Join us on Saturday, April 24th from 9:30 to 11:30am as we install the Transition Bay Seed Library and our interpretive information sign at the Crossroads Educational Vegetable Garden. This is our second season for the Seed Library and tenth season for the Educational Vegetable Garden. Last year, we gave out over 300 packages of […]
This will be out Tenth Season at the Crossroads Garden! Come and help get the crops in the ground - Saturday, May 8th from 9:30am to noon (rain or shine). This planting will turn into hundreds of pounds of vegetables to be donated to the St Margarets Bay Food Bank.
Get your best garden yet with Good Gardens online presentation. Gardening and growing your own produce can be fun, easy and satisfying. By planting the right things together in the right soil, you can get a surprisingly large yield. Learn more from experts. Transition Bay, SMB Gardening Club. and Bay Seniors are partnering to offer […]
Join Herbalist Savayda for an informative workshop on medicinal herbs. Savayda has been on the plant path for nearly 30 years, she has a herbal clinic and dispensary in Halifax and operates the Bloom Institute for Herbal Studies. Getting together with people and plants is her favorite thing to do and she looks forward to […]
Join us for a highly informative workshop on beekeeping by one of the best local beekeepers we know! - Michelle McPherson, A World for Bees. This event is co-sponsored by Transition Bay and A World for Bees. It is free (donations appreciated!) and requires registration via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-backyard-natural-beekeeping-tickets-209754550507. Michelle McPherson is a consulting ecologist and […]
This 90 minute Zoom webinar will take place on Thursday, November 18th from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Visit our eventbrite listing to register. Have you been making simple handmade gifts to give this year? Have you seen some brilliant ideas floating around that you think people would enjoy gifting or receiving? We’d love to see what you’ve made, and […]
Plan ahead for the coming season to create your big "backyard grocery store." Get ahead of the increased food costs, shorten your food supply chain and learn what to grow for winter storage. This workshop will discuss seed purchasing, seed savings from the garden, seed storage, seed planting - timing and cultivation methods, grow lights, […]
All welcome. Register free via Eventbrite to receive the Zoom event link. Help save your grandparent’s apple varieties for today and tomorrow. Create a future with more apple choices. Meet and spend time online with David Maxwell, the experienced apple grower whose passion is teaching and growing, collecting, and saving apple varieties. Growing apples and other […]
Join us on Sunday, April 10th from 11:00am to 12:30pm as we install the Transition Bay Seed Library and our interpretive information sign at the Crossroads Educational Vegetable Garden. This is our third season for the Seed Library and eleventh season for the Educational Vegetable Garden. Last year, we gave out over 300 packages of […]
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 […]
