The city of Coquitlam's Inspiration Garden is hosting a two-part Zero-Mile Diet series of workshops designed to instruct urban dwellers on growing their own groceries.
Zero-Mile Diet: Successfully Growing Your Own Food features Don Bruchet from West Coast Seeds, a seed company based in Ladner. He will share information on how to grow from seeds and start your own vegetable garden.
He'll be available to answer questions and show what's required to start seeds; he will also bring a small selection of seeds and catalogues.
Each participant will receive a free package of seeds appropriate for urban garden. This workshop is on Tuesday, March 22 from 7 to 8 p.m. and cost is $5 per person.
And in Zero-Mile Diet: A Beginner's Guide to Urban Farming, the Inspiration Garden will welcome back Arzeena Hamir, a soil agrologist from the Richmond Food Security Project who will talk about the importance of raising your own food and will share some simple steps to starting an "urban farm." Each participant will receive a free package of seeds appropriate for an urban garden. This workshop is on Wednesday, March 30 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per person.
Registration is required for these workshops and accessible through www.coquitlam.ca/inspirationgarden or www.coquitlam.ca/signmeup.
The Inspiration Garden runs workshops and seminars, and hosts special events throughout the growing season from March through October. It's located in Coquitlam's Town Centre Park, at the corner of Pipeline Road and Guildford Way.
