Who knew that a “weed” was likely the most nourishing green in the garden, tasty when prepared right, and even a super medicinal? Learn all about it with David as Chef and Deborah as Herbalist! After exploring the history of the dandelion, we will go through the steps of just some of the myriad ways […]
Every year Halifax Earth Tech partners with Transition Bay St Margarets to order productive trees from a local nursery and get growing! We can grow many kinds of fruits and nut trees. We do NOT take money “off the top” and you save a little on shipping through the bulk order. Most importantly we are […]
Join us on Saturday, May 7th from 9:30 to 11:30am as we plant the crops for the eleventh season for the Educational Vegetable Garden. Last year, we grew over 500 pounds of vegetables for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. We will be planting onions, potatoes, carrots, beets, kale, chard, parsnips and cabbage. Come and […]
Thursday, September 22nd, 7:00-8:30pm Join Melanie Mulrooney, Dawn Smith and Bob Cervelli for an evening walk through a list of everything that you can eat that you probably didn't know about. HINT: It's a long list - whether its those parts of vegetables you usually throw away, plants already growing in your yard or ornamental […]
This presentation is about energy. Why it is important, why it is going to change your life, and some things you might want to think about. Join us for this timely and critical workshop about energy, with host Cam Farnell. This event is free (donations appreciated!), and takes place at the Tantallon Public Library.
Transition Bay has partnered with the St Margarets Bay Gardening Club on: Seedy Saturday March 18, 11:00am to 4:00pm St Luke's United Church, Upper Tantallon Robert Cervelli, Transition Bay, will be speaking on Climate Victory Gardens at 12:45. 15 Vendors in the Lower Hall with lunch & snacks available for sale.
Join us for a screening of the short film PLANET LOCAL: A Quiet Revolution, followed by a community discussion. PLANET LOCAL is about a quiet and transformative revolution emerging worldwide. As people work to protect and restore their local economies, their communities and the natural world, countless diverse initiatives are demonstrating a new path forward […]
Join us in preparing the soil for our 12th Season! We will be adding compost, amendments and prepping the soil for spring planting. We will be there rain or shine. Each year, Transition Bay volunteers grow about 500 pounds of vegetables from these four raised beds for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. They greatly […]
Join Carter Feltham from the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute (MTRI), who will talk about the institute, some of the projects they work on, pollinators, and in-depth about the endangered Monarch butterfly. Find out what butterflies and pollinators need to survive and how you can make your home a pollinator sanctuary. Also, learn more about MTRI’s […]
Join us for Spring Planting! We will be planting Swiss chard, kale, beets, onions, parsnips, turnips, cabbage, potatoes and carrots - all fairly easy to grow and store into the cold season. Each year, Transition Bay volunteers grow about 500 pounds of vegetables from these four raised beds for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. […]
