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March 28 | Seed Starting: Sowing for Your Summer Veggie Garden

Join gardening expert Arzeena Hamir for an afternoon demystifying the process of growing your own plants from seed. Choose from flowers or vegetables and pot up some seeds to take home, grow on and plant out! Location: Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre (3663 Park Road, North Vancouver) Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010 Time: 1:00 to ...

March 14 | Garden Preparation: Waking Up Your Garden for Spring

Join HotBeds organic gardener Sharon Hanna for an interactive session to help you get your ornamental and food gardens ready for spring. Bring your questions about dealing with mulch, creating new garden beds, feeding the soil and tending overwintered plants. Location: Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre (3663 Park Road, North Vancouver) Date: Sunday, March ...

March 8-12 | Forensic Science for Kids

Want to learn more about how the police use fingerprints, bullets, bugs, impressions or blood to solve crimes? During Spring Break (March 8-13, 2010), the Police Museum will be offering numerous workshops and drop-in activities exploring the science of contemporary police work. The themed workshops require reservations, but you can also drop ...

March 24 | Walking Tour – Downtown South

The Gathering Place presents a Free Walking Tours - Vancouvers' Downtown South Join us in the heart of Vancouver's Downtown South and tour unique architecture and public art. Learn about historical and other fun facts. Find out how Davie Street was named Visit an 8 foot Haida pole designed by well known Haida carver ...

March 17 | Walking Tour – Downtown South

March 8-12 | Spring Break at the Space Centre

The H.R. Macmillan Space Centre is offering extra-special Spring Break activities between 11am – 2pm, along with its full program schedule between 10am – 5pm. For more, visit www.spacecentre.ca

Feb 11 – Mar 21 | Vancouver Pride House

PRIDE house Vancouver is located at Qmunity- BC's Queer Resource Centre. Here is the operational hub of the PRIDE House Vancouver experience where you will find friendly PRIDE House ambassadors who can tell you all about all that is fabulously queer in Vancouver. We also will have on hand immigration and refugee ...

Feb 13 | Chicken & Egg Dance

A perennial favourite family event that benefits local food organizations returns this year on February 13. This time around, a trio of non-profits bring an evening of good old-fashioned country fun to the city for the 9th Annual Chicken and Egg Dance held at the Capri Hall. The BC Association for Regenerative ...

Mar 13 | Salmon Friendly Gardens Seminar

Make your neighbourhood a better place and start something healthier for you and the salmon in your backyard! This workshop style seminar will have speakers present practical solutions for: Carving a vegie patch out of your lawn Rethinking weeds: how to make delicious salads Gardening for wildlife Greener Gardening: alternatives to pesticides Refreshments will be provided. ...

Feb 11 – 21 | Bamboo Welcome Gates

Bamboo Welcome Gates is an installation in Vancouver's historic Chinatown during the 2010 Winter Games where visitors and residents to Zodiac Square will be invited to write Welcome World Wishes for an athlete and/or country. Wishes will be created and placed onto the Bamboo-Cedar Gateways in colourful red, water-resistant envelopes and ...