Sat April 26, 2025 10am – 12

Spring Arrives at the Food Forest! (register here)

A FREE all-ages community event (donations welcome). Join family, friends & neighbours, meet some new people and connect with nature! This event is part social, part learning, and part work party. Registration is appreciated to help us prepare.

Storm date: April 27

Sat May 10, 2025 10am – 12

Native Plants of the Wabanaki Forest (register here)

This is a FREE, all-ages community learn & work party (donations welcome).
Join the food forest’s last big planting event, as we near completion of our three-year development phase.
You will get to know several of the native plants of the Wabanaki.

Storm date: May 11

Sat Sep 14 10am – 12

To Weed or Not to Weed (register here)

What is a “weed” in a natural landscape? Learn how to identify common valuable, unwanted and invasive plants. Then help us weed the forest in this FREE hands-on Learn & Work Party.

Physical challenge level: easy

Sat Sep 21 9:30am – 12

Installing a Deer Fence: Community Work Party (register here)

Join fellow community members in a work party to install a deer fence and help save the tiny Wabanaki forest.

Physical challenge level: medium

Sat Sep 28 10am – 12

Saving Seeds in a Natural Garden (register here)

Learn the basics about saving seeds in a natural garden: what kinds, when, and how. Join us in saving some seeds in the food forest.

Physical challenge level: easy

Sat Oct 10 10am – 12

Plant a Herbal Tea Garden Workshop (register here)

Learn how to plant a herbal tea garden, then help plant one at Bluenose Academy for staff and the community to enjoy.

Physical challenge level: easy-medium

Sat Oct 19 9:30am – 12

Native Plants of the Wabanaki Forest: Community Learn & Work Party (register here)

Get to know some of the native plants of the Wabanaki forest AND help us plant them in the tiny Wabanaki forest!

Physical challenge level: medium

Sat Apr 20 10am – 12

Build compost and soil from yard waste (register here)

Learn how to build beautiful nutritious compost and soil in this FREE hands-on Learn & Work Party.

Physical challenge level: medium

Sat May 4 9:30 – 12

Create naturalized beds using coarse woody debris (register here)

Learn how to build naturalized perennial garden beds using coarse woody debris in this FREE hands-on Learn & Work Party lead by Rosmarie Lohnes, Helping Nature Heal.

Physical challenge level: medium-high

Sat May 25 9:30 – 12

Planting companion layers in a food forest (register here)

Learn how to plant shrub, perennial and low layers in a food forest in this FREE hands-on Learn & Work Party.

Physical challenge level: medium-high

Sat June 1 10 – 11:30am

The Butterflyway Project: start your own pollinator garden (register here)

Learn about the David Suzuki Foundation Butterflyway Project, native pollinator habitats, and get help starting your own. Free seeds!

Physical challenge level: easy

Sat Jun 8 9:30 – 12

Create a naturalized rain garden (register here)

Learn how to create a rain garden with moisture-loving native plants. in this FREE hands-on Learn & Work Party.

Physical challenge level: medium-high