Window Farming Workshop This Thursday! *UPDATE

*UPDATE: Hi all, Due to the incredible interest in this workshop, we are making a few changes. We are going to offer the workshop a second time, and we ask that you RSVP for which day you want to come. To make sure there is space for everyone to work, we'll have to cap itContinue reading "Window Farming Workshop This Thursday! *UPDATE"

Fermentation Workshop This Wednesday!

Fermentation WorkshopWhen: Wed March 28th, 2012 from 3-5 pm.Where: Concordia Greenhouse. Come and learn more about the wonderful world of fermentations!After this workshop you will know how to make sauerkraut, yogurt, kefir, sourdough bread, kombucha, mead and much more.It's going to be a space to share experiences about your own homemade fermentations :)Please bring someContinue reading "Fermentation Workshop This Wednesday!"

What Sustains You? Microgreens & Vermicomposting Workshops This Friday!

The Greenhouse is holding two workshops as part of What Sustains You? week organized by Sustainable Concordia. Vermi-CompostingWhen: Friday March 23, 2012 from 1-2:30pm. Where: Concordia Greenhouse The vermicomposting workshop is designed to enhance knowledge of basic composting skills by using red wiggler worms for at-home, year-round, indoor composting. The workshop will review some basicContinue reading "What Sustains You? Microgreens & Vermicomposting Workshops This Friday!"

Greenhouse Closed in Support of Student Strike & Workshop Update

In support of the students on strike and respect for the picket line around the Hall building, the Concordia Greenhouse will be closed for the duration of the CSU mandated strike: March 15 – March 22. Our upcoming workshop has been moved to a new space, so let's keep on learnin'! Biodynamic Farming Workshop WHEN:Continue reading "Greenhouse Closed in Support of Student Strike & Workshop Update"

Concordia Greenhouse Endorses Le Frigo Vert

March 6th, 2012 Endorsement letter for Frigo Vert’s Fee Levy CampaignWritten by Stefanie Dimitrovas, Coordinator of the Four Seasons Growing Project On behalf of The Concordia Greenhouse Project Concordians, I encourage you to vote in favour of Frigo Vert’s fee levy. I hail from the glass house on the 13th floor of the hall building, theContinue reading "Concordia Greenhouse Endorses Le Frigo Vert"

Let’s Grow Great Food!

Dear Greenhouse Community, The 2012 growing season has started! The Greenhouse Collective invites you to help us grow healthy, strong seedlings that are free from pests. Indeed, we need your help to usher in a horticulturally recommended cleanliness in the Greenhouse. We want to do this to protect our plants from harmful diseases and insects,Continue reading "Let’s Grow Great Food!"

City Farm School Announces Eco-Leader Internships!

Alternatives and City Farm School are proud to offer a summer-long paid internship working with youth aged 12 -18. This multidisciplinary internship offers a unique opportunity for interns to acquire the skills and experience necessary to develop and manage a community based urban agriculture initiative. This program aspires to bridge theory with practice by couplingContinue reading "City Farm School Announces Eco-Leader Internships!"

Farming in the City: Curtis Stone Talk

Interested in urban farming? Want to learn how to actually make money at it? Or just have the ultimate backyard garden? At this presentation, you'll learn how the SPIN (Small Plot INtensive) farming system, which is now being practiced by a growing corps of farmers across Canada and the U.S., can be used to createContinue reading "Farming in the City: Curtis Stone Talk"

Unplugged @ the Greenhouse

Take a break from Jack Frost and cozy up with us over a nice cup of tea at the Concordia Greenhouse, this Thursday for a fine fundraising soirée. There will be live music featuring: Bum Tickins' : Bum Tickins' - Crying Holy Davita G. : Davita G - Sad Friends Patrick Hutchinson of the SwiftContinue reading "Unplugged @ the Greenhouse"