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I also cleaned up & reorganized my grassroots, backyard community education/workshop - my new #OutdoorClassroom area 😊
It will be for me & neighbours & some of my grassroots comrades with diverse skillsets to mutually teach & mutually learn - citizens to citizens.

#Saanich #TakeInitiative #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #CommunityEmpowerment #PowerToThePeople #Grassroots #BuildUpYourCommunity #LocalizedEmpowerment #SinsAgainstCapitalism #Solarpunk #BeTheChange #FreeSchool

We're short on volunteers so I'll also be the one documenting our Saanich Neighbour to Neighbour Resilience Initiative event today. My Mom or the organizer will take over photo documentation when I'm busy teaching the last workshop.

This all started with one idea & having face to face chats with nearby neighbours, all within a 3 block radius.

#NeighbourToNeighbour #Saanich #CommunityGrants #GrantFunded #Grassroots #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #CommunitySharing #CommunityEducation

Who should attend Ally Is a Verb?
Helping professionals who want practical tools for supporting LGBTQIA+ communities.

June 24 & June 25. Registration open.

#PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #Allyship #TraumaInformed #CulturalHumility #HelpingProfessionals #CommunityEducation #ResilientVoices365

Applications are open for the upcoming annual #VictoriaBC #Anarchist #BookFair ✌️
Please check out the website & apply if you're interested in being a part of this year's event!

https://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca/

#VancouverIsland #VanIsle #ConnectWithComrades #Allyship #AnarchistNetwork #Antifascist #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #CommunityCare #Solidarity #CommunityEducation #Grassroots #YYJ

#SwanLakeNatureSanctuary - the #NatureHouse. This is where I worked out of in my late 20s, as a nature interpreter/educator for public school field trips for a few months. I taught out of the nature house, an outdoor gazebo & on the central dock at the nature sanctuary.
There's been several upgrades to the nature house & to the nature sanctuary, since the early 2000s.

https://www.swanlake.bc.ca/the-nature-house-2

#Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureEducation #LearnAboutNature #Naturalists #architecture #CommunityEducation #nonprofit #NatureConservation #stewardship #ProtectNature #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VisitAndLearn

One of my newer, younger neighbours (my Mom & her Mom became friends) came by to talk to me yesterday. She asked if I'm open to doing a brief presentation/mini workshop for our neighbourhood community in early June. I've agreed to teach a free frugal gardening mini workshop & will give away some free supplies for newbies to get started well. I pitched starting a neighbourhood seeds sharing library too because many people avoid the downtown area so they don't visit Victoria Seed Library, which is in the Central Victoria public library. She's keen on having a smaller community seeds library & is working on writing a community grant for that & for us to do more neighbourhood community building work.

It's wonderful to be approached by a neighbour, who is wanting to actively collaborate on closer community building, right in our 'hood. Community grassroots collaborations sparks joy for me 😃💗

#NeighbourToNeighbour #Grassroots #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunitySharing #CommunityConnecting #PowerToThePeoples

Elliot, one of the Winter pruning apprenticeship program participants. At Welland Community Orchard.
Participant feedback.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/PbrSL4GRg8E

Learn about what we do & visit us at Welland Community Orchard. Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #pruning #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich

We brought out almost every #ladder available today!

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #ViewRoyal #YYJ #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #HandsOnLearning #LifecyclesProjectSociety #teamwork

Where the next raised garden bed is being put in. I'll be documenting that, on Tuesday ✌️

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #ViewRoyal #YYJ #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #HandsOnLearning #LifecyclesProjectSociety

Our small #nursery area at #WellandCommunityOrchard.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #ViewRoyal #YYJ #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #HandsOnLearning #LifecyclesProjectSociety

Have you ever tasted a #pluot #fruit before?

Pluots /ˈpluːɒt/ are later generations of complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca.[6][7] The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.[8]

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluot

They're one of the 1st #FruitTrees to blossom in this area of the South Island. These are their #flowerbuds & early #blossoms 🤍

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #ViewRoyal #YYJ #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #SignsOfSpring #LifecyclesProjectSociety #bloomscrolling #photography #FruitsEducation

Sage, one of the Winter pruning apprenticeship program participants. At #WellandCommunityOrchard.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #ViewRoyal #YYJ #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #HandsOnLearning #LifecyclesProjectSociety

#Photos #slideshow from today's work.
Winter fruit trees/vines #pruning apprenticeship/workshop at #WellandCommunityOrchard.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #orchard #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich #HandsOnLearning

Please visit us at #WellandCommunityOrchard 😊

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #orchard #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich

The weather was perfect 💗
Fruit vines pruning apprenticeship at #WellandCommunityOrchard today.

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #pruning #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich

Staff & participants at #WellandCommunityOrchard. For Winter Fruit trees/vines apprenticeship workshop.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich

Loaned my cane to a participant - used to pull down a cut kiwi vine from the trellis.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #pruning #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich

"We are, so far, accident free & we're gonna stay that way."

#Pruning the #kiwi vines at #WellandCommunityOrchard.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #HandsOnLearning #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich #teamwork

Fruit vines pruning apprenticeship at #WellandCommunityOrchard today.

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #pruning #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich

We have one last #Winter #pruning #workshop available - next weekend.

Learn about dormant season fruit tree pruning with live demos at the beautiful #WellandCommunityOrchard.

This workshop will cover an introduction to the basics of dormant season pruning for a range of fruit trees and vines, with a particular focus on apples. It will also include demonstrations of pruning techniques on one of the many trees at Welland.

Please register in advance:
https://lifecyclesproject.ca/event/winter-fruit-tree-pruning-3/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #FruitTrees #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich

If you're interested in #FruitTree #grafting #HandsOn #education, see info below.

Learn the basic skill and knowledge you need to start grafting and graft your own heritage apple tree to take home!

This #workshop will describe the reasons for grafting, when to graft, and when to collect budwood. The workshop will be hands on and participants will be introduced to tree terminology, grafting tools and materials, and will be shown various grafting techniques. Participants will get the chance to practice their new skills on spare branches and once confident, do an actual graft. Each participant will be able to choose an apple variety from the heratige collection at Welland Orchard to graft on to a dwarfing rootstock, to create a new apple tree to take home.

All tools and materials will be provided.

Be sure to come dressed for the elements as this workshop will be held outdoors.

Please register in advance:

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/event/spring-fruit-tree-grafting/

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunityConnecting #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #TreeGrafting #VictoriaBC #YYJ #ViewRoyal #Saanich