Join us for a hands-on Seed Starting Workshop with Megan Holdfast, horticulturalist, homesteader and artist. It happens Sunday, March 30th at 1:00 pm at the Immaculate Heart School Greenhouse. All materials provided, but please bring gardening gloves.

Space is limited, RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca

$5 or free for WEC members

We're partnering with the Rotary Arts Centre to host a Movie Night & Panel! We'll show the film Honeyland and afterwards will have a chat with a panel of local beekeepers on the importance of bees, pollination and local food. Hope to see you there!

Movie Night & Panel happens Monday, March 24th at 7:30 pm. Entry is pay-what-you-can.

We're continuing our new series with the Centre for Research & Innovation with workshop on Building Backyard Compost Bins.

Join us on Saturday, March 22nd from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm to learn the basics of building your own composter.

All materials and lunch are provided! Cost is $5 or free for WEC members. Space is very limited. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca

This is a re-scheduled chaga workshop that was originally planned for January.

Please join us for a fun outdoor workshop focused on the ethical and responsible harvesting of chaga!

On Sunday, March 16th at 2:00 pm in Pynn’s Brook we'll gather a small group to learn about and carefully harvest chaga together.

Space is limited! RSVP to info@wecnl.ca. $5 or free for members

Join us for our Green Drinks Speaker Series!

Donald Burden, City of Corner Brook and Dr. Josie Wittmer, Grenfell Campus will be discussing the question: How is wastewater an environmental justice issue?

Free entry for all including free food at Bootleg Brew Co. in Corner Brook. Must be 19+. Donations encouraged!

The Green Drinks Speaker Series is a collaboration between Western Environment Centre and Grenfell Campus. The series invites community and academic speakers to make short presentations on a current issue.

Join us for this hands-on workshop as we walk through the process of building a raised garden bed.  Our instructor will start with an overview of health and safety, choosing your lumber, preparing your tools, and will guide us through all the steps required to get you to your finished product.

No experience necessary! All materials, tools and equipment will be provided. Please note that participants will need to complete a free, online, Health and Safety course (WHMIS). You will receive additional information after you register.

Space is very limited! RSVP to info@wecnl.ca. Workshop is free for WEC members, and $5 for non-members. Sign up to be a member at www.wecnl.ca/membership. 

Rescheduled to Saturday, March 1, 2025, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Centre for Research and Innovation: 3 Mill Road, Corner Brook.

Brought to you by The Western Environment Centre and the Centre for Research and Innovation. 

Interested to learn about keeping backyard chickens? Join us for this introductory workshop which will cover everything you need to start collecting fresh eggs in your own backyard!

Happens online Thursday, February 27 at 7 pm.

For more info or to RSVP email info@wecnl.ca. Workshop link will be sent to registered participants. Workshops are $5 or free for WEC members.

Join us for a wintry outdoor workshop focused on the ethical and responsible harvesting of chaga. Chaga is a medicinal fungus of the birch tree that has a long history of traditional use.

On Saturday, January 4th at 1:00 pm we'll gather a small group to learn about and carefully harvest chaga together.

Space is limited! RSVP to info@wecnl.ca. $5 or free for members

Join us for a new season of our Green Drinks Speaker Series!

Josh Smee, Food First NL and Dr. Camille Ouellet-Dallaire, Grenfell Campus will be discussing the question: How can we engage governments in NL to create positive change?

Free entry for all including free food at Bootleg Brew Co. in Corner Brook. Must be 19+. Donations encouraged!

The Green Drinks Speaker Series is a collaboration between Western Environment Centre and Grenfell Campus. The series invites community and academic speakers to make short presentations on a current issue.

Have you ever wanted to find out how to talk to your government representatives and decision makers about improving our food system?

Join us for an interactive talk with Josh Smee of Food First NL on Thursday, November 21st at 1:30 pm. Happens at Grenfell Campus, Forest Centre 3019 (FC3019).

Josh will share Food First's experience working with various levels of government to advocate on food policy in our province.

Space is limited, RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca

In partnership with the Rotary Arts Centre, we're organizing an evening of theatre and conversation all about local food!

On Friday, November 15th, we're hosting a one-woman theatre show from Ontario, and convening a number of fantastic local organic regenerative growers to talk about building a more sustainable food system in our region and province.

Email info@wecnl.ca to RSVP

On Tuesday, November 12th at 6:00 pm, we're hosting a fall bottling workshop. We'll show you how to bottle up some fall foods (including pumpkin!) safely and easily, including both the water bath and pressure canning methods. We're even going to try our hand at pickled seaweed!

Space is limited! RSVP to info@wecnl.ca to reserve your spot. Workshop is $5 or free for members. Location will be shared with registered participants.

Happy fall everyone! We're having one last garden get together on Sunday, November 10th at 1:00 pm, to clean up the garden and get the beds ready for winter.

Wear work gloves and bring a friend! RSVP to info@wecnl.ca or just drop by.

Happy fall everyone! We're having a garden get together on Saturday, November 9th at 1:00 pm, to clean up the garden and get the beds ready for winter.

Wear work gloves and bring a friend! RSVP to info@wecnl.ca or just drop by.

On Sunday, October 20th at 1:00 pm we're hosting a social and work party at the growing dome at 1 Mill Road.

All are welcome to attend. We're going to harvest finished compost, clean up around the site, and oil up the wooden garden bed frames. We'll have refreshments and music.

Bring your gardening gloves and a friend. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca.

Join us for a cooking with wild foods workshop, lead by experienced forager and author, Shawn Dawson. The workshop will include lots of opportunity to check out different edible plants and how to cook them!

