Free Sustainable Workshops are back for 2024! Delta residents can register for free gardening and green living workshops to help create a more sustainable community. Our local instructors will teach you how to grow your own food, care for your garden, harvest honey, and more! Workshops are held in North Delta and South Delta starting in the spring. Workshops are free, but registration is required.
2024 Workshops are listed below, registration is now OPEN for select workshops.
Register NOW through Delta.ca/OnlineRegistration or by phone at 604-952-3000.
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| Spice Your Garden up with Garlic | Garlic is easy to grow, can grow in small spaces, and tastes great homegrown! Learn how to grow garlic in your garden or containers. We'll cover different types of garlic, soil, planting, care, and what to expect. To keep your garlic healthy, we'll talk about garlic diseases and how to avoid them. You'll learn how and when to harvest the garlic bulbs and how to prepare them for storage. | Saturday, February 22, 2025
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| ABC's of Organic Food Gardening | In this workshop we will look at what organic gardening means. We will touch on concepts including soil health, environmental impacts, health benefits, garden design, crop selection, and starting seeds at home. | Saturday, March 8, 2025
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| Growing A Vegetable Garden and More | Interested in growing food, but not sure where to start? Feeling overwhelmed by the amount information and advice available on the topic? Join this workshop for practical, accessible help in the rewarding endeavour of growing your own food. The workshop will cover growing at a variety of scales- from pots up to large gardens and growing annual and perennial food plants as well as food bearing shrubs and trees. You can’t get a much lower carbon footprint on your meal than harvesting it right outside your door! | Saturday, March 22, 2025
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| Gardening for a Changing Climate | Join us for this workshop taught by Rhiannon Johnson to learn how to set your garden up to be resilient to variations and extremes in weather and to adapt your food garden to a changing climate. Whether it be dryer hotter summers, or weeks of cold snaps in the winter, or fluctuating temperatures, rainfall, and snowfall, learn gardening techniques to help your veggie garden survive and even thrive through extreme weather events (storms, cold snaps, heat waves, drought) and hotter and colder conditions. | Saturday, April 26, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm South Delta Recreation Centre - Hall A |
| Healthy Soil For A Great Garden - test Your Soil | Suitable for folks who have a gardening space, as well as for anyone who would like to start gardening, you'll learn how to build your soil for a healthy, vibrant veggie garden. Find out how vigorous your soil is and what to add to it to improve its' vitality! If you have a garden, you're invited to bring a CLEAR 1 liter container (with a lid) at least half full of your garden soil, for some simple tests to learn how to improve it with natural fertilizers, soil amendments, and gardening techniques. Now is the time to improve your soil for better garden yield! | Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:00am - 1:00pm North Delta Recreation Centre - Hall A |
| Gardening for Pollinators and Other Wildlife | Did you know that your garden can become a life-supporting ecosystem that can help heal the harms of climate change? In this workshop, we’ll explore who pollinators are and why they need our support. We’ll discuss planting native plants and other techniques to create food and habitat for both pollinators and other wildlife. | May 31, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm South Delta Recreation Centre - Hall A |
| Grow Less Grass | Lawns are a part of nearly every suburban garden. In this workshop, we’ll explore what lawns are good for and some reasons why we may want to grow less of them. You’ll learn what options are available if you decide to decrease your lawn, Earth-friendly ways of caring for the lawn you do have, and what to do when things go sideways – like animals digging for grubs. | June 7, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm North Delta Recreation Centre - Hall A |
| Balcony, Container, and Small Space Gardening | Want to grow food but don't have much room? In this course Rhiannon Johnson will cover the techniques and challenges specific to gardening in small spaces, both indoors and outdoors. We'll look at soil, fertilizing organically, watering, types of containers, different sun orientations and of course, what to grow in your space to maximize your yield. | June 15, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm South Delta Recreation Centre - Hall A |
| Grow Less Grass | Lawns are a part of nearly every suburban garden. In this workshop, we’ll explore what lawns are good for and some reasons why we may want to grow less of them. You’ll learn what options are available if you decide to decrease your lawn, Earth-friendly ways of caring for the lawn you do have, and what to do when things go sideways – like animals digging for grubs. | June 28, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm South Delta Recreation Centre - Hall A |
Have questions? Contact the Engineering Department by phone at 604-946-3260 or by email.