"She is a member of VV as well. Her email is megan.e.adam@gmail.com."
Jun 1, 2012
Surya Govender added a discussion to the group Beekeeping Network
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First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl!

Hi there folks,As part of a "Compassionate Communities" project put on by Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House, a small group of people started talking about a way to visit and get to know others interested in edible gardens, chicken coops and bee hives. We came up with the idea of a "crawl" and applied for a Neighbourhood Small Grant...and got it! So now we have to organize the thing.Here's the email I just sent out to our current mailing list (see below). Especially after reading the post about a…See More
Jun 1, 2012
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Surya Govender replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"Great! We're thinking about September 23rd...but that's not confirmed for sure...would you be willing to give me your email address so I can contact you that way?...just trying to keep things as simple as possible! Thanks, Surya"
Jun 1, 2012
Surya Govender replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Chicken Coop Co-ops
"Thanks Laura - do you happen to have contact info for Megan? I'd love to get in touch with her!"
Jun 1, 2012
Alyssa K replied to Surya Govender's discussion First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl! in the group Neighbourhood Food Networks
"I can't be there on Tuesday but I am very interested in helping out. Please send me a private message. I can teach lacto-fermented vegetables, and I have a coop! Cheers, Alyssa"
Jun 1, 2012

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First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl!

Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:02am 0 Comments

Hey folks,

As part of a "Compassionate Communities" project put on by Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House, a small group of people started talking about a way to visit and get to know others interested in edible gardens, chicken coops and bee hives. We came up with the idea of a "crawl" and applied for a Neighbourhood Small Grant...and got it! So now we have to organize the thing.

Here's the email we just sent out to our current mailing list (see below). I'm hoping some of you…

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At 7:10am on July 30, 2012, Katie L said…

Hi Surya, What a great idea! I'd love to get involved with this! I have neither hives nor coops but am a East Ender and a local chef with willing hands. Let me know if you're still looking for bodies to help out. Cheers, Katie

At 11:31am on April 9, 2012, Ross Moster said…

Welcome to Village, Surya!

Cheers,

Ross

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