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Spring Mushrooms

Instructor: Mike Schulz. Join expert Mike Schulz as we learn about the mushrooms of spring! Course includes a detailed presentation with an emphasis on delicious edible spring mushrooms that you can easily learn to identify. Hunt down and learn about the elusive morel and other spring fungal delights on a foray through the Garden. $70.00. […]

Castille Soapmaking

Instructor: Amy Beaith.Come and learn with personal care expert Amy Beaith of PLANTiful, the art and science behind castille soapmaking! This is a demonstration style class where you will get to learn about the process and types of ingredients you can use to make beautiful bar soaps. You will get to take home a how-to-guide, […]

Homesteading for Homeschoolers

Homesteading in an environmentally responsible way, learning by doing, practicing and repetition, we will be starting our day in the barnyard at 9:30 am with feeding, watering, training of the cow Vicky, her calf Bonny and the goats, chickens, Turkeys and ducks. After a potluck lunch, eaten outside if possible, we will create and learn […]

Introduction to Urban Beekeeping

Dates: May 21-22, 2016 (May 21 9:00am-5:00pm, May 22 9:00am- 1:00pm) Course: #560173 Cost: $250 Location: John Janzen Nature Centre Have you always wanted to step out your back door and see your very own beehive? This one-and-a-half-day course teaches the skills needed to have a successful hive. Topics covered in class include honeybee lifecycle, […]

Permaculture Food Forestry Course

Food forestry is an ancient approach to creating multi-tiered perennial food gardens that are patterned after natural forest eco-systems. With carefully selected and placed trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, self seeding annuals, mushrooms, and if desired, small livestock such as bees and poultry, these gardens become largely self-sustaining and highly productive, while providing excellent habitat for […]