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Sow, You Want To Grow
HORTICULTURE AND GARDENING
NEW! BEEKEEPING BASICS AND BEE TOUR
$64 + GST | GINR-214 Kim Weaver of Weavers Bee Co. will discuss basic practices, equipment, bee biology and behaviour, seasonal management, disease identification and control. A tour of Kim’s beehives will also be included.
SATURDAY | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM May 14
NEW! CANADA GAP
$59 + GST | GINR-273 Join us for a two-hour webinar to learn what the CanadaGAP (Good Agricultural Practices) Program is all about, whether you need it to meet your customer requirements and how the program can help you to meet regulatory requirements.
MONDAY | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM June 27
CANNABIS REGULATIONS/ LICENSING
$59 + GST | GINR-310 This course will introduce the current federal and BC provincial regulations for cannabis, with emphasis on the regulations for personal home cultivation.
CONTINUOUS INTAKE | REGISTER ONLINE
CANNABIS PROCESSING FOR THE HOME GROWER
$189 + GST | GINR-314 This course explores the many ways that cannabis can be processed for consumption by the home grower including juicing, extracts, infused oils, butters, edibles, etc.
SATURDAY | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM April 23
COURSES UNDER $55!
BECOMING A HOME HERBALIST
(GIHE-176), June 7 and 9 at 6:00 PM, Fernie, $49 + GST
CULTIVATION OF JAPANESE MUSHROOMS
$59 + GST | GINR-315 Join our instructor for an illustrated presentation on the commercial cultivation of several species of edible mushrooms grown on sawdust media in Japan.
FRIDAY | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM May 6
GROW YOUR OWN MUSHROOMS
$79 + GST | GINR-196 Our instructor will present a talk on mushroom cultivation followed by a handson workshop on how to grow oyster mushrooms.
SATURDAY | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM May 7
SPRING MUSHROOM FORAY
$79 + GST | GINR-304 Go mushroom foraging in the local woods with our instructor to search for edible fungi including mushrooms, morels, boletes, oysters, ear-fungi, coral fungi and more!
SATURDAY | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM May 7
SOW, YOU WANT TO GROW?
$109 + GST | GINR-236 Explore the advantages and disadvantages of different soil types and increase productivity through soil amendments.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM April 12 and 14
MONITORING PESTS AND BENEFICIALS
$119 + GST | GINR-239 Learn how to identify beneficial insects through their various stages of growth, how to maintain an environment that encourages beneficials and how they control a variety of pests.
SATURDAY | 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM May 14
NEW! PERMACULTURE BASICS
$289 + GST | GINR-277 Hands on learning of the 12 principles that underlie all permaculture practice and examine how they are reflected in ecological intelligence and how it applies to any scale of living from an apartment to a large acreage.
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM September 17 – 25
NEW! PUTTING YOUR GARDEN TO BED
$59 + GST | GINR-110 After an intensive gardening season, it is important to begin the regeneration of the minerals and nutrients in your soil.
SATURDAY | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM August 27
PUTTING YOUR TREES TO BED
$69 + GST | GINR-242 As tree fruits come into dormancy, it is a good time to identify signs of disease or pests and select proper management techniques and prepare them for the upcoming winter season.
SATURDAY | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM September 24
SMALL FRUIT PRODUCTION
$89 + GST | GINR-257 This course is a general introduction to growing small fruit and the cultural practices involved in production of berry crops for the home garden.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM April 5 and 7
NEW! HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL POINTS (HACCP)
$59 + GST | GINR-272 Participants will be taken through simple steps to determine what their food safety and HACCP needs are and provided a onepage cheat sheet to understanding what HACCP is and how to structure a HACCP Plan and Program, and the 11 templates to get started on developing a HACCP Plan.
FRIDAY | 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM June 10
SUMMER PRUNING AND THINNING
$119 + GST | GINR-202 Join our instructor in the orchard for this hands-on approach to teach you the fundamental techniques and benefits for pruning and thinning your fruit trees.
SATURDAY | 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM july 9
WATER FEATURES - HORTICULTURE
$109 + GST | GINR-622 This course will introduce you to the possibilities for the use of water features in your landscape and the basic practical knowledge to design and install them.
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM April 26 and 28
