Saturday March 14th - Work Shop and Work Party

A)Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop,

When? 10:00am-11:00am

Where? meet at Bing Kee Food Forest

Who? Blaise Barre will be hosting the workshop (certified Horticulturist and Arborist)

Bring: Hand pruners, loppers, hand saws, gardening gloves and a notebook.

What: workshop will cover basic plant health considerations, basic pruning skills, and proper use and maintenance of tools.

B) Food Forest aWork Party:

When? 11:00am-1:00pm

Where? 1. Bayview then 2. Bing Kee and then 3. Thu-thi-qut food forest. If you don't see us at one, look for us at another Food Forest.

Who? SEED neighbours, and friends of the SEED Neighbor hood

What : Our Public Food Forest Trees will be pruned starting at Bayview Food Forest, then Bing Kee, then Thu-thi-qut (north end of Columbia Street). If you don't see us in one forest, check out the other ones! Our fruit tree assortment includes: apple, pear, plum, cherry, persimmon, walnut, hazelnut, Italian Pinenut, Peaches, nectarines, asian pear, crab apple, fig, serviceberry, and Chestnut.

Soil will get mulched and some plants repositioned.
Bring: pruners, loppers, hand saws, wheelbarrows and hay forks. There will be lots of tools provided if you don't have them yourself.
Bring a snack to share.