Long Table Dinners
Long Table Dinners at the UBC Farm July 19 & August 15, 2019 Picture a warm summer night with live music, long tables set beneath a canopy of poplar trees, and a spectacular dinner featuring the best local, seasonal ingredients our region has to offer. This is the third annual Long Table Dinner series at […]
Beekeeping
Beekeeping About this Workshop In this workshop, we will discuss types of bees found commonly in gardens and describe their different life cycles, look at how a beehive is constructed, and what a set-up costs — and how we help organize honey bees in the hive. In addition, we’ll look at the various roles bees perform […]
Hands on Sourdough
Hands On Sourdough About this Workshop Creating your own artisan sourdough is a lengthy but rewarding experience. The whole process usually spans over 2 days! In this 3-hour class, different stages of dough will be ready in advance to demonstrate as best as possible what to except when you’re doing it at home. You will […]
Bees & Honey
Bees & Honey About this Workshop If you love honey and want to learn about it’s composition and how honey bees make it, this is the class for you. We will delve into the delicious world of honey, from it’s nutritional and medicinal qualities to a microscopic examination of various types and how to appreciate […]
Painting and Exploring Nature
Painting and Exploring Nature About this Workshop Painting and exploring Landscape at UBC Farm. This course will allow students to experiment with different painting techniques through the mosaic of landscapes found at the UBC Farm. These diverse and stimulating environments will provide the backdrop to painting instruction and work sessions which will help you develop […]
Year-round Vegetable Gardening
Year-round Vegetable Gardening About this Workshop Start with planning and planting in the summer for fall and winter harvest! Discover the right varieties of vegetables for the cooler growing season. Learn what and how to plant for continuous harvest this winter. Understanding the needs of each variety is key! Look at design ideas for diverse […]
Drawing in Nature
Drawing in Nature About this Workshop Drawing in Nature at UBC Farm. This experimental course will integrate different drawing techniques to explore the diverse environments found at UBC Farm. From drawing individual plants, to approaching landscapes, to conceptual drawings relating the plants to their uses, this course will allow you to develop better drawing and […]
Medicinal Plant Walk
Medicinal Plant Walk About this Workshop Join us for a guided walk through the Garden with Katolen Yardley, Medical Herbalist, where we will identify some local and non-local flowers, herbs, and common weeds, and discuss some of their medicinal properties and ways to apply these plants for common first aid and general health care. About […]
Natural History of Honey Bees
The Natural Hisory of Honey Bees About this Workshop A presentation and demonstration about the natural history of honey bees. As a Super Organism honey bee colonies are dazzling in their complexity and fascinating to study. We will cover the salient points of what makes a honey bee a honey bee, placing these charming and […]
ReachOut Feature: Thinking Small in the Face of Climate Change
ReachOut Feature: Thinking Small in the Face of Climate Change CSFS researchers Dr. Juli Carrillo and Dr. Cara Haney were featured in the latest issue of the Land and Food Systems Faculty Journal, ReachOut, for their two-year research project investigating how beneficial soil microbes can help plants deal with the global rise in carbon dioxide. […]