Sep
24
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

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  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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Oct
1
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

  • Riley Park Community Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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Oct
4
10:00 AM10:00

Farmer's Market Donation Station and "Ask a Master Gardener" table

Join us at the Riley Park Farmers Market. There are two shifts: 9:30 am -12 noon or 12 noon -2:30 pm. To volunteer, email Joanne at joannem@lmnhs.bc.ca

Our LMNHS booth promotes our activities and programs. Shoppers donate funds and vendors donate product to support our food security programs.

The "Ask a Master Gardener" table will be setup beside the LMNHS booth. Visit and ask the Vancouver Master Gardeners your gardening questions. 

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Apple Day 2
Oct
4
1:00 PM13:00

Apple Day 2

Join us for our second day of apple fun at Riley Park Community Garden! NEW DAY - Saturday, Oct 4th. Feel free to bring an apple potluck dish using apples provided by Vancouver Fruit Tree Project. Learn how to make cider with Terminal City Brewing, sample varieties from Seed of Life Farm, and make apple juice and apple cider vinegar to take home.

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Oct
8
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

  • Riley Park Community Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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Oct
26
1:00 PM13:00

Squashes: A Harvest Celebration

Join us as we celebrate Squashes, their history, diversity and importance in indigenous agriculture. Our activities include pumpkin carving, smashing the pumpkin pinata, learning about varieties of squash and sharing a meal together. Learn more about the history and traditions of squash cultivation including the Three Sisters, and how squash have travelled and been embraced by different cultures across the globe

This is a Sustenance Festival Event

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Nov
1
10:00 AM10:00

Farmer's Market Donation Station and "Ask a Master Gardener" table

  • Riley Park Community Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us at the Riley Park Farmers Market. There are two shifts: 9:30 am -12 noon or 12 noon -2:30 pm. To volunteer, email Joanne at joannem@lmnhs.bc.ca

Our LMNHS booth promotes our activities and programs. Shoppers donate funds and vendors donate product to support our food security programs.

The "Ask a Master Gardener" table will be setup beside the LMNHS booth. Visit and ask the Vancouver Master Gardeners your gardening questions. 

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Sep
13
12:00 PM12:00

Culture, Cooking (PiCNiC) and Communication

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  • Google Calendar ICS

“Culture, Cooking (Picnic) and Communication" is a Community Connections program in a picnic format, where newcomers will have an opportunity to gather, socialize, and share about their culture, cooking, and life in Canada.  Participants can bring a dish or some baked goods if they wish, but most of the food will be provided.

To register, email Tetiana at tetianar@lmnhs.bc.ca or call 236.862.8522

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Sep
10
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

  • Riley Park Community Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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Special Learning Garden Work Party
Sep
7
10:00 AM10:00

Special Learning Garden Work Party

Join us as we prepare the berms for a winter cover crop. The planter boxes are built (thank you to Shawn, Len and the Men’s Shed) and we will add the soil to them at the Work Party! We will be moving soil, gravel, sheet mulching, and sowing cover crops. Feel free to bring wheelbarrows, lots of cardboard, and your muscles!
Sign up for the Sunday Work Party

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Sep
6
10:00 AM10:00

Farmer's Market Donation Station and "Ask a Master Gardener" table

  • Riley Park Community Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us at the Riley Park Farmers Market. There are two shifts: 9:30 am -12 noon or 12 noon -2:30 pm. To volunteer, email Joanne at joannem@lmnhs.bc.ca

Our LMNHS booth promotes our activities and programs. Shoppers donate funds and vendors donate product to support our food security programs.

The "Ask a Master Gardener" table will be setup beside the LMNHS booth. Visit and ask the Vancouver Master Gardeners your gardening questions. 

View Event →
Sep
2
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

  • Riley Park Community Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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Aug
31
10:00 AM10:00

Youth Regional Gathering with Rise Up! (PHABC Program)

Rise Up!, a division of the Public Health Association of BC, is a youth-driven program that connects young people across BC with hands-on opportunities to support food systems and environmental stewardship in their communities.

The Riley Park Community Garden is hosting their regional gathering, with an hour-long garden tour by one of our Master Gardeners.

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Aug
26
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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Apple Day 1
Aug
24
1:00 PM13:00

Apple Day 1

Join us for Day 1 of apple fun at Riley Park Community Garden! Bring an apple potluck dish using apples provided by Vancouver Fruit Tree Project. Bring your extra apples and bottles and take home a bottle of freshly squeezed apple juice!

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Aug
20
10:00 AM10:00

Soil Day + BCFSA Work Party in Learning Garden

Join the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) team on Soil Day and help us build our new Learning Garden!

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. We will be moving soil (donated by SuperSoil Inc.) to the borders of the garden and into new planter boxes.

Sign up here. Limited spots available. All experience levels are welcome!

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Aug
12
5:30 PM17:30

Food Hub Volunteer Potluck + Flower Pressing

A potluck to gather the volunteers of the Food Hub at Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (LMNH). It will be an evening of food, fun, flower pressing and learning about each other's crafts/hobbies. Please RSVP below to let us know you will be attending!

RSVP link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdggvyXKtd8nPKBx9IKhfkoPmWoPH5c2Eo3bPA_MH717sD7xQ/viewform

What to bring: a plate, cutlery, and a dish to share. Also, a craft project you're working on, if you want! (Not necessary)

If you have any questions, please email Breagha: ygc@lmnhs.bc.ca

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Aug
12
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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Aug
7
10:30 AM10:30

Nature Exploration for Children

This program is designed for young children, aged 0-5 years old, and their families to come and learn about the great outdoors. Our goal is to help families learn about nature animals and plants through our community garden.

Cost: $3 per family.

No registration required, we accept cash or card payments at the event. Please note that all participants must have a LMNHS family membership ($10 annual fee).

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Aug
5
6:30 PM18:30

Parenting and Tech: A Community Conversation

Join us for an evening of dialogue around the complexity and challenges of living and parenting in the digital age.

We aim to create a safe and supportive space for parents to explore challenges related to cell phone and device use, and to share ideas and strategies for building healthier relationships with digital technology—for yourselves and your kids.

Hosted by Adrianne Cochran and Rie Tang: two local mothers striving to navigate their way through this quickly evolving digital age

Email Rie at rie.tang@yahoo.com for more information

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Aug
5
10:00 AM10:00

Guided Work Party in Learning Garden

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

Sign up here for the Guided Work Parties and help us build!

All experience levels are welcome.

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