CLASSES
LEARN, LIVE & LOVE
We love sharing our sustainable farm where food and friendships grow and prosper. others can come learn in environment of nurturing.
Understanding the value and obligation of elders to share knowledge, we created a place where humans, animals, plants and mycelium can grow to their full potential .
Where others can come learn in environment of nurturing. Actively participating in the stewardship of our land.
OFFERED COURSES
We offer a multitude of courses designed to help you grow your own healthy, sustainable and delicious food. Each course gives you a chance to have hands-on experience in producing your own high-quality food that will nourish your body, save you money and help care for the earth. See below for a list of the courses we provide:
Plant Propagation: Cloning
Many of our favourite plants are often easier to clone than to plant from seed because of the exacting conditions that are required to get the seeds to germinate or because we want to reproduce a specific plant. Cloning also makes sense when can’t or don’t want to buy seeds. Cloning in the growing phase of a plant makes this possible. Cannabis, Lavender and Rosemary are good examples of plants which are commonly cloned that we can show you how to clone. Once you have registered, we will contact you to find out what plants you would to learn how to clone and you will take home 4 of your newly cloned plants.
- When: During the spring months and in October
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Age restrictions: Adult
- Duration: Up to 1 hour, class limited to two people but we can accommodate more in good weather.
- Cost $60 (includes up to 4 clones)
Plant Propagation: Grafting ( not offered this year )
Have you ever wanted your apple tree with more than one type of apple growing on it? It is possible with Grafting! This is our only class that is held at our student’s residence so that we can lend our expertise to show you how to graft apples or plums onto your existing tree. On your registration, please indicate in the ‘additional comments’ section what types of tree you have that you want to propagate as well as the recipient tree which you want to graft on to. This will help us ensure that we bring the correct tools for the job to make your graft as successful as possible. We have a small selection of apples and plum cultivars that we can supply twigs to use.
- When: Offered in January and February, subject to distance restriction of 15km from Gibsons.
- Level of Difficulty: Moderate
- Age restrictions: Adult
- Duration: 1 hour, class limited to two people
- Cost $60
How to make a whisk
This is a hands-on class where you will learn how to make your own sorghum whisk.
You will gain the wealth of knowledge needed to successfully make your own full sized broom.
The best thing is having a fully functional natural to clean your world with, Made with your own hands and it will last many years of use.
When: October – Dec or until the years crop is used.
Where: rr7 Farmstead at 980 Cemetery Road Gibsons BC.
Level of difficulty.: low with assistance
Age restriction: 12 and older with an adult accompaniment
Duration 2 hours approximately.
Maximum number of students 2
Cost $30 each.
Contact Dale at rr7@farmstead.ca or text 604-842-0332. to arrange for a date and time
How to make a full sized broom
You will gain the wealth of knowledge needed to successfully make your own full sized broom.
The best thing is having a fully functional natural broom to clean your world with, Made with your own hands and it will last many years of use.
When: October – Dec or until the years crop is used.
Where: rr7 Farmstead at 980 Cemetery Road Gibsons BC.
Level of difficulty.: low with assistance
Age restriction: 12 and older with an adult accompaniment
Duration approximately one day.
Maximum number of students 2
Cost $ cob weber = 75
traditional broom $130
shaker type broom $150
Contact Dale at rr7@farmstead.ca or text 604-842-0332. to arrange for a date and time
Custom Courses
We are willing to share our knowledge, we have many talents. Ask for your needs to be met and they may be met.
DISCLAIMER
Nature is unpredictable. And as such, we are unable to guarantee that your crops will grow as expected. However, when things do not go as they should, we want you to contact us as and we will work with you to determine what happened and, more importantly, if anything can be done to get things back on track.
It takes time to prepare for students and takes us away from our farmstead work so cancellations are accepted up three weeks prior to the start of the course. After that time, we will refund you 50% of your course fee and you will receive the course information via email.
For safety reasons, hands-on activity in our classes are restricted to individuals with no functional impairments and are over 17 years of age. However, we are happy to host people with all abilities if you let us know in advance. We want to ensure that we provide the best experience for people of all abilities.