We are starting a brand new series this winter in partnership with the Corner Brook Public Library, intended to get you ready early for the gardening season!

Our first hands-on session with expert organic gardener Lee Wall is called Garden Planning and Design 101. Lee will take you through the basics for planning your new or existing garden. You’ll learn how to discover new ways to find growing space, and think about practical and creative ways to make your garden healthy and thriving this spring.

She’ll touch on discovering and creating microclimates, maximizing growing space, vertical gardening, raised bed planning and more!

We’ll have paper and pencils for you to even start visually brainstorming your garden plan.

RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca as space is limited. Entry is $5 or free for WEC members and children under 16.

Are you curious to learn more about chaga?

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 Sunday, January 25th 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. Location and other details will be sent to registered participants

Join us for our second Green Drinks event of this season!

It happens on Wednesday, January 21st at 7:00 pm at Bootleg Brew Co, 92 West Street in Corner Brook. This time our question is “How can citizen science impact environmental policy?”

Our speakers are Natalie Parsons of the Stewardship Association of Municipalities and Dr. Joseph Bowden of Natural Resources Canada.

We’ll have free refreshments catered by Bread and Butter Deli, and great conversation.

Free for all. 19 +

Join us for the third instalment of our Fermentation Workshop Series! We already had sessions about veggie fermenting and fermented drinks and now we’re bringing you the ever popular sourdough bread!

Workshop happens Saturday, January 10th at 4pm. RSVP required as space is limited. Email info@wecnl.ca to sign up.

Cost is $5 or free for WEC members ($20/year)

On Saturday, November 29th at 4 pm we’ll bring you a Fermented Drinks Workshop, just in time to make yummy bubbly drinks for the holidays.

We’ll discuss kombucha, ginger beer and mead. All supplies included!

Do you want to learn how to preserve all those fresh, local garden vegetables that are in abundance right now?

Join us for for the first session in our Fermenting Workshop Series! We’re offering a veggie fermenting workshop, to learn how to make delicious, tangy, bubbly ferments such as sauerkraut and kimchi from local produce.

Workshop happens on Saturday, November 8th from 4 - 5:30 pm at the Salvation Army Temple in Corner Brook. RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca

Cost is $5 or free for WEC members

More details on other workshops in our Fermenting Series coming soon!

We’re gathering at the Barry Place Garden in Curling (off Bolands Avenue), to wind the garden down for the season. We’ll meet Sunday, November 2 at 10 am.

All are welcome to come lend a hand! Bring gardening gloves and a friend

Email info@wecnl.ca for more info

We’re gathering at the Reid Street Garden in East Valley Playground, to wind the garden down for the season. We’ll meet Saturday, November 1st at 10 am.

All are welcome to come lend a hand! Bring gardening gloves and a friend

Email info@wecnl.ca for more info

Join the Western Environment Centre on Wednesday, October 29th at 7 pm at Bootleg Brew Co (92 West Street) as we kick off our 7th season of the Green Drinks Speaker Series! 

This season starts with a special one focused on poetry! We'll have our two speakers, Dr. Adam Beardsworth and Brittany Ellsworth, discuss the question How can poetry contribute to environmental dialogue?, plus they'll read some of their own environment-themed poems. 

This event is free and 19+. Free food available catered by Bread and Butter.

We’re gathering at the Reid Street Garden in East Valley Playground, to wind the garden down for the season. We’ll meet Saturday, October 25th at 10 am (rescheduled to November 1).

All are welcome to come lend a hand! Bring gardening gloves and a friend

Email info@wecnl.ca for more info

It’s mushroom season and we’d love to take you in the woods to help show you the most common and delicious edible mushrooms in western Newfoundland!

Expert forager, Adrian Reid, will lead a hands-on, outdoor workshop focused on safe, responsible and ethical foraging of mushrooms, including hedgehods, sweet tooth and winter chanterelles.

The event happens on Monday, October 6th at 5:00 pm. Location TBA. RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca. Fee is $5 or free for Western Environment Centre members and children under 16.

We’ll meet at the Heights Garden (in Brandon Municipal Playground off Batstone’s Road) on Sunday, October 5th at 10:00 am for a garden gathering.

All are welcome to come lend a hand as we get our garden beds cleaned up and ready for the next growing season. Please bring gardening gloves and a friend!

Join us for the next workshop in our permaculture series with Lee Wall, master organic gardener!

Learn all about how to put your garden to bed for the season including tips on how to do final harvests of produce and seeds, plus pruning and propagating tender annuals and perennials to extend your harvest indoors!

Workshop happens on Saturday, October 4th at 4:00 pm at the Immaculate School Greenhouse. RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca as space is limited. Fee is $5 or free for Western Environment Centre members and children under 16.

We’re gathering at the Blow Me Down Garden (off Lundrigan Drive in Corner Brook), to wind the garden down for the season. We’ll meet Saturday, October 4th at 10 am.

