Events

Join us out in the garden this summer! Work parties are held at the Pine St Community Garden and the Greenhouse each Wednesday from 11-4. This is an excellent opportunity to volunteer during our most active and needful season in the garden. To get involved, call Lee at 816-GROW (4769).

We welcome groups to tour the Community Gardens at 271 Pine St. We can show you around any Wednesday from 11-4, or contact us to arrange a time. Prearranged tours include a walk around the garden, on-the-spot tastings of seasonal vegetables, information on gardening without chemicals and composting with worms, and question time. We are also happy to provide your group with a hands-on planting, digging or harvesting experience, by request. Occasionally, we have schools or community groups come weekly to participate in communal garden projects, and we welcome this community involvement! Tours are by donation, and you must purchase a group membership before participating in the garden. Contact us at 816-GROW (4769) or info@nanaimocommunitygardens.ca for more information.

Nanaimo Community Gardens Society will be attending a number of community events. If you would like to help out by staffing the table, helping with set up or take down, or being a relief person for any of these events please contact us at (250)816-4769 or email info@nanaimocommunitygardens.ca

These hands-on group activity days take place on Wednesdays between 11:00am and 4:00 pm at the Pine St Garden behind the Foodshare Centre at 271 Pine St. Bring a lunch, water and dress for the weather. Tasks are determined by the interests of the people who come to a work party, and by the seasonal needs of the garden.

Want to travel to the Tropics? Escape the rain and wind for blissful heat in a lush greenhouse paradise! Seeding is beginning in the greenhouse! Do you need a spot to grow that heat loving vegetable you always wanted to try? Do you want the chance to garden with friends and improve the food security of your community? Each year, the Hammond Bay Greenhouse volunteers grow thousands of food plants destined for Nanaimo's back yards.

The Greenhouse is a volunteer run site located on McGuffie Rd. (off Hammond Bay Road, first left past Piper's Pub, heading south). Do not enter at the RDN driveway; continue past and park at the side of the road at the Community Gardens sign. The path to the greenhouse is through the trees on the right.

Greenhouse work parties are held each Wednesday in order to prepare plants for sales. Join us to seed, transplant and water vegetable seedlings that will be sold in the community. Contact Jody at 250-758-0177 to check work party times.