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	Yard Care Workshops Join in a workshop on natural yard care at Vancouver’s compost demonstration garden at 2150 Maple Street. Workshops will be tailored to the season and the areas of interest of the participants, but will cover all aspects of natural lawn and yard care, including hands-on demonstrations of a variety of mulching mowers and weeding tools, along with the use of organic fertilizers and biological pest control. Workshops will be scheduled as required when enough people have registered. Call the compost hotline at 604-736-2250 to get on the list to take a workshop and check the price. Price will vary with the length of the workshop.

Regional Compost Hotline and Vancouver's compost and Waterwise Demonstration Garden

Advice, resources, workshops and referrals about home composting, waterwise gardening, natural yard care, pest management, and grasscycling.

Location: 2150 Maple Street, Vancouver
For more information: 604.736.2250
Email: composthotline@telus.net

Water Conservation Programs - Water - City of Vancouver

Water Conservation Website
Please call 3-1-1 for more information

City Farmer

Urban agriculture and natural gardening information
www.cityfarmer.org

Green Streets - City of Vancouver

vancouver.ca/greenstreets

Every Lawn a Garden

You can consider turning some of your lawn into a food garden. The objective of Every Lawn A Garden is to help individuals increase their capacity for gardening such that eveyone can reach the stage of growing some of their own food supply.

Comments or questions? Send us e-mail: composthotline@telus.net or call 604.736.2250

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Last Modified: Friday, May 28, 2010