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NORTH Shore stu-
dents will continue to
learn about the envi-
ronment in an upbeat
and interactive way
this year, thanks to
the North Shore
Recycling Program
(NSRP).

The NSRP’s Community
Education Team is once
again offering free waste-
wise workshops to North
Shore schools, including The
Garbage Audit for Grades 4
to 7. Students will discover
how much garbage their class
produces in a day, ina month
and in a year, and learn that
the 3Rs really make a differ-
ence with the help of NSRP
staff.

The Bug Workshops are
for Grades K to 5. Utilizing a

green quide

UNTIL OCT. 11: VanDusen
Botanical Garden is hosting its
first-ever Scarecrow Festival.
Created by Grade 4 and 5
Lewer Mainland students,
scarecrows will be found
throughout the children’s gar-
den, down the Spooky Secret
“Path in the Oak Section and
hanging out at the Lathhouse.
The len is located at 525)
Oak St. in Vancouver.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6: The
Evergreen Foundation is offer-

combination of five bugs,
toys, puppets and hands-on
activities, instructors Megan
Hemphill and entomologist
Ursula Dole will interest stu-
denis in the important role
insects play in our lives.
What is an Inseet is for stu-
dents aged four to six, and
Are They Good, Bad, or Just
Plain Ugly? is for students
aged seven to 10.

The SR Workshop, for
Grades K to 4, is the NSRP's
flagship workshop, which
encourages environmental
stewardship with a hands-on
garbage sort (although not
with real garbage). It’s an
effective, interactive and
visual way to teach children
about the importance of
being waste-wise.

Wormkeepers, for Grades
Kto 7, is a perennial favorite.
It helps students make the

ing a planning and planting
workshop scries to help you
transform your local school
grounds into a healthy and
dynamic learning environment.
Evening workshops are avail-
able at Westview elementary
until the end of January. Phone
689-0766 for complete listings.
The workshops are: Getting
Started (Get. 6); Site Design
(Oct. 27); Native Plants (Nov.
17); Fundraising (Jan. 19).

THURSDAY, OCT. 7: The
West Vancouver Parks and
Recreation Department is

offering a workshop on prun-

lean mew Shs

connection between garbage
ands the environment by
learning about red wriggler
worms and the work they do.
With the help of an NSRP
facilitator, students learn
about the worms, build a
worm composter, and rake
the “wormkeepers pledge.”

A wormkeeper certificate
is awarded to cach student,
if, after three months, the
worms and bin are heaithy
and they have helped anoth-
er class build a bin, or passed
their own along.

The NSRP also staffs dis-
plays and interactive activi-
ties for open houses, offers
train-the-trainer workshops,
information sessions for
adults and presentations.

For more information,
call the NSRP’s community
programs coordinator, Heidi
Schimpl, at 984-9730.

ing, as one of a number of fall
gardening prograras, from 7 to
9 p.m. in the West Van
Community Centre. Call 925-
7270 to find out abcut this and
other workshops.

GREEN GUIDE is a weekly
Sunday column. If your business
or charity is planning a garden-
dag event, send in your informa-
tion as early as possible to the
North Shore News, 1139
Lonsdale Ave., Noritn
Vanconyer, B.C, V7M 2H4.
Priority is given to fundraising
events and shows taking place on
the North Shore.

' GRAND OPENING .
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GROW WORES INBCOR GARDENING
137 East Znd Street,
North Vancouver

990-1380

Join us October 2nd to help celebrate our
Grand Opening.

Ribbon cutting at 12 noon, serving refreshments all day.

Summer may be over, but your growing season is
about to begin!

Grow year round with the North Shore's
BEST location for hydroponic
equipment & suppiies.

russ itbe nutrient solutions
great to be abl? to — rather than soil”

"At Grow Works
Indoor Gardening, you ~

bring your garden
indoors? Well, thanks to .
hydroponics, you can
do that. A new shop
called Grow Works
Indoor Gardening 5S
has opened on 2nd §

St, just east of :

' Lonsdale. Owners,”

Lisa and Jason =
Croutch, sell every:

| thing you need to
| get started.

Hydrcponics is
the same growing
technique being
used by many commer-
cial growers, including
the well known BC
Hothouse producers.
The actual definition of
hydroponics is “the sci-
ence of growing plants
with their roots in

patios or windows for
around $100.They also
carry a wide range of
products for the more
advanced indoor gar- |
den, > _
The benefits of this
hobby are many. Plants:

can get started with a. -
small garden system for: -

_ healthier than plants
grown in soil, and’ the

“produce: grown from

these plants have cd :

flavour and are
more nutritious. .
‘Jason says that
an added feature’
of. hydroponics i is
=the psychological

-winter months, .
tending to plants.

Quners Lisa & ‘Jason Crosich under grow lights;

helps to chase away the
winter blabs. :
For those who enjoy ;
gardening ali year
round, it’s the answer.

Like Jason and Lisa say,’

“Give it 2 try and it'll

grow on you.”

Grow Works Indoor Gardening
137 E. 2nd St, North Van. —

990-1380 |