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SUMMARY:*Aberthau Garden Open House
DESCRIPTION:Free and family friendly! Explore the grounds, & learn abo
 ut this year's gardening activities (new volunteers welcome) and works
 hops. Tours, fermented food & kefir samplings (Alyssa Kohlman from Fer
 mentoring), wild edible weeds talk & walk (Lori Snyder), straw art (Br
 ian Jones), LocoMotoArt's heirloom green bean garden (Laura Lee Coles 
 and Rob Scharein), permaculture and gardening info (Aberthau gardeners
 ). Kids - take a picture with WeBee! Seed library present - get some f
 ree seeds, or swap or donate some.\n\nThe garden is located behind the
  Mansion, just off of NW Marine Dr.\n \nABERTHAU GARDEN PROJECT Locate
 d behind the Mansion, off of NW Marine Dr, & hosted by Village Vancouv
 er, the garden includes VV’s Demonstration Permaculture Garden, the 
 WPG Preschool Garden and art/garden projects by artists-in-residence L
 ocoMotoArt: Laura Lee Coles and Rob Scharein. Emphasizing permaculture
  design elements, including a small hugelkultur, an herb spiral, plant
 ing pollinator attractants, and saving open pollinated seeds, the gard
 en offers fun, inclusive social, educational, culinary and cultural ac
 tivities for community members. Enjoy free/low-cost Wednesday evening 
 cooking, fermenting & preserving demonstrations, inc. sauerkraut, kefi
 r,and tastes of Korea and India, gardening workshops like early summer
  gardening, native edibles walks and the seed savers club.\nIn the gar
 den, newer gardeners garden collaboratively alongside more experienced
  gardeners at our Saturday work parties, providing a learning experien
 ce for everyone. For more info/to get involved in the garden visit our
  Aberthau Garden Project page or email Ross Moster at ross@villagevanc
 ouver.ca. For info on the previous Flax-Food-Fibre project: Aberthaufl
 axfibrefood.blogspot.ca/.\n\n\n\nOrganized and led by seniors, VV Elde
 rGreens brings seniors, youth and others together to share food & gard
 ening skills and wisdom through workshops and other activities, includ
 ing helping to organize the Open House. All ages welcome, please conta
 ct us if you're interested in getting involved.\n This event is also p
 art of VV's Building Community Food Security and Resilience Project. T
 his project is made possible by the BC Ministry of Agriculture's Grow 
 Local program.\n\n Village is a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food
  Networks (vancouverfoodnetworks.com) -- check it out!\n\n\n\n\nIf you
 'd like to opt out of event invitations or other types of messages fro
 m the Village Vancouver website visit your email settings page here: v
 illagevancouver.ca/profiles/profile/emailSettings.\n\nFor more informa
 tion visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/aberthau-garden-open-hou
 se-free-event
DTSTART:20170429T200000Z
DTEND:20170429T223000Z
CATEGORIES:"pt grey", garden, "open house", permaculture, ferment, "na
 tive edibles", seeds, "heirloom beans", "straw art", webee, locomotoar
 t, eldergreens, "bldg community food security/resilience", "grow local
 "
LOCATION:West Point Grey Community Centre (Aberthau Mansion), Aberthau
  Garden (behind the mansion, near NW Marine Dr.)
WEBSITE:http://westpointgrey.org/
URL:http://westpointgrey.org/
CONTACT:RSVP here or to ross@villagevancouver or just show up!
ORGANIZER:Aberthau Garden Project: VV Neighbourhood Food Networks, Loc
 oMotoArt, VV ElderGreens, and VV's Building Community Food Security an
 d Resilience Project
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