2025 Traditional Skills
Join your Garden@Kimbourne friends for an immersive and collaborative exploration of the techniques we need for living sustainably.
We believe in learning by doing, and in learning together, and these workshops are great if you are just starting out and want to try something new, or if you wish to refine your skills and share your wisdom.
Taking place in person at 2:00 on the 3rd Sunday of the month (except April - that will be the fourth Sunday), our Traditional Skills Sessions are place-based, focus on the natural rhythm of the year, and are centered around our principles of both growing food and growing community.
Please join us in-person in the Church Hall at Kimbourne Park United Church. Sessions are open to all, and are by donation.
Schedule:
January - Worm Composting and Sprouting with Cathy’s Crawly Composters
February - Crocheting and Knitting with The Wool Mill
March - Seed-starting with Garden@Kimbourne
April - Braiding Rag Rugs with Sheilah - Please bring an old t-shirt or two of your own for the braided rugs, and needle/ thread/ scissors if you have them.
May - Introduction to Permaculture with Garden@Kimbourne
We believe in learning by doing, and in learning together, and these workshops are great if you are just starting out and want to try something new, or if you wish to refine your skills and share your wisdom.
Taking place in person at 2:00 on the 3rd Sunday of the month (except April - that will be the fourth Sunday), our Traditional Skills Sessions are place-based, focus on the natural rhythm of the year, and are centered around our principles of both growing food and growing community.
Please join us in-person in the Church Hall at Kimbourne Park United Church. Sessions are open to all, and are by donation.
2024 Sunday Teachables
Sunday Teachables are back!
For those who aren't familiar, these are informal mini (<30 min) workshops held on site at the community garden. They're led by one of our coordinators at the tail end of our Garden Together sessions:
- 200 Wolverleigh Blvd
- every Sunday at 2pm from July 14 - September 1
No registration is required, just come on down! Beginner gardeners welcome.
Schedule & Topics:
Some are more permaculture-focused, while others will be more general gardening workshops.
- July 14: Raspberry Cane Care
- Learn how to care for your raspberry plants
- July 21:
Clover - (Rescheduled)
- July 28: Low-Till Gardening & Chop and Drop Weeding
- Why we do these in our permaculture garden, and their pros and cons
- August 4: Clover
- Nitrogen fixation, and how to take advantage of clover in the garden
- August 11: Tomato Care
- Indeterminant vs Determinant varieties, and how to mitigate pests and disease
- August 18:
Gardening for Small SpacesTomato Care (continued) - Continued from last week: how to mitigate pests and disease
- August 25: Vermicomposting
- September 1: Helping Native Pollinators
- Learn what you can do in the garden to provide a helpful habitat for native pollinators
- Led by Vicki Wojcik (PhD), Director of Pollinator Partnership Canada
Stay tuned for updates!