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SUMMARY:*FREE Village Vancouver Beginning & Advanced Seed Saving Works
 hops this weekend in Kits, Kerrisdale & Mt. Pleasant; Seed Library/See
 d Savers Club Launch in Strathcona
DESCRIPTION:Harvest season's a great time to learn how to save seeds! 
 Join us at one or more workshops.\nFREE. Registration required. Limit 
 20/session.\nBeginning Seed Saving: Based on The 5 Levels of Seed Savi
 ng, we'll focus on annual and biennial food plants. Instructors Leonie
  Croy and Maria Hunter (Dragonfly Seeds) will identify self-pollinator
 s and cross-pollinators, and talk about the best seeds to start saving
 , including the easiest seeds to save in small gardens and why, and ho
 w to harvest, dry and store seed, and we'll clean some seed. Participa
 nts are welcome to register/stay for an Adv. workshop.\nAdvanced Seed 
 Saving: This workshop's for anyone who understands the basics of seed 
 saving. Maria and Leonie will discuss topics which relate to saving mo
 re challenging food plants, like cross pollinators (squash) and bienni
 als like brassicas, esp. as they relate to seed saving challenges in c
 ity gardens. Bring your Q's - we'll address your seed saving issues.\n
 Seed Library/Seed Savers Club Launch: Join the Strathcona CC Food Secu
 rity Program and VV for the launch of our Library and Seed Club. Pick 
 up free seeds for your garden, or swap/donate seeds. Meet fellow garde
 ners/seed savers and learn how the library works and re: gardening ops
  locally. All ages welcome (minors must be accompanied by a caregiver)
 ! With Ross Moster.\nTo register: Kits Library Sat, Sept 24: Beginning
  1-2:30, Advanced 3-4:30 pm. Attend one/both. Reg: seedsavers@villagev
 ancouver.ca\nMt. Pleasant Library Sun, Sept 25 Beginning 10-11:30 am. 
 Reg: seedsavers@villagevancouver.ca CANCELLED. Next Mt. Pleasant seed 
 workshop Monday, Oct 3 7-9 pm MP Neighbourhood House.\nKerrisdale Comm
 unity Centre Sun, Sept 25 Beginning 1-2:30, Advanced 3-4:30 pm. Attend
  one/both. Reg: 604.257.8100, in person, or online: Beginning #77343 (
 https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/Activity_Search/beginni
 ng-seed-saving-new/72351)\nAdvanced #77345 (https://ca.apm.activecommu
 nities.com/vancouver/Activity_Search/advanced-seed-saving-new/72353)\n
 Strathcona Community Centre: Fri, Sept 23 Launch 6:30-8:30 pm. Reg: 60
 4.713.1838, in person or online:  Launch #80977 (https://ca.apm.active
 communities.com/vancouver/Activity_Search/seed-library-and-seed-savers
 -club-launch/75985) \n\n\nKerrisdale workshops are supported by a Gree
 n NSGrant from the Vancouver Foundation/City of Vancouver, administere
 d by Kits House. \nVV's a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Netwo
 rks (http://vancouverfoodnetworks.com/).\nIf you'd like to opt out of 
 event invitations/other messages from VV visit your email settings pag
 e: villagevancouver.ca/profiles/profile/emailSettings.\n\nFor more inf
 ormation visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/free-beginners-advan
 ced-seed-saving-workshops-this-weekend
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DTEND:20160925T233000Z
CATEGORIES:"mt. pleasant", kits, strathcona, kerrisdale, workshop, "se
 ed saving", seeds, eldergreens, "community resilience"
LOCATION:Strathcona & Kerrisdale Community Centres, Kits & Mt. Pleasan
 t VPLibraries
WEBSITE:
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CONTACT:Registration info below
ORGANIZER:Village Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks (Ross Moster),
  Kerrisdale Village (Kathy McKay), Maria Hunter (Dragonfly Seeds), Leo
 nie Croy, Keiko Honda (Kerrisdale CC CEC), Kits VPL, Mt. Pleasant VPL,
  Strathcona CC Food Security Program (Lauren Brown)
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ross Mos
 ter":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RossMoster
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