Upcoming Events
- emilyrheana
- Mar 28
- 2 min read
Ivy Pull
When: April 4th, 1pm - 4pm
Where: Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture
(in the forest at the top of the road)
We look forward to continuing our monthly ivy pulls on the first Friday of every month! RSVP to Matthew at stewardship@sandowncentre.com or just show up. We would also like to invite interested folks to contact Matthew to help remove European hawthorn from the area around the old Garry oak while the ground is still wet. We have been actively working in this area for the past month and are starting to make some progress.
South Island Dry Farming Site Suitability and Soil Health Field Day
When: April 11th, 10am - 3pm
Where: Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture
Come out for a hands-on soil moisture and dry farming field day on April 11th, from 10am-3pm. The Institute for Sustainable Food Systems (KPU) will be hosting a field day to learn about:
Site suitability for dry farming
Soil texture and estimating water holding capacity
Practical soil health assessments such as aggregate stability and compaction
Dry farming summer market garden trials
Members only tour
When: April 15th
Become a member for more details!
Sandown Plant Sale
When: May 11th, 10am - 2pm
Where: Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture
Join us for our annual plant sale on Mother's Day! Get all your veggie and native plant starts, tinctures, produce, and more! It is a great opportunity to tour the site, meet a local farmer, ask questions about Sandown, and support our local food system.
It is excellent to manage the aggressive Hawthorne, even if there may be some uses that we can credit it for including Hedgerow
However, to actually farm on the land for livestock as well,as human control of this prickly plant is very helpful.
It is an invasive species brought in, and I’m sure there are native species as well. That would be more completely useful and beneficial.
you're making a big mistake, uprooting the Hawthorne. That plant is part of the prosperity of Vancouver Island / British Columbia as hWhitepeople introduced European techniques of farming. Hawthorne is a key factor in hedgerows, which provide for many species of animals, birds, which are part of a healthy ecology you're never going to eradicate Hawthorne... so don't waste the time + energy. rather, find uses for the berries and makes something valuable out of them.