Monthly Meetings
Monthly Meetings in person are cancelled until further notice but we will be having regular speakers on ZOOM.
All members will receive notice by email and the ZOOM link.
April presentation will be by Bonnie Zand. See under events.
Please note that there is no meeting in March because of Seedy Saturday.
- Time: 7 pm.
- Place: Creekside Commons, 2202 Lambert, Courtenay.
- Directions. To reach Creekside Commons from Courtenay, take Cumberland Road, turn left onto 20th Street, then the first right onto Lambert. Follow to the end of Lambert.
- Parking: There is limited parking in the Creekside complex so please park on Lambert if possible, it’s a short stroll to Creekside. Our parking guide will indicate any free parking spaces inside the Commons.
- Creekside Commons has a shoes-off policy, so bring slippers.
All CVGSS events are open to the public by donation.
Information about upcoming and past meetings:
February 6th 2020 meeting will feature Fiona McQuillan
Fiona and her husband Jens started Fireweed Farmstead 3 and a half years ago after moving to Merville from Maple Ridge. Like many new farmers, their path to farming has not been a straight line! Fiona is a geologist and graphic designer, Jens a mechanic and engineer. The factors that brought them to farming was a desire to grow good food, Fiona having a green thumb, both of them wanting to work for themselves in a business both of their backgrounds could contribute too, and raising kids in a farm setting. The farm they have developed consists of greenhouses, farmstand, outdoor veg production, chickens and pigs along with wildling children and naughty ducks.
