>> Alex Harned
This growing season, the Fernwood Helping Hands team of volunteers are flexing their gleaning skills at various generous farms across the Capital Region. ‘Gleaning’ is the practice of collecting fresh, excess food. From an abundance of lettuce and kale at the local urban Mason Street City Farm, to the endless wild blackberry bushes […]
Join ‘Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ for an evening of ideas, stories, refreshments and inspiration on fun ways to build community amongst immediate neighbours. Meet some neighbours, learn about micro-grants, community resources, tools & tips for getting started on a small projects or gatherings to strengthen connections on your block or in your multi-family building.
Please register as […]
Check out these great events happening on our neighbourhood in the next couple months…
1) Sunset Market in the Square
Wednesdays in September, 4:30 – 7:30pm, Fernwood Square
// Shop for fresh, local fruits and veggies and value added food products while enjoying live local music
›› Phoenix Bain
The Oaklands Sunset Market has made its mark in Victoria as […]
Outdoor pursuits, leadership group and sports drop-ins for youth coming in September
›› Laura Burki
Fernwood NRG is thrilled to be bringing new Youth Programs to the community starting in September 2017. From outdoor pursuits to leadership groups even a sports drop in night for tweens.
The youth in our community make a large portion of locality and […]
Did you know that Fernwood will be a host neighbourhood for the Resilient Streets program, launching at a kick-off workshop on September 13th, 2017?
In the follow toolkit you’ll find excerpts from the “Resilient Streets Toolkit”—This is a practical guide that we’ll be exploring in more detail at the workshop, which will help you and […]
›› Alex Harned
Check out the fantastic workshops at the Fernwood Community Centre this month—August brings the opportunity to learn everything from bud-grafting, how to make Kombucha (the perfect summer drink!), and gain knowledge on how to fix those various garden tools (both hand tools and machinery!). Curious to know more or register for a workshop? […]
New mixed use building underway in Fernwood village
›› Lee Herrin
In 2011 Fernwood residents told the Fernwood NRG’s Neighbourhood Visioning Forum that a healthy and vibrant neighbourhood centre needs a critical mass and variety of business and residential units. We listened, and we are adding commercial space and housing in a new building right in Fernwood […]
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