Education & Workshop Provider
To discover and propagate interesting and uncommon plant varieties and to trial new species for the Edmonton climate.
What makes this organization sustainable?
Interested in perennial plant productions. Specifically for producing plants.
Spruce Permaculture has been operating in Edmonton and area since 2016 and has delivered dozens of regenerative landscape designs and installations to sustainability-minded households.
Our mission is to help Edmontonians to live in harmony with ecology, grow their own food, and create beautiful spaces using the philosophy of permaculture. We offer comprehensive Permaculture landscaping consultations, landscape design and installation services in-house. We design and build indoor food systems such as hydroponics, aeroponics and aquaponics. We deliver workshops on permaculture, gardening, composting, food forestry, hydroponics and more. We also offer permaculture garden products like rain barrels, composters, bat boxes, mushroom logs and heirloom tomatoes!
Send us a message and start growing food not lawns with Spruce Permaculture!
Beecentric Hive supports a small scale, bee-centered approach to keeping honeybees.
We share our land with folks who want to grow and produce food sustainably. We connect folk to their food, weaving their capacities in a community of mentors and apprentices.
What makes this organization sustainable?
Our Soil is the foundation of all food grown here. All impacts we can consider are shared with wildlife as well as domestic animals and garden spaces. Regenerative Agriculture is our main goal but in a framework of traditional, low impact skills.
Earth Friendly Farming of vegetables, berries, microgreens and garlic.
Healthy Soil~Healthy Food~Healthy Humans
We practice whole system, Permaculture approaches, agroecological methods and prioritize holistic, healthy work practices.
Growing the next generation of regenerative farmers.
We are a network of new and aspiring farmers who want to steward the land and grow food for local communities. We create online content and host events centered around regenerative farming practices and building a vibrant community of young farmers.
Permaculture Design, gardening, clean energy, tree care, rights of nature, decarbonization.
A collaboration between community members focusing on local ecology.
Detoxification
I grow most of my own food, compost, keep bees, and continually strive to improve the energy efficiency of my home. I have no outside income. My home sustains me. I am interested to teach people how to reduce their bills and live cheaper.
Farming the land to produce quality food – Naturally raised animals & crop rotations.
We use vacant lots and yards to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers for hyper-local consumption. Pay-what-you-want pricing for all of our produce enables community members to support each other in accessing nutritious, fresh food. We are a low-waste and low-carbon emission enterprise. We care about building community and skills around food, reducing food insecurity and creating a localized and sustainable food system.
Most of our food is not transported – we sell directly to the communities surrounding the garden and try to limit gas vehicle use and choose bikes instead for deliveries. We reuse grocery store packaging to eliminate plastic waste from our business and also use reusable bags or paper bags for our produce. We run a community compost station on-site for local residents to bring their food scraps and teach people how to compost and grow food. We don’t use gas-powered equipment in the garden and don’t use inorganic fertilizer or pesticides. We use a lot of reclaimed material and buy most equipment second hand. We always strive to encourage biodiversity in our garden.