This summer Food Education and Action St. John’s will be hosting a series of workshops at the St. John’s Farmer’s Market.

On August 27 the session is called Overwintering Alliums and is hosted by Matt Middleton.

This summer Food Education and Action St. John’s will be hosting a series of workshops at the St. John’s Farmer’s Market.

On August 13 the session will be all about Making Food Fun!  Hosted by Andreae Callahan

This summer Food Education and Action St. John’s is hosting a series of workshops at the St. John’s Farmer’s Market.

On July 30  the session will be about Square Foot/Container Gardening  hosted by Costa Kasimos.

This summer Food Education and Action St. John’s is hosting a series of workshops at the St. John’s Farmer’s Market.

On July 16th it will be a workshop about Raw Food and Sprouting hosted by Angela Heffernan.

This summer Food Education and Action St.  John’s is hosting a number of workshops every Saturday at the St. John’s Farmer’s market.

This week, on July 2nd, it’s Jam hosted by Sarah Macaulay.

Food Education Action – St. John’s (FEASt) is announcing their 3rd annual open garden day. The event will take place on SundayAugust 21, 2011 between 12 and 4 pm.  Registration is encouraged as soon as possible.

Open Garden Day is a chance for those interested in or already growing their own food to take a self guided tour through the many gardens in the city. FEASt will provide a map to all the participating gardens.

If you have a vegetable garden, backyard chickens, goats, a greenhouse, raised beds, containers, or anything that makes food and would like to have your garden listed in the Open Garden Day map, please send your Name, Address and a brief
description of your garden to promotions@feastnl.ca.

The map will be made available in early August.

Friday afternoon, July 1
noon – 4 p.m.

Everyone is invited to drop by MUN Botanical Garden on Friday afternoon, July 1, noon – 4 p.m. to enjoy Canada Day Celebrations at the Botanical Garden.  A variety of crafts, stories, games, activities, duck-feeding, nature hikes and prizes will be provided throughout the day.  Create a one-of-a-kind Canada Day butterfly, follow the Maple leaf trail, and find the hidden butterflies in the flower gardens.  Go on a Canada Day scavenger hunt.  Refreshments, including a birthday cake, will be provided. 

Free admission.  All children must be accompanied by an adult. 

For more information, please call 864-8590, e-mail bgprograms@mun.ca or visit the Garden’s website:  www.mun.ca/botgarden.

Date: July 31, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location:  MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road

Everyone is invited to drop by MUN Botanical Garden to enjoy a Wading into Wetlands Family Program on Sunday, July 31.  Meet a real pitcher plant, and discover how (and why) our provincial floral emblem eats insects.  A variety of crafts, games, activities and nature hikes will be provided by education staff throughout the day. 

All children must be accompanied by an adult.  Registration is not required.  Admission fees apply.  (Free for members of the Friends of the Garden and MUN students).

For more information on the family program series at MUN Botanical Garden, please visit www.mun.ca/botgarden, call 864-8590 or e-mail bgprograms@mun.ca.

To celebrate the completion of the 11 kilometre Bike Trail Network, the City of Corner Brook and partners, Cycle Solutions, Environmental Policy Institute, Western Health and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, would like to invite all bike enthusiasts and the general public to the Grand Opening taking place on July 5th.

Bring the entire family to Margaret Bowater Park and help us celebrate this amazing event!

The celebration kicks off on the north side of the park at 6:00 pm with the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. Officials from the City will be present to formally open the Bike Trail Network which will be followed by a RNC escorted family bike ride on a portion of the bikeway.

Activities to follow the family bike ride include a bike rodeo for kids, bike decorating, and BBQ. Educational booths will display information about bicycle safety and healthy and active living and there will be a movie screening at the band stand area on the south side of the park at approximately 8:00 pm.

In addition to the festivities, all participants will have their name entered into a prize draw for a brand new bike from Cycle Solutions.

“The new Bike Trail Network helps those who live and work in the city to use bicycles as a low polluting, cost-effective, and healthy way to travel,” said Neville Greeley, Mayor of Corner Brook. “It promotes active and healthy lifestyles and also creates a more livable environment”.

The City of Corner Brook and partners are encouraging everyone to come out and celebrate healthy living in Corner Brook.

For more information contact 637-1630 or visit the city’s website at http://www.cornerbrook.com .