Whats Happening in the Agrihood?
Back Yard Warming- Brunchfest!!
After 2 years of living in SEED and building a backyard, Adrian, Ivor, Thor and Sasha are ready to have a Backyard warming!
150 Columbia :) Welcome to all the SEEDY community
Come and check it out, bring something Brunchy to share.
See you there!
Indigenous Peoples Day Work Party
Last year many neighbors helped celebrate Aboriginal day with Bayview school Students in the food forests, gardens and in the Catstream. This year we will be doing the same.
Where: meet in the Catstream at Park Avenue and below the ball fields where there is a pathway entering the stream
email seedNCoop@gmail.com if you would like to help out.
Food Forest Work Party
SEED Neighborhood food forests are coming into their 6, 5, and 4th years of production and we will see alot of fruit this year! We will be doing a good weeding and mulching of the space, as well as getting the irrigation systems up and running and planting out some more perennials.
Please join us to keep these special spaces beautiful and productive.
Where: We will move from Thuthiqut Food Forest, then to Bayview Food Forest and finally to Bing Kee, so if we are not at one, we'll be at one of the other two. They are close by, so no sweat in finding us!
We will start at
a). Thuthiqut Food Forest which at the North End cul-de-sac of Columbia Street https://maps.app.goo.gl/nq5gWiJnPPQSWeDg7
b). Next we will stop off at Bayview Food Forest is behind Bayview School
c). Bing Kee Food Forest https://maps.app.goo.gl/ysg6yuXx4w6h4dpp6
Tools, gloves, music, will be provided.
Bring: Snack to Share (Gluten Free if possible)
your favorite tool if you have one
pair of gloves
Princess Street Forest Classroom Work Party
Students from Nanaimo Forest School will be completing their Spring Semester by helping establish a forest classroom at the south end of Princess St.
Come support these students and the land by lending a hand, sharing some food, or simply stopping by and cheering them on as they learning through action how to give back to the land, and making it possible for more children to enjoy the wonder of nature!
Tools and music will be provided.
Flood prevention - Ditch Digging Workparty
Many houses in our neighborhood are prone to flooding due to intense rain events, below grade basements, and inadequate drainage infrastructure. Several attempts to have city workers come out and address the problem have yielded marginal results because the railway ditching is one of the major culprits for flooding. 2020 we organized a ditching work party to clear out clogged areas of the railway ditch that drains a part of our neighborhood into the Catstream. We are going to meet again to clear it out some more.
Where: North end of Columbia Street at Thuthiqut Food Forest
When: Saturday Nov 18th, 12:00pm-3:00pm
What: clearing out a ditch from Blackberries, and any other obstructions.Possibly planting trees to keep the ditch shaded and free from blackberry thickets.
Bring: Workclothes, gumboots, Tools will be provided. If anyone would like to provide us with a tasty snack, we welcome that too!
Stop by along the tracks to offer your encouragement! We welcome your support.
S.E.E.D Annual General Meeting
More updates to follow soon. We will post the Agenda and additional supporting documents for the AGM here..
Catstream Restoration Work Party Sunday October 22nd
Catstream workparty: SUNDAY October 22nd 11:30am-2:30pm. Momentum continues on restoring the Catream. the rainy season has come. Time to plant trees! But remove blackberry first. As a recap, our team did awesome in keeping all the planted trees alive over the summer, y watering them diligently. Thank you.
Where HERE or (see map below -yellow star). below wetland at Robbins Park on Park Avenue at trail entrance. near wooden bridge. Come by bike, walk, or car. Parking at Robbins field or park on road side of Park Avenue.
What: We’ll be clearing out a bunch of blackberry and possible replanting some native plants like Alder
What: We’ll be clearing out a bunch of black berry and possible replanting some native plants like Alder
Gloves and tools provided, but bring your own if you'd like.
Bring : Bring snack to share. Water, clothes that don’t catch easy on Blackberry
Bing Kee Food Forest Work Party
Bing Kee Food Forest Work Party Saturday September 23rd, 2pm-5pm
Hey folks, a bit last minute, We want to spruce up Bing Kee Food Forest for the Summers End Social for our neighborhood. We’ll be doing a wee bit of weed management, and mulching as well as some sign making. Please come out and join us or if you want to feed our crew, make us some tasty snacks
We will have all the tools provided.
