Building Raised Garden Beds for Vegetables!

Our next Building Urban Gardens Blitz will be on Saturday, April 19th, 2014 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm and we will be making two raised beds for a vegetable gardening.

Address: 337 West 22nd Street in North Vancouver.

What to bring: Food to share (optional) but please bring own container/plate and cutlery.

You do not need any experience or tools but if you have shovel please bring it.

Feel free to bring a friend or neighbour too! And pass on this e-mail to anyone you know who may be interested.

Lots of drinks and snacks will be provided!

Please let me know if you are coming. RSVP: gardenblitz@gmail.com  or call 604-985-0479

Thank you and looking forward to having another great event.

Evonne Strohwald (604-985-0479)

Building Edible Urban Gardens

Our next BUG (Building Urban Gardens) Blitz will be on Saturday, July 28th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm and we will be converting a front lawn into a Vegetable Garden! 

Address: 908 Adderley Street in North Vancouver.

What to bring: Food to share (optional) but please bring own container/plate and cutlery.

You do not need any experience or tools but if you have a hand spade please bring it.

Feel free to bring a friend or neighbour too! And pass on this e-mail to anyone you know who may be interested.

Lots of drinks and snacks will be provided!

Please let me know if you are coming. RSVP: gardenblitz@gmail.com  or call 604-985-0479

Thank you and looking forward to having another great event.

Evonne Strohwald (604-985-0479)

Next Bug Blitz! April 21st

Our next BUG Blitz will be on Saturday, April 21st from 10:00am to 3:00pm and we will be planting a Bee Friendly garden (between the Loutet Farm and Brooksbank School at 980 East 13th in North Vancouver).

Ric Erickson (Beekeeper and our Bee Champion of the North Shore!) will be demonstrate how to build native nesting boxes out of materials from the garden! He will also lead a discussion on native bees.

What to bring: Food to share (optional) but please bring own container/plate and cutlery. You do not need any experience or tools but if have a hand spade please bring it)

Feel free to bring a friend or neighbour too! Please let me know if you are coming. RSVP: gardenblitz@gmail.com

Thanks,

Evonne Strohwald (Questions?  call 604-985-0479)

 

BUG Blitz – Building a Garden at Ecole André Piolat – English Version

 

The english language version for your viewing enjoyment!

March 24th – BUG Blitz at Ecole André Piolat

We had a fantastic time this weekend! Thank you to the amazing crew of over 20 people that showed up to make this garden a reality for many elementary and secondary students at Ecole Andrew Piolat.

Check out the photos here! 

We are hosting …

We are hosting another BUG Blitz!  Celebrate the Spring by doing something fun and good for your community. 

On March 24th from 10:00am to 4:00pm (or much earlier if we finish quickly) we will help two teachers build garden beds for their young students.

Address:  380 Kings Road W, North Vancouver (Ecole Andre Elementary School)

What to bring: Food to share (optional)  but please bring own container/plate and cutlery.  You do not need any experience or tools, but if you have tools we would love you to bring them along (shovels, wheelbarrows, and hand spades)! Feel free to bring a friend or neighbour too! Please let me know if you are coming.  RSVP:  gardenblitz@gmail.com

Thanks, Evonne

Questions?  Call 604-985-0479

First Building Urban Garden Blitz a Success

Thank You!

Thank you for your helping hand with our July BUGBlitz.  The grand success of this Blitz was due to all of you who attended our first BUG Blitz! We built two raised garden beds for vegetables, a new “bee garden” to attract pollinators, and built a bee hive! The potluck we shared was also particularly delicious!  We greatly appreciated your help, companionship, fun attitude and we look forward to seeing you at the next one.

Please feel free to pass this along to anyone else you think may be interested in joining the next BUGBlitz. People can learn more here on our website, and sign up for BUGBlitz updates here.

Again thanks as we could not have done it without you!

Check out the photos!

 

July 6th – North Vancouver’s First BUGBlitz

You are invited to join us on Wednesday July 6th (5:30pm-7:30pm) for our first official Building Urban Gardens Blitz! 

We will be building two raised garden beds, creating a boulevard bee garden (some sheet mulching), and we will get a chance to check out our host’s new top bar bee hives. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn a how to build garden boxes, and what types of plants are best of beneficial pollinators (and bees in particular)!

You do not need any experience or tools, but if you have either we would love you to bring them along (shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, and hand spades)! Feel free to bring a friend or neighbour too!

This BUGBlitz will happen near Lonsdale and 23rd St, and we will send you the exact location when you email us at gardenblitz@gmail.com

 

BugBlitz! Planting together and growing together, one garden at a time.