Gardening Opportunities for People at All Levels of Ability

Information: Call Carol Engram at 604 -485-2311 or Email: Cengram@pracl.ca

WHAT WE DO: COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

• RENT-A-FLOWER PROGRAM commercial or residential provides year-round garden boxes filled with colourful annuals & perennials.

• SEEDS to SAUCE Program for beginner gardeners with hands-on practice from reading seed catalogues, to harvesting seasonal produce.

• PERENNIAL GARDENING flowers, vegetables & berries that you only plant once & enjoy year after year.

• FAMILY GARDENING op- portunities for children & adults to share time together in the garden exploring where foods come from.

• HORTICULTURAL THERAPY for persons with developmental, physical & psychological disabilities or barriers.

• SUMMER GARDEN-SITTING SERVICE

• FOOD & ORNAMENTAL GARDENS: container & conventional gardening, employing sustainable & organic methods.

• HOME & WORM COMPOSTING consultation, workshops & materials.

For more information call: 604 -485-2311 or Email: Cengram@pracl.ca

RED DOOR U GROW TEACHES GARDENING SKILLS

Individual & group lessons!

• We support sustainability & believe we have responsibilities to get our house & garden – our place of living – in order, so that we can support ourselves to the best of our abilities.

• our staff includes a horticultural therapist, permaculture designer, gardeners. Red Door employs & supports persons with disabilities.

• Classes are offered to individuals or groups in beginning gardening, sustainable food production, food preserving, composting & plant protection.

WORM COMPOSTING

FEED WORM BINS WITH HOUSEHOLD ORGANIC WASTE

Do you want to learn about…

• Worm Bins & Worm Composting?
• Do you have some composting questions ?
• Backyard composting
• Wet organic garbage, the time frames of decomposition & deciding on the right containers for your home.

RENT-A-FLOWER: Committed to people with disabilities

“WE’LL DO THE GARDENING FOR YOU”

In Spring:

• Boxes will be moved out into the community before the daffodils bloom & taken back when the tulips start to lose their colourful petals.

In Summer

• Boxes filled with colourful annuals & perennials & are watered, weeded & fed.

In Fall/ Winter

• Boxes stand duty from October to March with hardy colourful perennials.

RED DOOR U GROW’S POPULAR

“SEEDS-TO-SAUCE” PROGRAM

BECOME SKILLED AT SUMMER GARDENING

Our “SEEDS-TO-SAUCE” program will walk you through a month-by-month seasonal growing experience for home

Food gardening from A-Z (Planting seed, to Processing your own Organic spaghetti sauce).

For beginner gardeners, with Hands-on practice, including how to read a seed catalog, sowing

seeds, transplanting, watering, Pruning & garden safety, etc. concluding with harvesting, preparing & preserving the

produce in the fall! Classes in groups or individual instruction

CONTACT: Carol Engram at 604 485 2311 OR  Email: Cengram@pracl.ca