Tag Archive for: Nature

Gardening: Seed Cleaning & Bulky Seed Exchange

If you grew seeds in your garden this summer, join us for a hands-on seed cleaning event to get your newly harvested seeds ready for storage (or donation to our seed library). We will be threshing, winnowing, screening and sorting seeds of all types. Bring your seed material from your garden to clean together and consider donating your extras to the seed library!

If you have large quantities of bulky seeds or have divided some bulbs and have some to share, bring them to the event in an informal sharing of your crops.

Meet outdoors in the parking lot at the Main Branch – weather dependent. If it’s pouring rain we’ll be inside in the Auditorium, but it may not be possible to do such messy work inside!

Bring seeds to clean, seeds and bulbs to share, and some small bags or envelopes to take new seeds home again.

Gardening: Seed Saving

Learn how to save seeds from your garden (to keep for next year or to donate to the NWPL Seed Library!) with gardening educator, Siri van Gruen. Learn the basics of the science of isolation, plant selection, ripening and harvesting techniques and save a bountiful crop of seeds for vegetables, herbs and flowers!

Bring your questions.

Program will be offered in person and will be streamed online via Zoom. All registrants will receive the Zoom link prior to the workshop.

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Urban Safari Rescue Society (All Ages)

See real live insects, reptiles, and amphibians up close in this introduction to the vast world of animals! We will also learn about why keeping these beautiful creatures as pets is not always a good idea. Children age 8 and under must have an adult participate with them. Drop-in.

Gardening: Native Bees of BC

Did you know that there are over 400 species of native bees in BC and that none of them make honey? Most of them are small, gentle insects that spend most of their life cycle in the ground. These superstar pollinators make your blueberries and tomatoes ripe and juicy and pollinate most of the flowers that beautify our wilderness, farms, and gardens.

Lori Weidenhammer, an artist, educator and a founding member of the Native Bee Society of British Columbia will present this workshop about native bees in BC and how you can help create a healthy ecosystem for them.

The event will be in person and streamed live via Zoom. All registered participants will receive the Zoom link.

Please note, the event will not be recorded.