Workshops

Contact workshops@comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca for more information.

October 5, 2024 – Floral Arranging Workshop – with Sherry Elwood

The Beauty of Flowers in Your Home - A Floral Arranging Workshop with  Sherry Elwood Location: Courtenay (TBA to registrants closer to the date). When:  Saturday, October 5, 2024, 10:00 AM -12:15 PM Participants: 15 registrants Cost: $25 for members, or $30 non-member...

Soil Building Workshop, April 7, 2024 – with Arzeena Hamir

Soil Building Workshop - with Arzeena Hamir Sunday, April 7, 2024 Alternate date (in case of inclement weather):  Sunday, April 14, 2024 How do you transition a part of your grass lawn, a weedy patch, or poor soil into a nutrient-rich planting bed?  This workshop will...

Creating A Cutting Garden Workshop, Saturday March 23, 2024

Creating a Cutting Garden Workshop - with Sherry Elwood Saturday, March 23, 2024 Learn how to turn a small area of your garden into a dedicated cutting garden that will provide beautiful bouquet for your home all season long.  Participants will plant and take home a...
Soil Building Workshop, April 7, 2024 – with Arzeena Hamir

Soil Building Workshop, April 7, 2024 – with Arzeena Hamir

Soil Building Workshop - with Arzeena Hamir Sunday, April 7, 2024 Alternate date (in case of inclement weather):  Sunday, April 14, 2024 How do you transition a part of your grass lawn, a weedy patch, or poor soil into a nutrient-rich planting bed?  This workshop will...

Creating A Cutting Garden Workshop, Saturday March 23, 2024

Creating A Cutting Garden Workshop, Saturday March 23, 2024

Creating a Cutting Garden Workshop - with Sherry Elwood Saturday, March 23, 2024 Learn how to turn a small area of your garden into a dedicated cutting garden that will provide beautiful bouquet for your home all season long.  Participants will plant and take home a...

Seasonal Wreath Making Workshop – December 2, 2023

Seasonal Wreath Making Workshop – December 2, 2023

Seasonal Wreath Making Workshop - with Nina Menz Create a natural winter wreath using plant materials from your garden and the local landscape. Most equipment will be supplied, but participants will be asked to bring a selection of greenery if possible. A gentle...

Sauerkraut Making Workshop

Sauerkraut Making Workshop

Sauerkraut Making Workshop, Sept. 30, 2023 - with Gordon Stewart Are you at a loss as to what to do with a bumper cabbage crop? Or a bumper crop of some other vegetables? This workshop will...

Garden Tool Sharpening Workshop

Garden Tool Sharpening Workshop

  Garden Tool Cleaning and Sharpening Workshop - with Grant Cummins Sharp tools make the hard jobs in the garden so much easier.  This workshop will provide hands on training so that you are confident in cleaning, sharpening and maintaining your pruning tool. The...

Sauerkraut Making Workshop

Sauerkraut Making Workshop

Sauerkraut Making Workshop, Sept. 30, 2023 - with Gordon Stewart Are you at a loss as to what to do with a bumper cabbage crop? Or a bumper crop of some other vegetables? This workshop will...

Garden Tool Sharpening Workshop

Garden Tool Sharpening Workshop

  Garden Tool Cleaning and Sharpening Workshop - with Grant Cummins Sharp tools make the hard jobs in the garden so much easier.  This workshop will provide hands on training so that you are confident in cleaning, sharpening and maintaining your pruning tool. The...

March 26, 2023 – Drip Irrigation Workshop

March 26, 2023 – Drip Irrigation Workshop

  March 26, 2023 Drip Irrigation Workshops - with Don Mitchell The CVHS offered a workshop on installing and maintaining a drip irrigation system. There were two sessions to choose from. Workshop leader Don Mitchell has 2 decades of experience in installing drip...