Wooden Compost Bin Workshop

Tuesday, April 16

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

823 Ellice Avenue

A hands-on workshop showing you how to build a simple and inexpensive wooden compost bin.

To register, contact Bowen at 204-774-7005 or composting(at)dmsmca.ca.

Community Composting 30K Celebration!

Tuesday, March 12
823 Ellice Avenue
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Celebrate 2 years and 30,000 pounds of Community Composting in the West End!

For the past two years, we have collected organic waste from local businesses by bicycle and delivered it to nearby compost bins, diverting 30,000 pounds of waste from the landfill.

Join us for an evening of refreshments, mingling, and learning to celebrate this landmark accomplishment!

• Hear the experiences of Jonnies Sticky Buns, a community gardener, and our composting coordinator with the program.
• Discover how you can contribute to our localized nutrient cycling system by composting and gardening right here in your neighbourhood!
• Find out what other communities and cities are doing with their organic waste and help us is imagine what more our neighbourhood could accomplish.

For more, contact Bowen at 204.774.7005 or composting(at)dmsmca.ca. Join our Facebook event and tell your friends!

Vermicomposting Workshop

Wednesday, February 13
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
823 Ellice Avenue

An introduction to composting indoors with red wriggler worms. Don't have the space outside for a bin? Anyone can compost in their home!

To register, contact Bowen at 204-774-7005 or composting(at)dmsmca.ca.

Soil Health for Better Gardens Workshop

Wednesday, January 16th at 7:00 p.m.
DMSMCA Offices, 823 Ellice Ave.

Come out for a FREE workshop on an holistic approach to gardening, growing and soil health.

The workshop will dig deep to examine:

• customizing compost for your garden;
• understanding how life below ground relates to life above ground;
• soil succession;
• carbon, nitrogen and pH balance;
• biodiversity and bioremediation;
• the soil food web;
• and microorganisms (bacteria and fungi).

Refreshments will be served!

Please contact Bowen at composting(at)dmsmca.ca or 204-774-7005 to register or for more information.

Facebook event.

Upcoming Workshops in West Broadway and Spence

Vermicomposting Workshop
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
West Broadway Development Corporation, 608 Broadway

Learn how to compost indoors using red wriggler worms at this FREE workshop. To register call 930-9989 or email composting@westbroadway.mb.ca. For more information, visit the West Broadway Development Corporation Events page.

Food Mapping in Spence Neighbourhood
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Beginning at 5:00 p.m.
689 Maryland Street

Learn where our food comes from and how it gets to our tables; share stories of growing your own food; and help create a food map of Spence neighbourhood. This workshop will be a fun chance to share stories about food and participate in an art activity about food and community.

Workshop is FREE and snacks will be provided!

Composting for Beginners

Tuesday, June 19 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Want to start composting but need a little help? DMSMCA will be holding a FREE workshop that will cover the basics of composting from bin selection, what you should and shouldn't put in your bin and the ever crucial ratio of greens to browns.

Please contact Robyn with questions or to register at: greening@dmsmca.ca or 774-7005.

Compost Bin Sale

Call DMSMCA today to pre-order your backyard compost bin!

Phone: 774-7005
Pick-up: 823 Ellice Ave.

Compost Bin Building

Saturday, April 30, 2011
1 - 3pm

This hands-on and interactive workshop will teach you how to build a backyard compost bin out of wood. We will also discuss alternative building materials and review other styles of compost bins.

Location TBA.

Contact Robyn at greening(at)dmsmca.ca to register.

Composting for Beginners

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
6:30 - 7:30pm

Want to start composting but need more knowledge before you start? This workshop will cover the basics of composting from bin selection, what your should and shouldn't put in your bin and learning about the ever crucial ratio of greens to browns.

Location TBA.

Contact Robyn at greening(at)dmsmca.ca to register.

Composting Workshop

Basics for Beginners
Saturday, June 5th, 12 - 1:30pm
VCC Orioles Community Centre
444 Burnell

Just bought a bin at the sale in May and need to learn how to use it?

Come to this workshop to learn the pleasures of turning scraps into soil!

RSVP to Robyn at greening@dmsmca.ca.

Orioles Garden Opening

Saturday, May 29th from 10am to 2pm.

Come and plant your plot, socialize with neighbours and see our new greenhouse!

Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Sale

• Compost bins $30 (black earth machine style bins that are available from the City of Winnipeg)
• Rain Barrels $50

Please pre-order your bin or barrel as there will b a very limited walk-up inventory on site. Contact Robyn at greening@dmsmca.ca.

free worms to a good home!

Are you looking for some red wrigglers so you can start your own vermicomposter?

Catherine from the Orioles Community Garden has too many worms in her composter. She will deliver worms within the West End, Wolseley and West Broadway areas, or arrange for pick-up if you live further away. She can tell you how to get started, what your worms need, and how to avoid all those pesky problems like fruit flies and swampy compost.

Email her at bluegreenie (at) gmail.com for more info. Or leave a comment on this post.