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		Current courses & workshops Check out our Events Page! Garden Yoga in the Garden Yoga in the Earthwise Garden is back by popular demand! Time: 9:30-10:30am Dates: Every Saturday (we'll take a rain-check if it rains!) Cost: $10 RSVP to let us know that you're coming! info@earthwisesociety.bc.ca or phone: 604-946-9828 Instructor: Belinda Tkach. Belinda's foundation for her yoga practice is the belief that yoga, like most things in life, shouldn't be taken too seriously. With this in mind, Belinda's teaching style is light-hearted and eclectic. Her classes invite students to challenge themselves with humour and compassion, and to find their own practice through awareness of body, breath and mind. Belinda began practicing yoga in 2006. Since then she's had the privilege of learning from a variety of teachers in Canada. She completed her teacher training in Vancouver, Canada in 2009. She has spent the last year and a half in Belize teaching yoga at her own studio, and as well the local resorts. Now back in Vancouver, Belinda is eager to get back to teaching again. Kids Summer photography Camps Photography is a great way for kids to be engaged with world around them and look at it more carefully. It's more than pointing and shooting, it's about decision making, learning what to look for and how to capture it. Earthwise "Curious Clicks" Photography Camp (kids aged 7-9) July 11-15 Re-scheduled August 22-26, 9:30am - 12:30pm "Curious Clicks" camp teaches the kids art of photography. Through this series of five half-day lessons, your child will build their photography skills, covering aspects from understanding how photography works to creating beautiful compositions through hands-on analog and digital exercises. Kids will have the opportunity to explore the Earthwise Garden, partake in fun group activities, crafts, and of course take lots of photos! Earthwise "Capturing Creativity" Photography Camp (kids aged 10-12) August 22-26, 1pm - 4pm Kids learn both the technical and artistic aspects of photography. In a series of five half-day lessons, your child will build their skills and techniques, beginning with a basic understanding of how photography works to learning to use ISO, shutter speed and aperture settings on their cameras. Through hands-on analog and digital exercises kids will have the opportunity to explore the Earthwise Garden, partake in fun group activities, crafts, and of course take lots of photos! Each photographer-in-training will also have the opportunity to have their best photography displayed at an Earthwise market event. Cost: $100/student/day ($75 children of members) Spaces fill up fast, register today! info@earthwisesociety.bc.ca or phone: 604-946-9828 Organic Master Gardener Your comprehensive course to organic gardening! Summer 2011 click here for more info Farm Farm Biodiversity - Bird Series: Bird Counts at Earthwise, with Mary Taitt Third Monday of every Month (9am start) - Join Naturalist Mary Taitt for bird counts in the Earthwise Farm & Garden. Tally sheets and information are provided. Bring your binoculars! Call ahead to let us know you're coming. FREE For all Earthwise workshops please pre-register: Phone: 604-946-9828 or E-mail: info@earthwisesociety.bc.ca
		Past workshops Food Gardens for a Small Planet - Kitchen Garden Series Explore the meaning of sustainable food production, small space garden design solutions and the role of green technologies. This November, Earthwise Society is hosting a three evening speaker series addressing these topics: "Feeding Ourselves, How do We Fare?" Spring Gillard (Diary of a Compost Hotline Operator) "Green on Top – Roof Gardens In Vancouver" Tara Moreau "Ideas and Designs for a New Food Revolution" David Tracey, EcoUrbanist writer/environmental designer & "Living Walls, Vibrant Balconies" Genevieve Noël, Mubi industrial designer FARMING WORKSHOPS: Farm Biodiversity - Birds & Bugs Earthwise held a variety of workshops, looking at farm biodiversity and the different roles played by birds, bees & bugs. Food Gardens at Home (April 2010) Urban food gardens are the hottest trend in sustainability, back-to-the-land, healthy living, and reclaiming nutrition. Not only that, they’re fun and easy to do! FGH I - Introduction to Organic Gardening, FGH II - Planning and Planting FGH III - Theme Gardens, FGH IV - Getting the Most out of Small Spaces Grow Local Series (June 2009) Grow Your Own: techniques and ideas in sustainable farming including companion planting, irrigation, crop rotation, soil management, conservation tillage, and crop selection. VEG to the MAX! Maximizing Production: easier, more natural and sustainable ways to nourish the soil and grow delicious, more productive crops at home. Year-Round Harvest: cold-tolerance, short season, over-wintering and cover crops and how you can use them for a productive harvest year-round. GARDENING WORKSHOPS: Easy Plants for Earthwise Gardens (Plant ID, 2010) Right plant, right place - a basic truth about gardening: if you work with your site conditions and choose plants that will thrive in them, you will spend less time fussing over their health, and they will do most of the "work" for you. But, how to identify these ‘easy’ plants and know where they will thrive? This course will take place over an entire growing season (spring, summer, fall). Water Wise Farming (Aug 2009) Garden friendly options to make your water go further, and give you opportunities to keep your crops watered even when you're not around. Bug Gardens: Not Your Average Insect Collection (Sept 2009) A well-planned garden will attract the right populations of insects, and discourage the wrong populations. Insects are crucial ingredients in every garden for food pollination, disease-protection, and herbivore control.

		Composting 101 (May 2008)
		How to turn your grass clippings and garden and kitchen waste into fertile topsoil.

		Grafting Workshop (April 2008)
		Master Gardener Brian Campbell led a workshop on grafting heritage dwarf apple trees, suitable for espalier or container growing in small spaces. Common grafting methods were discussed and demonstrated. Participants grafted their own apple tree, with the apple tree varieties on hand.

		Leadership Skills for Women Working in Agriculture (Feb-April 2008)
		This workshop series was designed to meet the needs of women agriculturalists but was relevant to both men and women working in any management or supervisory role. The series included sessions on Entrepreneurial Spirit, The Art of Supervision, Strategies for Successful Communication, and Conflict Resolution.