Past Events

Volunteer Planting Days in the Mt. Maxwell Creek Watershed
CARL

Celebrating 2,000+ Native Plants Planted!

🌿A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who joined us in the field for our spring and fall planting days this year – and to all who donated plants, offered support, or helped behind the scenes. Together, we planted over 2,000 native plants! Your efforts are helping to restore ecosystem functioning (erosion control), reduce wildfire risk,…
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Repair Cafe - November 8th, 2025
Events

Repair CafĂ© – November 8th

The next Repair CafĂ© is coming up on Saturday, November 8th, 2025 at Meaden Hall. Start time 10:30 am, last intake for repairs 1pm Stations Available: NEW! Workshops/Demonstrations Bring the items you would like to work on, no registration necessary.
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Keegan & Jessica, volunteer planting days April 2025
CARL

Call for Native Plant Donations for CARL!

We are hosting a community restoration planting on October 17 & 18, and we’re looking for donations of native plants to help restore and strengthen our local ecosystems. Here’s our target plant list: Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor) Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) Pacific Willow (Salix lucida) Baldhip Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) Red Alder (Alnus rubra) Blackcap Raspberry…
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Community Clothing Swap This October 2025
Events

Fall Clothing Swap! October 24 & 25th

Clothing Drop-Off Items accepted: Freshly laundered and odour-free, male/female/kids baby clothing (outerwear, shirts, sweaters, coats, pants, dresses, pyjamas). Items excluded: Underwear, socks, shoes, accessories, items with noticeable stains or holes. We would really appreciate pre-sorting by size and type before arrival for donation. For Example: Kids – 0-1, 1-2T, 3-4 Women’s – t-shirts, sweaters, skirts…
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Mt Maxwell Planting Days
CARL

Maxwell Creek Planting Days – October 17 & 18

The Climate Adaptation Research Lab is calling on your green thumbs and gardening expertise once again! This past spring, thanks to the incredible efforts of our volunteers, we successfully planted hundreds of native species in the Maxwell Watershed. Your contributions made a real difference – and now we’re building on that success with another round…
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Next Repair Cafe Saturday, Sept 20th, 2025
Events

The Repair Café Returns on Sept 20th!

Did you miss the last Repair Cafe? Do you still have broken items lying around your house that you don’t want to toss out? The Repair Cafe is a great place to meet new friends, reduce waste and save money. When: Saturday, September 20th, 10:30am – 1:30pmWhere: Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Rd (below the Legion)…
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Fresh Storage, Easy Freezing & Dehydrating
Food and Agriculture

Simple Food Preservation: Fresh Storage, Easy Freezing & Dehydrating

Upcoming Webinar with BC Bestselling Author Linda Gilkeson, PhD Want to make the most of your garden harvest without expensive equipment or complex processing? Join acclaimed organic gardening expert Linda Gilkeson, PhD, for a practical, photo-rich online workshop focusing on simple food storage methods that anyone can use. WHEN: Sunday, September 14th, 2025,TIME: 3pm –…
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Neighbourhood Woodchipping Pilot Project 2025
Advocacy

Neighbourhood Wood Chipping Pilot

One of the greatest accelerators of wildfire is woody debris. The good news is, this is a manageable problem with a fairly simple solution that’s already in practice in many regional communities: chipping. Chipping the debris reduces fire fuel, creates valuable chips for gardens and farms and provides an alternative to burning, thus reducing air…
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Repair Cafe - May 4th, 2025
Events

Repair Cafe – May 4th, 2025

Here comes the next Repair Cafe! Bring in one clothing/textile repair & one general repair per person The event is FREE, but donations are always welcome! Thank you to our sponsors: CRD, 100 Men Who Care, Country Grocer, Windsor Plywood & Mouat’s Home Hardware
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Grow the Most Food in the Smallest Space All Year Round
Events

Grow the Most Food in the Smallest Space All Year Round

Take Control of Your Food Supply! Learn how to plant at the right time, protect crops from extreme weather and extend your harvest through every season.  What You’ll Learn: About Linda A. Gilkeson, Ph.D. Linda earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from McGill University in 1986, then moved to British Columbia to work for Applied Bio-Nomics…
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