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 […]
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 […]
