CONSERVATION HALTON VIRTUAL GARDENING WORKSHOPS

Healthy Neighboursheds is a series of workshops hosted by Conservation Halton that provide residents with information about a growing trend in residential gardening: Low Impact Landscaping/Development (LID). The goal is to work with nature where you live, create beautiful and healthy home gardens that manage rainwater on-site, build more biodiversity, and improve water quality all while using less energy and resources. Attend up to three virtual sessions, including giveaways to help get you started as you work with nature in your garden. By purchasing attendance to our workshops. you will also receive a free work booklet to support your gardening projects. An organizer will reach out to you for your current mailing address for materials to be sent directly to your home.

Wednesday, May 3, 6:30-8pm
Building ‘Community’ Gardens: Diversifying your Garden to Create Healthier Neighbourhoods
What goes into creating a community garden? A garden is not just for human beings but for many non-human beings as well. A garden with more birds, bees, and biodiversity, and less upkeep, watering, weeding, and mowing? The solution is creating a nursery for diversity and naturalizing your yard by planting native species that attract pollinators. You will leave this workshop with the inspiration to create a functioning ecosystem right in your yard that will be a welcoming community for all beings.

Wednesday, May 10, 6:30 – 8pm
Rain Gardens and Low-Impact Landscaping
At this workshop you will discover how adding a rain barrel or rain garden can be a simple, inexpensive way to direct stormwater away from your home toward your plants, garden, or lawn. Manage stormwater on your property using low-impact techniques that are sure to make your yard the envy of the neighbourhood.

Saturday, May 13, 2023 9am - 4pm In Person
Designing your Native Landscape (In Person)
Location: West Plains United Church, 549 Plains Road West, Burlington
At this full-day in-person workshop, learn how to design, implement, and maintain low-impact development projects at home and design your own native plant gardens. We will be joined by experts in the field including ecologists, professional gardeners, landscape designers, and LID contractors. To put learning into practice, the final session of the day is a small group session where participants will meet with the experts to address your specific garden designs. A light lunch is included.

 Please note: When registering for virtual workshops you only need to add the number of screens/devices. A registration link to the virtual workshop will be emailed to participants prior to the workshop, if you do not receive a link within an hour of the session, please contact sbenevides@hrca.on.ca.