Container Gardening
Event Information
About this Event
This workshop is a hands on workshop to learn about container gardening. This enjoyable time will show you how growing in a variety of containers is possible - everything from old rubber boots to coffee cans to large planting boxes! We will examine what needs people have and the suitability of each container from apartment balconies to porches to large gardens. We will discuss soil mixes, drainage, annuals vs. perennials vs. vegetables and the best suited plantings for each container.
Instructor Bio:
Emony Nicholls is a biologist, botanist, and urban gardening enthusiast. Emony loves teaching about vegetables and native plant gardening and have been giving talks about other topics for years. She was a native plant nursery owner for 7 years and an environmental consultant but is most passionate about bringing people and plants together, especially for growing food in the city.
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This workshop is happening in person only. COVID protocols will be emailed to you 24 hours in advance.
NOTE: Due to the ever changing nature of the Pandemic and Public Health Orders, there is a chance this workshop will only be available online – if you purchase an In Person ticket, and Public Health Orders don’t allow in person events you will be invited to attend online. Refunds are only available within 30 days of purchase.
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Only current members in good standing are eligible to use the free ticket option as a part of their member benefits package.
There are a limited amount of Pay-What-You-Can tickets available for folks who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC). The Compost Education Centre is in the process of examining the ways in which our program accessibility can be improved for all members of our community. This ticket gesture is by no means a fulsome examination of the systems of oppression that exist for people inside and outside of our community. We welcome your ideas and feedback.
Please pre-register for this event.
Customers can request a refund within 30 days of ticket purchase. After 30 days refunds and workshop exchanges are not permitted due to administrative staffing capacity.
You can also register for the event by calling our office at 250 386 9676 or via email by contacting office@compost.bc.ca
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The Compost Education Centre is located on unceded and occupied Indigenous territories, specifically the land of the Lekwungen speaking people—the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. These nations are two of many, made up of individuals who have lived within the porous boundaries of what is considered Coast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Kwakwa'wakw Territory (Vancouver Island) since time immemorial. At the CEC we seek to respect, honour and continually grow our own understandings of Indigenous rights and history, and to fulfill our responsibilities as settlers, who live and work directly with the land and its complex, vital ecologies and our diverse, evolving communities.
