Come and learn how to support local pollinators, insects and your community with your garden by working with plants native to Southern Vancouver Island. This workshop will cover an introduction to the co-evolution of plants and animals, identification of a variety of native plants, choosing the right plant for the right place, planning your pollinator … Continued
Come and help out with some general care and maintenance of Welland Orchard. This may include weeding our native plant pollinator gardens, helping with pest management tasks such as cleaning up windfall apples, helping to prune back grapes or other vigour growers, and harvesting apples and other fruit. Bring a water bottle and please come … Continued
Come and help out with some general care and maintenance of Welland Orchard. This may include weeding our native plant pollinator gardens, helping with pest management tasks such as cleaning up windfall apples, mulching with wood chips to support tree health or harvesting apples and other fruit. Bring a water bottle and please come prepared … Continued
Come and help out with some general care and maintenance of Welland Orchard. This may include weeding our native plant pollinator gardens, helping with pest management tasks such as cleaning up windfall apples, mulching with wood chips to support tree health or harvesting apples and other fruit. Bring a water bottle and please come prepared … Continued
Our annual Community Sharing Day is our way to celebrate the urban orchard, as well as distribute extra fruit at the peak of the season! We will have activities including tasting heritage apple varieties, a scavenger hunt, orchard tours, cider pressing, asking a fruit tree expert and of course there will be fruit to take … Continued
Come and help out with some general care and maintenance of Welland Orchard. This may include weeding our native plant pollinator gardens, helping with pest management tasks such as cleaning up windfall apples, mulching with wood chips to support tree health or harvesting apples and other fruit. Bring a water bottle and please come prepared … Continued
Come and help out with some general care and maintenance of Welland Orchard. This may include weeding our native plant pollinator gardens, helping with pest management tasks such as cleaning up windfall apples, mulching with wood chips to support tree health or harvesting apples and other fruit. Bring a water bottle and please come prepared … Continued
Come and help out with some general care and maintenance of Welland Orchard. This may include weeding our native plant pollinator gardens, helping with pest management tasks such as cleaning up windfall apples, mulching with wood chips to support tree health or harvesting apples and other fruit. Bring a water bottle and please come prepared … Continued
Come and help out with pressing apples from the Fruit Tree Project into delicious apple juice, which we sell throughout the fall and winter to help fund LifeCycles programs. Bring a water bottle and please come prepared for the weather! Snacks and juice (or tea if it is cold out) will be provided, as will … Continued
Event Description Whether you are a regular park visitor, or have never heard of Welland Orchard before, come out and explore with a guided 1 hour tour of this incredible community resource. Learn about some of the 100 + heritage apple varieties planted in the orchard, as well as some fruit trees you may have … Continued
Get your boots on and your shovel arms ready and come join us for Welland Orchard Dig-a-thon 2024! We will be working together to dig a trench for the foundation of a drainage project through the lower section of Welland Orchard. This project will make a big difference for the health of our heritage apple … Continued
Come and help out with some general care and maintenance of Welland Orchard. Tasking we will be working on may include weeding our pollinator gardens, spreading compost, mulching with wood chips to support tree health, managing invasive species, raking leaves and more. Bring a water bottle and please come prepared for the weather as we … Continued