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Green Living Indoors: Grow, Compost, Create
November 18 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
This hands-on workshop series promotes sustainable living in urban settings. Participants will learn to grow nutritious microgreens year-round, set up vermicomposting systems to recycle kitchen waste, and create beautiful terrariums for indoor greenery. This program encourages eco-friendly practices that facilitate indoor growing, reduce waste, and bring nature into urban living spaces, making it ideal for individuals and families seeking sustainable living!
Register below for one or all of the sessions in this exciting workshop series!
Session 1: Grow Your Own Microgreens
November 4, 2024 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Recreation Room
Tired of expensive, limp leafy greens? Join a Toronto Master Gardener to learn how to grow fresh, highly nutritious, organic microgreens and sprouts all year-round. It’s easy! You don’t need a lot of room, light or even a green thumb – just a yearning for that first crunchy bite of food you’ve grown yourself. Participants will leave with supplies to help get them started.
Session 2: Indoor Vermicomposting – The Power of Worms
November 18, 2024 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Recreation Room
Did you know that worms have an amazing capacity to turn our food scraps into food for our plants? Did you know that with a few worms, a small bin and an apple core or two that you can set up this worm factory indoors? Join a Toronto Master Gardener to learn about this fascinating and eco-friendly way to use food scraps to create organic fertilizer for your houseplants and balcony gardens. We’ll provide the bins and worms – you provide the apple cores!
Register by November 10, 2024 11:00 PM
Session 3: Terrariums – The Art and Science of growing plants in jars.
December 2, 2024 | 6:30-8:00 PM | Recreation Room
Using tiny plants that enjoy high humidity and low light, creating a terrarium is both an art and a science. Come learn how to balance the art of creating a beautiful miniature landscape with the science of keeping it thriving. Come prepared to plant your very own!
Register by November 24, 2024 11:00 PM