Who: Neighbors, anybody who likes to support us
what: Bing Kee Food Forest Work Party. Pulling weeds, mulching, sign painting
where: Bing Kee Food Forest https://maps.app.goo.gl/M1o5ioMTmLtGUqE79
When: Saturday September 23rd 2pm-5 pm
Bring: weather approriate clothes, a snack to share (optional), clothes to paint in if that is what you want to do.
Weekly Tuesday Night Neighbor Social at Bayview School Field | 6pm (June 6th onward)
Every Tuesday evening neighbors are invited to gather for a hangout and picnic & play, whatever you feel like. Most importantly just bring yourself as you are :) Hangout spot: Bayview Playfield –
* bring a chair, a blanket, food and / or a neighbor or just yourself :)
Castream Work Party Saturday May27
It’s time for another Work Party in the Catstream! Socializing with your neighbors while planting trees :)
Catstream Restoration Work Party
Catstream workparty: Saturday May 6th 10:30am-2:00pm
Earth Day lit a fire under our butts to get working in the Catstream! Earthday saw volunteers remove a huge swath of Blackberries , and May 6th will see more of that thicket removed. We will attempt to replant the area with some Alders (we will have a bucket for walkers to water them over the summer!).
Where HERE or (see map below -yellow star). below wetland at Robbins Park on Park Avenue at trail entrance. near wooden bridge. Come by bike, walk, or car. Parking at Robbins field or park on road side of Park Avenue.
What: We’ll be clearing out a bunch of black berry and possible replanting some native plants like Alder
Gloves and tools provided, but bring your own if you'd like.
Bring snack to share.
EARTH DAY in the S.E.E.D.
EARTH DAY in the S.E.E.D. on APRIL 22, 2023 | We want to celebrate Earth Day with you, whether you live in the S.E.E.D. or in another neighborhood! We have all sorts of fun and meaningful activities planned for all community members, including children. Our event grounds cover a school field and playground, a closed off city street, various neighbours' front yards, and a part of the Catstream forest.
Main celebration area:
Playfield of Bayview Elementary School, Nanaimo
*South End Ecological Development | Nanaimo
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Work Party! Bayview Food Forest
We will be installing a 200 foot garden bed along the fence line at Bayview Elementary to optimize annual vegetable production. Woot Woot!
Other maintenance tasks such as weeding and mulching will happen too. Strong arms and tiny hands needed at all work parties, so feel free to bring the whole family.
Circular saws and power drills needed, please bring them if you have any. All other tools will be provided. Please RSVP if you know that you can make it!
Thanks a bunch Folks;)
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Cedar Weaving Ancestry Workshop
Reminder : A workshop that we are privilege to have access to!
We Are Seed -Neighbourhood meeting
It's happening! Our first ever SEEDY meeting will be happening this Saturday at 3 o'clock.
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Bing Kee Food Forest Work Party
An amazing act of generosity and community has been gifted to this project. Deborah Vanderwolf from Flavor Valley Acres raised $1000.00 from her birthday to contribute to this food forest and the Bayview gardens too. With this we can add heaps of healthy soil and compost to this site.
This work party will focus on spreading out the compost and soil material as well as laying down some more irrigation to the area before we plant out some more food.
THANK-YOU DEBORAH!!
We really appreciate your support.
Community Yoga!- By Donation
Welcome to the first of hopefully many Community Yoga classes
This is a fair weather event, so, if its raining we will have to wait for another Sunday.
These classes will focus on how things feel in the body and not about what things look like. I’m over the whole instagram pose yoga. Let’s feel good!!
This is a family event, feel free to bring the kids. They can follow along or (if your OK with it) they can play on the school playground.
Please come dressed in comfy clothes you can move in. Bring a blanket ( I find Yoga mats impossible in nature) to move on, and an extra blanket or towel is helpful.
Classes will be taught by ME! (Sasha Rochon) I am a Yoga Therapy Teacher/Personal Trainer/ Dancer.
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Oh SNAP Market!
Come out and see what the community is offering! Every Saturday we have a little market here. What to pitch in or offer something? Contact the OH SNAP house :)
Current offerings
Wide variety of happy and healthy veggie starts.
2 boys baking- offering whatever they feel like making that day :)
Moonlight Mending - bring your clothes that are in need of repair.
Bees wax candles and other amazing, creative and upcycled creations by Mandy of Revived Vintage Home.
Share your skill!
Know how to garden? Build? Make a mean jelly? Teach something? Play the guitar? Sing? Dance? We are all resources for each other :)