Making the Case for Nut Trees

The Compost Education Centre, situated on unceded Coast Salish territories, is a non-profit organization with charitable status. The CEC’s mission is to encourage composting, local food production, and conservation, through education to residents living within the CRD. Created as a community resource, the CEC’s intent is to lower barriers to building skills that support soil stewardship and ecological sustainability. Two of the ways the CEC meets this goal are through free and affordable workshop series for adults, and a diverse, interactive, science-based educational program for students and their teachers. The CEC is mandated to teach people of all ages how to create a biologically active, organic garden amendment, as well as why composting and soil conservation are crucial practices for mitigating climate change.

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Nut trees are a crucial part of resilient and regenerative food systems, learn why they are and how to grow 'em!

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In this workshop, Dylan and Nick of Nutcase Nursery will make the case for nut trees as a crucial part of resilient and regenerative food systems that can repair damaged landscapes while increasing resilience to climate instability. We will discuss some of the climate impacts we can expect in this region and the importance of perennial staple crops like nuts. Then we’ll move on to discussing some of the nuts that are best adapted to this region, including chestnuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, and stone pines, and the ways they can be integrated into regenerative landscapes from small gardens to farms. At the end of the workshop, there will be an opportunity to purchase bare root (unpotted) nuts from Nutcase Nursery. Dylan and Nick will be ready to sell you some bareroot nut trees for you to plant!Instructor Bios: <a href="https://nutcasenursery.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nutcase Nursery</a> was co-founded by Nick and Dylan, nut nerds who want to popularize local nut production and nut culture. We believe that locally-produced nuts should be a large part of a sustainable future and we want to help gardeners, farmers, permaculturists and community groups grow nut trees and nut culture. Our nursery ambitions have evolved from backyard germination experiments to farm scale plantings and nut propagation on a scale that requires us to share our baby trees. We are working to develop tools and systems that make growing nuts simple, efficient and fun. Nutcase Nursery is located at the Woven Grove on Denman Island/Taystay’ich on K'omoks, Qualicum, and Pentlatch Territories.Nick Montgomery is a permaculturalist, teacher, and theory nerd. He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University and he teaches as a sessional instructor in the Environmental Studies department at UVic.Dylan Gale is a farmer, permaculturalist, and DJ. He has been farming for over a decade and he and his partner have created a permaculture-inspired chestnut and apple food forest at the Woven Grove farm on Denman Island, which is also home to Nutcase Nursery._________________________________________________________________________________If you are attending a workshop in person, any health and safety protocols will be emailed to you 24 hours in advance. The workshop may be hosted outside, please dress appropriately for all types of weather!If you are attending a workshop online, zoom meeting details will be emailed to you 1 hour before the workshop starts. If you do not see the email, check your junk folder._______________________ 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 number of Pay What You Can tickets available for folks who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC), and people who are facing significant financial barriers to their involvement in our programming. 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. Please be in touch if you are no longer able to attend but hold a ticket so we can make your space available to someone else.You can also register for the event by calling our office at 250 386 9676 or via email by contacting office@compost.bc.ca________________________Accessibility info: The Compost Education Centre site has paths made of gravel (20%), and wood chips (80%). Mobility devices with wheels (such as wheelchairs, walkers etc.) are sometimes difficult to use on site, especially on the gravel paths.There is a single-stall gender neutral washroom on site. The washroom is not wheelchair accessible and has a small step up from the gravel pathway, and another small step up from the washroom boardwalk.________________________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.<a href="https://compost.bc.ca/get-involved/compost-education-centre-membership/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Compost Education Centre memberships get you free workshops, discounts at garden centres around town and more great perks! Sign up or learn more on our website.</a>

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