Shawn Dawson is a professional forager, farmer, and author of the book “The Forager’s Dinner: Finding, Harvesting, and Preparing Newfoundland & Labrador’s Edible Plants”.

The workshop happens Tuesday, October 1st at 6:00 pm. Location is to be determined in the Corner Brook area, and will be sent along with other details to all registered participants.

RSVP by email to info@wecnl.ca is required as space is limited! Workshops are $5 or free for members.

Join us for a wild foods foraging walk , lead by experienced forager and author, Shawn Dawson. The walk will include lots of opportunity to check out different edible plants along the way, including some tastings!

Shawn Dawson is a professional forager, farmer, and author of the book “The Forager’s Dinner: Finding, Harvesting, and Preparing Newfoundland & Labrador’s Edible Plants”.

The walk happens Tuesday, October 1st at 10:00 am. Location is to be determined in the Corner Brook area, and will be sent along with other details to all registered participants.

RSVP by email to info@wecnl.ca is required as space is limited! Workshops are $5 or free for members.

Join us for a foraging walk, lead by experienced forager and farmer, Adrian Reid. The walk will be beginner level, and will include lots of opportunity to check out different edible plants along the way, including some tastings!

The walk happens Sunday, September 29 at 2:00 pm. Location is to be determined in the Corner Brook area, and will be sent along with other details to all registered participants.

RSVP by email to info@wecnl.ca is required as space is limited!

Welcome to September! We’re having a garden get together Sunday, September 22th at 10:00 am at the Caribou Road Community Garden.

We would like to get the composters cleared out, some fresh compost added to the beds, and the garden shed and general area tidied up.

RSVP to info@wecnl.ca or just drop by! Wear gardening gloves and bring a friend.

Join us for a foraging walk, lead by experienced forager and farmer, Adrian Reid. The walk will be beginner level, and will include lots of opportunity to check out different edible plants along the way, including some tastings!

The walk happens Saturday, September 21 at 2:00 pm. Location is to be determined in the Corner Brook area, and will be sent along with other details to all registered participants.

RSVP by email to info@wecnl.ca is required as space is limited!

On Sunday, Sept 15 at 10 am we'll have a gathering to do some work at the garden, including assembling a third community composter, tidying up around the site, sifting compost and cleaning the tools and shed.

Wear gloves and bring a friend! RSVP to info@wecnl.ca or just show up.

Welcome to September! We’re having a garden get together this coming Saturday, September 7th at 2:00 pm at the Reid Street Community Garden.

We would like to get the composters cleared out, some fresh compost added to the beds, and the garden shed and general area tidied up.

RSVP to info@wecnl.ca or just drop by! Wear gardening gloves and bring a friend.

We’re having a garden work party at the Heights Garden Sunday morning, August 25th, at 10 am - t's nearing the end of summer, and the garden needs a little care! We’ll do some whipper snipping, some garden pruning, and sift compost.

The garden is in Brandon Municipal Playground in Humber Heights. Enter between 3 and 5 Batstone’s Road. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca or just drop by! Wear gardening gloves and bring a friend.

Join us for a summer foraging walk , lead by experienced forager and author, Shawn Dawson. The walk will include lots of opportunity to check out different edible plants along the way, including some tastings!

Shawn Dawson is a professional forager, farmer, and author of the book “The Forager’s Dinner: Finding, Harvesting, and Preparing Newfoundland & Labrador’s Edible Plants”.

The walk happens Wednesday, August 14th at 5:00 pm. Location is to be determined in the Corner Brook area, and will be sent along with other details to all registered participants.

RSVP by email to info@wecnl.ca is required as space is limited! Workshops are $5 or free for members.

Given the exceptional growing conditions in the dome, it is now abundant with plants and produce. The Greenhouse Ambassadors have been working hard watering, weeding, pruning, and plucking. Now they’re excited to share the community dome greenhouse with everyone! WEC will be hosting an Open House and invites all members of the public to come view the dome and learn more about it!

The Open House at the dome greenhouse happens Thursday, August 8, 2024 6-8 pm. Drop by, have a look, sample some veggies, and have a chat!

Come with us to the Codroy Valley! On Sunday, August 4th we're going to visit Tuckaway Apiary, home of regenerative growers Megan Samms and Ash Hall.

They'll host us for a tour of their beautiful space and we'll chat about their honey bees, orchard, regenerative growing methods, foraging practices, community involvement and more!

Tour starts at 2pm onsite in Codroy. Transportation not provided; carpooling is encouraged. Workshops are $5 or free for members. To RSVP or for more info email info@wecnl.ca.

Join us for our first foraging workshop of the year, with experienced local forager Adrian Reid of Joie de Vivre Farm.

Our Summer Coastal Foraging Walk happens at Bottle Cove Beach at 10 am on Saturday, July 13th. We'll do a short, easy walk along the beach and boardwalk, stopping often to chat about the edibles along the way!

Workshop is $5 or free for WEC members. Space is limited. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca.

Join facilitator Megan Holdfast as she delves into summer plant care focusing on natural mulches, smart watering, and holistic pest management. For all levels of gardeners!

Workshop location TBD. Workshops are $5 or free for members. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca.

Join us at the Heights Garden Sunday morning, June 23rd at 10 am. There's some plots that need a little work, some weed wacking to do, and it would be great to sift the finished compost too. Bring some workgloves and a friend. Anyone can drop by!

Join us at the Heights Community Garden to work on the gardens early in the growing season! We'll sift compost, plant seeds, and chat with fellow gardeners.

RSVP to info@wecnl.ca or just drop by! Wear gardening gloves and bring a friend.