We are looking for two students to join our team during the growing season! If you want to gain experience working for a non-profit that addresses food security, sustainability and outdoor education on the North Shore, we would love to have you be part of our team. We currently have two positions open – Student […]
Are you one of our Sharing Gardeners? Edible Garden Education Program volunteers? Loutet Farm volunteers? North Shore Neighbourhood House is hosting a meet up to provide an opportunity for current volunteer input and sharing of ideas around the Edible Garden Project. This opportunity is primarily open to people already volunteering for the Edible garden Project, […]
We have begun our Pollinator Project! It is multi-faceted, involves all of us at the EGP, and has everything to do with pollinators. We are not just talking insects and birds. We are talking everything about pollinators – what they are attracted to, what they are not attracted to, where they live, their habits, getting them into our gardens and […]
We were very fortunate to receive funding from the UBC Chapman and Innovation grant to conduct a project called Science to Art – START. START is a traveling museum project that allows elementary and secondary school students to design and create exhibits through intergenerational collaboration with artists in the community. This year the exhibits highlight […]
April 25, 2017 Since its inception, the Edible Garden Project has been distilled comfortably and naturally into three words; farm, share, teach. When I first started working at the EGP and I asked the team to describe the EGP and they echoed the words “we farm, we share, we teach” (and not necessarily in that […]
Join us for another season of the Community Markets at Loutet Farm! We love this collaboration with community volunteers that coordinate monthly markets at Loutet Farm to showcase local artisans and crafters. It’s a great addition to our Saturday Farm Gate Sales, so a big thank you to the team of volunteers that makes this […]
It has been exactly 2 months since my Education Coordinator position started and I have already learned so much! I’m happy to say that I have experienced the wonderful community that surrounds EGP at events like Seedy Saturday, and I can already tell that this growing season is going to be amazing. The current Edible […]
We’re looking for outstanding candidates for our volunteer internship program hosted at Loutet Farm and the Sutherland Schoolyard Market Garden. Please help spread the word to any who may be interested! DEADLINE: April 14, 2017! Program details and application instructions are available in this PDF document. If you have any questions about the program or […]
Just want to share some brief highlights from our recent seedy event. Thanks to all the folks who volunteered to make it extraordinary. Couldn’t be more pleased than to start the season thinking about gardens from an indigenous perspective: Senaqwila shared stories and experience to a captivated room. Senaqwila is the third generation in her […]
The District of North Vancouver Mayor and Council are reviewing a bylaw to allow backyard hens! They’d love your feedback, so please take a moment to share! Click on the “Draft domestic hens bylaw now” link at the bottom of the page to provide your feedback!
