The first of FUAL's 2013 "How to series..."
Come and enjoy a wonderful morning with Connie Kuramoto and learn how to grow your own food.
Connie Kuramoto has been growing gardens since she was a young girl. She studied Botany at the University of Massachusetts, then made her way out west and started gardening on Vancouver Island in the mid seventies. Along the way Connie collected experience in market gardening, floral design, and greenhouse work, and then went back to school at Malaspina College, which is now Vancouver Island University. She quickly scored the work study job in the college greenhouses, then the summer student job, and ended up serving at the college as a technician and instructor for over twenty years. After her retirement Connie started to teach for Gaia College, which is a private college that specializes in Organic Horticulture and offers an Organic Land Care Diploma. Gaia offers courses throughout BC, and in Alberta, Ontario, and the Yukon. After spending time in Hawaii this winter growing vegetables for a retreat center on Molokai Connie is also determined to offer courses there next winter for any any of you who are interested. Connie is currently teaching an Organic Master Gardener Course at Kwalikum Secondary School as part of their Sustainability Program, and will be offering a Food Growing Course there as well in April and May. Connie also does gardening work and garden consulting, and hopes to write a garden book in the very near future.
Manure Maven workshop
Date: April 29th, 2012
Location: Pyramid Stables, 7581 Harby Rd W, Lantzville
Pre-Registration: please contact Jamie Wallace to register for this event: jfcwallace@shaw.ca
What to bring: Workshop will be held indoors, with a 1/2 session outside.
Started in 2006, the Horse Manure Composting Program was born to provide horse property owners with the resources and technical assistance they required to improve the state of manure management in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Since its inception, the program has grown substantially, serving property owners across the provinces of BC and Alberta as well as into the United States Washington, Florida and California. Given the interest in the program, it is clear that such a program is needed by the equine industry.
Come out and learn the steps you need to take in order to compost horse manure safely.
This workshop is approved by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
