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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 […]

Food Garden Explosion Permablitz

Check out the Facebook event. We are creating a food growing explosion on our acreage this spring! Please join us as we install a large no-till garden by sheet mulching in our yard and a giant hugelkultur raised bed next to our chicken coop. If you don't know what either of those things are, here […]