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Gardening

Beyond Pesticides
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

An American NGO that provides useful information about the hazards of pesticides and many natural alternatives.
contact: 701 E Street, SE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003
Office Hours: 9 AM-5 PM EST STD
Phone: 202-543-5450
Fax: 202-543-4791
email: info@beyondpesticides.org
website: www.beyondpesticides.org
City Farmer - Urban Agricultural Notes
[last updated: Jun 25/09]

City Farmer run the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. Workshops on composting and water conservation are available throughout the year.
contact: 2150 Maple St. V6J 3T3
Phone at Office: 604-685-5832
Phone at Garden: 604-736-2250
email: cityfarm@interchange.ubc.ca
website: www.cityfarmer.org
Community Gardens in Greater Vancouver and Victoria
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

An extensive list of community gardens with contact information provided by City Farmer.
website: www.cityfarmer.org/vanccomgard83.html
Community Gardens on Park Lands in Vancouver
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

Details of the Commuity Gardens Policy as well as a list of contact number for individual gardens.
website: vancouver.ca/Parks/parks/comgardnpolicy.htm
Cypress Community Gardens
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

Cypress Community Garden, an Award-winning grassroots initiative located along the Arbutus Corridor in the heart of Kitsilano, Vancouver. Garden members, along with tending organic vegetable and flower plots, initiate garbage clean-up, grass cutting and beautification of the neighbourhood through the creation of a walkable green space and surrounding public gardens. All work is done by volunteers.
email: cypress@vcn.bc.ca
website: www.cypresscommunitygarden.ca
Delta Recycling Society
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

The mission of the Earthwise Society is to cultivate sustainable communities through environmental education and stewardship. We are about community, our earth, and how we act within it. We believe that: • We can all make the world better and healthier. • Small changes to our actions make a big difference. • Sustainable communities are achievable and practical. Earthwise Society, formerly Delta Recycling Society (DRS), began serving the community of Delta in 1979 when a group of concerned citizens formed the Delta Recycling Project. The group's aim was to provide a "conserver" alternative to our culture's throw away lifestyle. DRS became a registered society in 1982. DRS Earthwise Society became one of the founding members of the Tilbury Eco-Industrial Partnership (TEIP), joining the Advisory Committee in 2003. Today the Society functions as the committee co-chair and the TEIP project administrator. DRS became Earthwise Society in 2005 when our focus shifted from Waste Reduction to Sustainable Living.
contact: 6400, 3rd Avenue, Delta, BC V4L 1B1
Phone : 604.946.9828
email: info@earthwisesociety.bc.ca
website: http://www.earthwisesociety.bc.ca/aboutus.htm
Evergreen HomeGrounds
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

Home Grounds teaches Canadians to restore and enhance the natural environment where they live by encouraging people to practice environmentally friendly gardening techniques. Evergreen's goal is to teach people to garden without chemical pesticides and artificial fertilizers, to plant with native species that require little maintenance and water, and to grow gardens on under-utilized space such as rooftops and gardens.
contact: British Columbia
107-555 Great Northern Way
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5T 1E2
T 604-689-0766
F 604-669-6222

email: infobc@evergreen.ca
website: www.evergreen.ca
Farm Folk City Folk
[last updated: Jul 9/09]

FarmFolk/CityFolk is a non-profit organization working on issues of food, farming, social justice, health, and the environment. They promote public policies and community-based solutions that ensure food is grown, processed, distributed, prepared and consumed in ways which are healthy for people and the planet.
contact: 1937 West 2nd Avenue Vancouver, BC Canada V6J 1J2
Phone: (604) 730-0450
Fax: (604) 730-0451
Toll free in BC: 1 (888) 730-0452

email: info@ffcf.bc.ca
website: www.ffcf.bc.ca
Hamilton Coalition on Pesticide Issues
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

The Hamilton Coalition on Pesticide Issues (HCPI) is composed of over 20 charity and non-profit organisations and many private citizens from the City of Hamilton, Ontario. Their website has useful information and links on pesticide issues.
contact: Contact Person : Christine Brown
Phone : 905-648-3391.
website: www.greenventure.on.ca/hcpi.asp?ID=71
Langley Compost Demonstration Garden
[last updated: Jun 25/09]

The Township of Langley Compost Demonstration Garden is at 4914 - 221st St., and is staffed from 8:30 to 4:30 every day but Monday during from May to September. Workshops are offered.
contact: To learn more about composting, call 604-533-6006
Naturescape British Columbia
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

The Naturescape British Columbia program is about restoring, preserving, and enhancing wildlife habitat in our urban and rural landscapes throughout the province. It is a program for people who want to connect more closely with nature in their daily lives.
contact: Mailing Address
PO Box 9354
Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9M1

Telephone:
Toll Free: 1-800-387-9853
Local: 387-9853
Fax: 250-952-6684

website: www.hctf.ca
Organic Land Care
[last updated: Jul 7/04]

Organic Land Care - Working WITH Nature A series of eight one-day seminars presented this fall / winter 2004 / 2005. The first two seminars build the scientific foundation for the rest of the material presented in this lecture series. Here you will learn about the principles upon which organic practices are founded. In the last six seminars you will learn how to apply this knowledge in the organic management of landscapes.
contact: Gaia College Inc.,
2485 Koksilah Road,
Cowichan Station, B.C.
V9L 6M7
Canada
Phone: (250) 709-2229

Until July 29, 2004 we can be reached at:

Gaia College Inc.,
4869 Cordova Bay Rd.,
Victoria, B.C.
V8Y 2J9
Canada
Phone: (250) 853-6802

email: info@organic-land-care.com
website: http://www.organic-land-care.com/Gaia_College/programs/lecture_series/index.php
Pest Management Information Service
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

The Pest Management Information Service is a federal government initiative to provide information on pesticide regulation and registered pesticides.
contact: Phone: 1-800-267-6315 Within Canada
1-613-736-3799 Outside Canada
(Long distance charges apply)
email: Info@hc-sc.gc.ca
website: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pmra-arla/english/index-e.html
Responsible Pest Management
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

A Federal Government website that provides municipal governments and communities with access to information, tools and networks that maximize opportunities for pesticide reduction.
website: www.pestinfo.ca
Stanley Park Community Flower Garden
[last updated: Jul 16/09]

The Stanley Park Community Flower Garden and Native Plant Demonstration Garden opened on September 20, 2003. Thanks to all our volunteers and sponsors. The Garden is a joint project of the West End Residents Association, the Stanley Park Ecology Society and SPEC.
contact: Phone and Adress here. Use Return to create line breaks
website: www.stanleyparkecology.ca/.../communityGarden.php
Vancouver Landfill Compost Sales
[last updated: Jun 25/09]

The City of Vancouver sells compost produced from yard and garden trimmings at the Vancouver Landfill Composting Facility. Requests for compost donations may be granted for community-based projects on public and private lands in Vancouver and Delta. Staff review these projects on a case by case basis. Call 604-873-7679 for donations on public lands and 604-871-6324 for private lands.
contact: Please call 604-940-3212 for more information or to make arrangements for delivery.
email: recycle@vancouver.ca.
website: www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/landfill/sales.htm