The first Grow workshop at Creekside Community Centre, was co-facilitated by Master Gardeners (Christine and Joanne) and Vancouver Design Nerds (Alicia and Ocean). We kicked off the workshop by looking at some inspiring examples of urban gardening from art, architecture, design and also guerilla gardening. Some of our favourite examples include the String Garden and work of artist Lois Weinberger.
Our Master Gardeners shared some important considerations for container gardening. Soil, root depth, drainage and exposure to sunlight are all factors for the success of your urban garden.
We spent some time looking around the Olympic Village for different ways to hang, attach or place containers for growing in the urban environment. Sites such as benches, garbage cans, light fixtures and other infrastructure present potential locations for growing.
When we returned to the studio Ocean and Alicia led us in the making of containers out of recyclable materials.
To end the afternoon we seeded a number of pocket gardens and took them down to the Bulkhead Lab. We planted parsley, chives, thyme, oregeno, catmint, and nasturtiums. As things grow it will become fragrant and edible.
We’ll keep adding more pockets to the fence with each workshop…If you live in the area and want to help tend to the fence garden, we would appreciate your green thumb.
Grow will act as a public forum, teaching tool and creative laboratory for ecological and social sustainability practices. The objective of this program is to explore Vancouver’s expanding identity as a sustainable city through the site of South East False Creek.
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