Gardening for Biodiversity Workshop
Pollination is an important part of your garden, orchard, or farm, producing the abundance of vegetables and fruit and helping with pests. Sarah Robinson and John Klymko from the Atlantic Canada Conservation and Data Center are coming out to the Sackville Community Garden to tell you how to attract these beneficial insects and let them do the work for you. Planting a range a wildflowers provides beauty and supports necessary ecological functions to help your garden or farm flourish.
Where: Community Garden, Charles Street, Sackville
When: August 6, 2-4pm
Cost: By Donation
Contact info@forestsinternational.org to sign-up
Wildlife Conservation Workshop
The Acadian Forest is home to many plants and animals that are unique to this region and need to be maintained to promote healthy diverse forests for years to come. Wildlife biologist, Bob Bancroft, is giving a full day workshop about how to create wildlife habitat in our backyards and on our woodlots. Come out and learn simple ways to increase suitable habitat for the many animals that allow our forests to thrive. Without these animals, we are forced to absorb the costs of pest control, fertilization, seed dispersal, and self-perpetuating ecosystems that we need for our livelihoods. Don’t discount the work that these critters do – come and learn how they can become an integral part of your property.
When: September 10
Cost: By Donation
Contact info@forestsinternational.org to sign-up
Traditional Land Use Workshop
Marilyn Walker, a professor of Anthropology at Mount Allison University and author of Identifying, Harvesting, and Using Wild Plants of Eastern Canada, is giving a two- part workshop on the traditional use of native plants in the Acadian Forest. Learn the history of human use of native plants in our region as well as the current uses. Once you realize the richness of our native flora, you’ll never look at the landscape the same way.
When: October 16
Cost: By Donation – Suggested Donation $20
Contact info@forestsinternational.org to sign-up
