For those who have completed the BC Pesticide Applicator's License Course (Landscape General Category) or who are just required to take the exam. Exam: Monday, April 18, 6-9pm
with Danielle Stevenson This workshop will offer an introduction to the amazing world of mushrooms and cover what you need to know to grow your own mushrooms at home. We'll each inoculate a gallon bucket of oyster mushrooms to take home. Learning to grow mushrooms is a great way to grow your own food and medicine! Oyster mushrooms are a good source of protein, B vitamins, Vitamin D, iron and minerals, and have been shown to lower cholesterol and inhibit cancers. Instructor, Danielle Stevenson is a fungi enthusiast with 4 years of mushroom cultivation […]
With Chef Castro Boateng & foraging guide Lance Staples This is not your average picnic! Join us for a unique foraging adventure at the Gardens at HCP. The group will spend a couple of hours gathering wild local edibles while learning about foraging from guide Lance Staples. After their foraging adventure, the group will feast on a three course meal using foraged ingredients […]
with Lily Fawn Welcome to The Art Of Herbal Tea Blends. This class is designed to give you the foundation of information that will allow you to begin your journey through the wonderful world of herbal teas. Herbalist and teacher, Lily Fawn, has been studying the art of blending herbs and teas since 1992. She […]
with Jenny Feick Every spring, people enthusiastically venture into their garden and yard, only to return hours later sore and exhausted. Yoga can help you avoid some common gardening injuries and reduce current aches and pains. Through attention to posture and alignment principles, this workshop will help you protect your hips, shoulders, wrists, back and knees. You will learn what you should do to get your body ready for gardening and how to stretch and move after working in your yard so that you feel rejuvenated. Jenny shares her passion for Yoga, Nature, and gardening on and off her mat. Raised by a family that ran a landscaping business and created rock gardens, she continues to garden at her home in Esquimalt, B.C. Jenny began her yoga practice as a teenager and practiced diverse hatha yogatraditions. She completed her initial yoga teacher training with Blissologist Eoin Finn, and in […]
With Chef Castro Boateng & Foraging Guide Lance Staples This is not your average picnic! Join us for a unique foraging adventure at the Gardens at HCP. The group will spend a couple of hours gathering wild local edibles while learning about foraging from guide Lance Staples. After their foraging adventure, the group will feast on a three course meal using foraged […]
with Grace Wolfe This is the perfect Mother's Day gift! A gift of creative time together in a spectacular garden setting and delightful handmade natural soaps to take home. This is a special Mother's Day class for moms and their adult daughters or sons. Join Grace Wolfe, from Hands Together Traveling Soap Co, who will […]
Take in the sights and smells of spring while learning a little appreciation for the lowly weeds peeking out from under the spring flowers. Learn how to identify and collect common garden and lawn weeds, and then take them back to the lunch room to prepare a wild tea and delightful spring salad. This workshop […]
Join us on Saturday, May 20, between 9:00 am and 12:00 noon! Organically grown heirloom tomato varieties Veggie and herb transplants Free admission to the Gardens!
with Beth Cruise Learn this ancient natural building technique with Beth Cruise. This hands-on cob building workshop will give you the basic, practical skills for building many garden structures like walls, sheds, benches, arbours, bulletin boards, display centres, huts, gazebos, and sanctuaries. Learning the finishing touch of colourful earthen plasters, mosaics, embedded objects and sculptural […]