Jul
22
The James Bay Community Market is presenting our inaugural Homegrown Lecture Series on Saturday, July 24, all day at the market site. "Getting Started: Fall and Winter Food Security" is the theme for this FREE day of talks and demonstrations from Victoria's premiere gardening experts.
Our goal with this event is to provide easily accessible information and resources to community members who want to learn more about gardening in small spaces, about gardening in windy James Bay, about contributing to their food security and to a healthy and vibrant local food system.
To celebrate the beginning of this community education tradition, 150 FREE winter vegetable starts will be given out to participants at this event!
Come by the market to hear from the following amazing and knowledgeable speakers:
9:30am - PHILIP YOUNG: "Starting from Seeds: The Basics"
Longtime Glendale Gardens teacher and gardener, Philip Young has over 40 years of gardening experience. In this lecture he will demonstrate how to select seeds and grow your own productive winter vegetables in even the smallest of gardens.
11am - CAROLYN HERRIOT: "The Winter Food Garden"
Learn how to plan and plant a productive winter food garden with acclaimed author, educator and regular columnist for GardenWise and Common Ground magazines, Carolyn Herriot. Carolyn grows certified organic seeds for her Seeds of Victoria business at her nursery, the Garden Path. She has recently released her second book entitled "The Zero Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food" (Harbour Publishing). Her book will be available for sale at the market!
12:30pm - HECTOR BUSSIER: "Growing in Small Urban Spaces"
Retired Horticulturalist with the City of Victoria and Horticultural Society Member, Hector Bussier will explain in his talk how to get the most out of our small backyards, balconies and patios.
2pm - KIM WATT: "Compost and the Urban Garden"
The Victoria Compost Education Centre Site Manager brings the dirt on small-scale composting systems. Other Compost Ed volunteers will be on site all day at the market to provide info as well.