Gardening Workshop Series
Just Food delivers an annual workshop series that parallels the growing season. All workshops are $5.00 or pay-what-you-can and are free to all community garden members.
Starting in the spring with Beginner Level Organic Vegetable Gardening Workshop, this workshop teaches the basics in growing, without the use of pesticides or herbicides, common variety vegetables in the Ottawa region.
In mid summer, we offer a Natural Pest Control Workshop to help the novice gardener deal with garden pests, rodents and viruses – all without the use of chemicals.
A Seed Saving Workshop is offered in late-summer. This workshop teaches you how to save seeds from your favourite vegetable varieties from year-to-year.
Two Food Preservation Workshops are offered each year:
“Making Strawberry Jam” is offered in the early part of the summer and “Salsa Making” is offered in the autumn.
Food preservation is an excellent way to save your gardens’ bounty while extending the flavours of the season until well after harvest time.
Please call Terri at 613-236-9300 x309 or e-mail to get more information on any of these workshops.
Seed Saving Workshop
Begin learning the lost art of seed-saving!
Now is the time to get out in the garden and save seeds for next year. Greta, from Greta's Organic Seeds, will teach you some of the skills needed to rely on your own seed sources – this is great way to preserve your favourite tomato variety for future gardens, future meals and perhaps even future generations.
Tues., Aug. 23rd 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper
(between Bank St. & Kent St.).
Contact Terri at to reserve your spot.
Natural Pest Control Workshop
Specific to vegetable growing, learn how to deal with garden pests without the use of pesticides and other chemicals. Just Food is offering a pest control workshop where an experienced instructor will teach you how to deal with all sorts of garden pests naturally. The cost of the workshops is $5.00 or pay what you can.
Wed., July 6th 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper
(between Bank St. & Kent St.)
Contact Terri at to reserve your spot.