Work Party: Fruit Tree Pruning + care at Food Forests in SEED
Schedule
Sun Feb 23 2025 at 10:00 am to 02:30 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Bayview Elementary | Nanaimo, BC
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Sunday Feb 23rd - Work Shop and Work Party A)Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop,
When? 10:00am-11:00
Where? meet at Bing Kee Food Forest
Who? Blaise Barre will be hosting the workshop (certified Horticulturist and Arborist)
Bring: Hand pruners, loppers, hand saws, gardening gloves and a notebook.
What: workshop will cover basic plant health considerations, basic pruning skills, and proper use and maintenance of tools.
B) Food Forest Work Party:
When? 11:00-2:30
Where? 1. Bayview then 2. Bing Kee and then 3. Thu-thi-qut food forest
Who? SEED neighbours, and friends of the SEED Neighborhood
What : Our Public Food Forest Trees will be pruned starting at Bayview Food Forest, then Bing Kee, then Thu-thi-qut (north end of Columbia Street). If you don't see us in one forest, check out the other ones! Our fruit tree assortment includes: apple, pear, plum, cherry, persimmon, walnut, hazelnut, Italian Pinenut, Peaches, nectarines, asian pear, crab apple, fig, serviceberry, and Chestnut.
Soil will get mulched and some plants repositioned.
Bring: pruners, loppers, hand saws, wheelbarrows and hay forks. There will be lots of tools provided if you don't have them yourself.
Bring a snack to share.
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Where is it happening?
Bayview Elementary, 140 View St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 4N6, Canada,Nanaimo, British ColumbiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
