BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:134409 DTSTAMP:20260427T193656Z SUMMARY:*Native Edibles Walk and Talk (low cost workshop; FREE for Sen iors) DESCRIPTION:It can be easy to forget about the wealth of food that gro ws all around us. In this Village Vancouver Eldergreens workshop and w alk, you'll learn about edible plants that call our region home. Lori Snyder from the Metis Nation will discuss how to identify and harvest wild, edible, and medicinal plants in an ethical way. Please dress app ropriately for the weather. Rain or shine.\r\n\r\nWe'll have the West Pt. Grey VV community seed library present - pick up some free seeds f or your garden, swap or donate seeds.\r\n\r\nCost: $12.50. Free for se niors (50 and over). Register: #169244 Aberthau 604.257.8140, press 1 or Native Edibles (https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/Acti vity_Search/native-edibles-talk-and-walk/166285) or in person. Advance registration suggested.\r\n\r\n\r\nOrganized and led by seniors VV El derGreens brings seniors, youth and others together to share food and gardening skills and wisdom through workshops and other activities. Al l ages welcome, contact us if you're interested in getting involved\r\ n\r\nAberthau Collaborative Permaculture and Eco Art Garden Located be hind the Mansion, just off of NW Marine Dr, and hosted by Village Vanc ouver, the garden includes VV’s Collaborative Demo Permaculture Gard en, the WPG Preschool Garden and art/garden projects by Aberthau artis t residencies and local artists, including artists-in-residence LocoMo toArt. Emphasizing permaculture design elements, including a small hug elkultur, an herb spiral, planting pollinator attractants, and saving open pollinated seeds, the garden offers fun, inclusive social, educat ional, culinary and cultural activities for community members. Enjoy c ooking, fermenting, preserving and DIY demonstrations, including canni ng, fermented sodas, and making tofu and paneer, timely gardening work shops such as early summer gardening, vertical gardening and growing h erbs, the seed savers club, and a native edibles walk, as well as Satu rday morning gardening.\r\nGarden Open House Saturday, April 28 10 am- 3 pm. Free, fun, and family friendly! Gardening, garden tours, mini-s eed saving workshop, harvest straw art, community potluck, music and s torytelling, LocoMotoArt studio tour, permaculture and gardening info, mason bee house giveaway, seed library (pick up some free seeds, swap or donate seeds), West Pt. Grey Transition Village, kids - take a pic ture with WeBee! The garden's located behind the mansion, just off of NW Marine, east of Trimble. Rain or shine!\r\n\r\nVillage is a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks (vancouverfoodnetworks.com) - - check it out!\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you'd like to opt out of event invitatio ns or other types of messages from the Village Vancouver website visit your email settings page here: villagevancouver.ca/profiles/profile/e mailSettings.\r\n\n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouve r.org/events/native-edibles-walk-and-talk-low-cost-workshop-free-for-s eniors-1 DTSTART:20180419T010000Z DTEND:20180419T030000Z CATEGORIES:workshop, "native edibles", "wild edible weeds", eldergreen s, "aberthau garden project" LOCATION:West Point Grey Community Centre (Aberthau Mansion) WEBSITE:http://westpointgrey.org/ URL:http://westpointgrey.org/ CONTACT:Register: #169244 Aberthau 604.257.8140, press 1 or Native Edi bles link below or in person. Advance registration suggested. ORGANIZER:VV ElderGreens, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks: Aberthau Gar den Project, Lori Snyder (E.A.R.T.H. and Company), and LocoMotoArt ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2051121471?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Village Vancouver":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/VillageVancouver END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR