We had 70 singing bananas and their parents and grandparents at the december 13 event.
Some photos:
Category Archives: Garden tour
Walk – Groundswell Community Greenhouse & Garden with Dale Wilker, the soil whisperer
Wings Over the Rockies Event
This Greenhouse Tour will provide you with fresh insight on the progress being made to use gardening as a profoundly important way to deal with CLIMATE CHANGE. You will see how Groundswell is harnessing nature to be green in new ways. Using permaculture methods to remove all chemical use (even organic) and reducing water usage, while increasing the hardiness of plants and the amount of produce.
You’ll enjoy the engineering of the greenhouse and the lushness of the garden. You will be refreshed with a glass of herb ice tea and tips on food as medicine.
Dale Wilker was one of the founding members of Groundswell Network Society and responsible for the state of the art greenhouse whose technology was well ahead of its time. His passion to grow food in a way that was healthy for people and healthy for the environment, has led a huge change through the valley.
Location: Invermere
Level: Easy
Date/Time: Monday, May 6 , 2 to 3:30
Max: 20
Cost: TBA
Things to bring: Dress in layers (if the sun is shining the greenhouse can be very warm, while the outside garden may be cool or rainy), water, snacks, hat, sunscreen, camera, note book and pen.
Directions: 1535 14th St, Invermere, south side of David Thompson Secondary School
Garden of lights – Capture a memory in a snow globe – Ruth Cavanagh Photography
Ruth and Konnor
“Food is hard on the budget these days. I believe fresh food that hasn’t been sprayed with chemicals and that is grown naturally is important. Teaching our kids how to grow their own food is also very important. Our food needs to be nutritious. Groundswell is a perfect opportunity to do just this. I love supporting locally grown food and a place where children have hands-on experience growing food is amazing.
I look forward to supporting Groundswell by taking photos for $15/family of each of you attending the Garden of Lights evening. Capturing a special memory for you makes my holiday season bright.”
Homestead harvest happy hour
Local bug expert, compost king, and market gardeners, Lana and Garth, will share their know-how, in a garden tour of a historic homestead and growing food processing business.
You will enjoy new ways of growing strawberries, cantaloupe wearing pantyhose, ask your questions about insects and get a handle on how food goes from the earth to a delicious product that can be eaten all winter. Refreshments and appies will be served under a 100 year old apple tree at the end of the tour offering an opportunity to ask your questions and visit with fellow gardeners.
Date: was June 17, 2023
Time: 3 to 5:00 – tour and then refreshments and apples under a 100-year-old apple tree during the Q&A and chance to meet fellow gardeners and share gardening stories.
Price: Members – $25.00 Non-members: $35.00
Location: Close to Invermere – you will receive the address with your ticket.
Things to bring: comfortable walking shoes, dress in layers, bug repellent, water, sunscreen, hat, garden journal (if you don’t have one you can buy one that afternoon from Groundswell for $10).
Special note: there is an honour system market stand with produce and all kinds of goodies so you may want to bring some cash for goodies.
——-after event update:
Dr Garth took the temperature of 3 different compost piles and declared them all healthy. We saw the most amazing system in place to use green waste. Garth and Lana are using it to rebuild the soil of her grandfather’s potato farm and what a job they are doing.
They taught us a lot about hunting for garden bargains and we learned about the step process they were using to reclaim a field, a perennial bed, and a used greenhouse. Hard work, lots of imagination, and joy in creating nutritious fresh & dehydrated food resulted in such beauty and abundance in just one year from last year’s tour to this year.
We ended the day with Happy Hour under a 100-year-old apple tree. The perfect Saturday afternoon.
