Seedy Saturday Vendor Info – 2015 December 11, 2014 "Preparing for Climate Change" VENDOR / EXHIBITOR APPLICATION FORM TERMS & CONDITIONS Organized by the Comox Valley Growers & Seed Savers Society (Box 3783, Courtenay, BC V9N 7P2) SEEDY SATURDAY 2015 HOURS…
Gordon Hutchings: The Co-evolution of Flowering Plants & Native Bees – Rotary B – Saturday – 10:30-11:30 am February 18, 2014 Bio: Gordon Hutchings of Hutchings Bee Service has been studying native bees for 25 years in B.C., Yukon and Saskatchewan. He has been contract field biologist for…
2014 Seedy Saturday Volunteer Orientation – Tuesday, Feb 18 – 7-9pm @ LUSH Valley February 17, 2014 Hello to all new and returning Seedy Saturday Volunteers, Please note that there will be a 2014 volunteer orientation held at LUSH Valley 1126 Piercy Ave…
Ellen Rainwalker: Growing & Saving Your Own Seeds – Rotary A – Saturday, March 1 – 10:30-11:30 am February 17, 2014 Bio: Ellen Rainwalker is a former market gardener who has been growing food and saving seeds for over 40 years. She now grows a…
Roderick Lane: Developing Farmland: A lesson in patience – Rotary B – Saturday – 12:30 -1:30 pm February 17, 2014 Bio: Roderick Lane is a farmer, traveller, and mountain ambler who lives on Forbidden Fruit Farm in the foothills of the Comox Valley, where…
Elaine Codling: Urban Permaculture Gardens: Absolute Abundance in Small Spaces – Rotary A – Saturday – 12 – 1 pm February 17, 2014 Bio: Elaine is a Permaculture Design Consultant and teacher with an international education and more than 25 years of experience organic gardening and green…
Harold Steves: How Richmond Became a GE-Free Zone – Friday – Lower Native Sons Hall – 7-9pm February 17, 2014 Bio: The Steves family is one of Richmond's first founding families, after which the community of Steveston is named. Manoah and Martha Steves were the first settlers in…
Moss Dance: Young Farmer Panel – Rotary B – Saturday – 12:30-1:30 pm February 17, 2014 Moss started out as a farm apprentice in 2003 and developed an organic farming obsession - she’s had dirt under her fingernails ever since.…
Jay Miles-Baker: Young Farmer Panel – Rotary B – Saturday – 12:30-1:30 pm February 17, 2014 Bio: My name is Jay Baker-French. I’ve been a life-long lover of growing food, starting out in my neighbour’s vegetable garden and my parents’…
Dirk Becker: Be Newly Inspired to Grow More Food Than Ever Before! – Rotary Hall – Saturday, 1 March, 1:45 – 3 pm February 17, 2014 Bio: Dirk and Nicole are well known for their urban farming battle to grow food in Lantzville and for creating the successful Bowen Road…
2014 Seedy Saturday Vendor List February 16, 2014 Below is a list of vendors you will find at the Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers’ 2013 Seedy Saturday event: Anderton Therapeutic Gardens Society Bertrand…
Seed Saving 101 November 20, 2013 CLICK HERE FOR A PDF VERSION OF THIS PAGE Amaranth Method of Pollination - Amaranth is self fertile, but is occasionally wind pollinated. Time to…
