food security how-to event at the James Bay Market this Saturday!

[robin g.]

Hello to all those interested in sustainable food on the island! Check
out this FREE, not-to-be-missed event happening this Saturday at the
James Bay Market in Victoria! Come and hear talks and demonstrations
from some of the community's premiere gardeners on urban gardening.
And, get a free winter veggie start!

Welcome gardeners old and new, those who have years of experience and
those who are just starting out! You're invited...

WHO: The James Bay Community Market is presenting our inaugural
Homegrown Lecture Series on Saturday, July 24, all day at the market
site. "Getting Started: Fall and... Winter Food Security" is the theme
for this FREE day of talks and demonstrations from Victoria's premiere
gardening experts.

WHAT: Our goal with this event is to provide easily accessible
information and resources to community members who want to learn more
about gardening in small spaces, about gardening in windy James Bay,
about contributing to their food security and to a healthy and vibrant
local food system.

To celebrate the beginning of this community education tradition, 150
FREE winter vegetable starts will be given out to participants at this
event!

WHERE & WHEN: Saturday, July 24 at the corner of Menzies St and
Superior St in James Bay (one block behind and over from the
Legislature). The market runs 9am-3pm and the first speaker is on at
9:30.

Come by the market to hear from the following amazing and
knowledgeable speakers:

9:30am - PHILIP YOUNG: "Starting from Seeds: The Basics"
Longtime Glendale Gardens teacher and gardener, Philip Young has over
40 years of gardening experience. In this lecture he will demonstrate
how to select seeds and grow your own productive winter vegetables in
even the smallest of gardens.

11am - CAROLYN HERRIOT: "The Winter Food Garden"
Learn how to plan and plant a productive winter food garden with
acclaimed author, educator and regular columnist for GardenWise and
Common Ground magazines, Carolyn Herriot. Carolyn grows certified
organic seeds for her Seeds of Victoria business at her nursery, the
Garden Path. She has recently released her second book entitled "The
Zero Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food" (Harbour
Publishing). Her book will be available for sale at the market!

12:30pm - HECTOR BUSSIER: "Growing in Small Urban Spaces"
Retired Horticulturalist with the City of Victoria and Horticultural
Society Member, Hector Bussier will explain in his talk how to get the
most out of our small backyards, balconies and patios.

2pm - KIM WATT: "Compost and the Urban Garden"
The Victoria Compost Education Centre Site Manager brings the dirt on
small-scale composting systems. Other Compost Ed volunteers will be on
site all day at the market to provide info as well.

Hope to see you there!