All are welcome to come lend a hand! Bring gardening gloves and a friend

Email info@wecnl.ca for more info

Join us for the third installment of our permaculture gardening series, in partnership with Lee Wall, permaculture expert and certified master organic gardener.

This time we’ll talk all about how to take care of your garden in the fall. Lee will discuss how to prune, fertilize, weed and harvest, all while building and caring for the long term health of the soil ecosystem.

Workshop happens on Wednesday, September 24th at 6:00 pm. RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca. Entry is $5 or free for WEC members and kids under 16.

Join us for the first foraging walk and tasting of the fall season!

On Thursday, Sept. 18th at 5:30 pm, we'll have a look for any edible  plants and mushrooms along our walk, lead by experienced west coast forager Adrian Reid of Joie de Vivre Farm.

RSVP to info@wecnl.ca. Workshop is $5 or free for WEC members and kids under 16.

Learn hands-on how to save seeds from your garden for use in future years with horticulturalist and homesteader Megan Holdfast.

It happens on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 5:30 pm. This will be an outdoor workshop (location TBA). Space is quite limited for this one!

Entry is $5 or free for WEC members and kids under 16. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca

Forest Foraging Walk
We're offering a forest foraging walk on Saturday, July 26th in partnership with Joie de Vivre Farm and Tree Party, a fun community event organized by 62 Broadway. Check out all the details and sign up here.

Learn how to build a garden shed with us! RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca

A small group will work together to build a 6' x 8' garden shed on-site near the growing dome greenhouse. Workshop is fully hands-on, and participants will learn about safety measures, using various power tools, and other carpentry basics.  

When

Saturday, July 12th from 8:30 am  - 4:00 pm

Saturday, July 19th from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Saturday, July 26th (optional to finish up) from 8:30 am - 12pm

We'll re-schedule if weather isn't suitable.

Learn how to build a garden shed with us! RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca

A small group will work together to build a 6' x 8' garden shed on-site near the growing dome greenhouse. Workshop is fully hands-on, and participants will learn about safety measures, using various power tools, and other carpentry basics.  

When

Saturday, July 12th from 8:30 am  - 4:00 pm

Saturday, July 19th from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Saturday, July 26th (optional to finish up) from 8:30 am - 12pm

We'll re-schedule if weather isn't suitable.

Due to popular demand, we’re offering a second wetlands foraging workshop!

On Wednesday, June 18th at 6:00 pm we'll join local forager Adrian Reid of Joie de Vivre Farm for a wetlands foraging workshop.  We'll do a beginner level walk and explore all the different wild edibles you'd find in wetland areas.

RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca. Workshop costs $5 or free for WEC members and for children under 16.

Foraging Workshop

We're excited to offer another foraging workshop for you this season!

On Monday, June 16th at 6:00 pm we'll join local forager Adrian Reid of Joie de Vivre Farm for a wetlands foraging workshop.  We'll do a beginner level walk and explore all the different wild edibles you'd find in wetland areas.

RSVP required to info@wecnl.ca. Workshop costs $5 or free for WEC members and for children under 16.

On Sunday, June 15th at 3:00 pm, we'll have a garden get together at Barry Place Garden. We'll continue our garden preparations, clean up the greenhouse and more.

 We'd love to have a few extra helping hands, if you'd like to drop by. You can RSVP or feel free to just come by with gardening gloves and a friend!

Barry Place Garden is located off Boland's Ave in Curling.

Join us to learn about (and from!) the weeds in your garden! The plants that we call weeds play an important role in the ecosystem, and they have useful messages to share about the health of the soil and the environments they are living in.

Workshop will be led by Lee Wall, permaculture designer and certified organic master gardener who has a passion for all wild and tangly things. She's a big fan of the underdog and enjoys teasing out the (im)possible - even in some of our more heavily-rooted beliefs. She digs at shifting our lenses by opening us up to 'think like a forest', which may just transform our thoughts and feelings about weeds!

Sunday, June 1st at 1:00 pm; Location TBD; Space is limited, RSVP to info@wecnl.ca 

Our first Blow Me Down garden get together will be Saturday, May 31st at 1:00pm. Hope you can make it! We'll tidy up the garden and shed, and have a chat with fellow gardeners. Feel free to go up the garden at any time before then to start working on your plot. Bring your gardening gloves and a friend. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca.

Join us for the [bonus] final Green Drinks Speaker Series!

Daniel Smith, NL Federation of Labour and Max Cohen, Grenfell Campus will be discussing the question: What should a just transition look like in NL?

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.

Come along on a Spring Greens Foraging Workshop with Shawn Dawson! Happening Friday May 16th at 6 pm. Location TBD, Corner Brook area. Workshops are $5 or free for members. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca.

Come along on a Spring Greens Foraging Workshop with Shawn Dawson! Happening Wednesday May 14th at 6 pm. Location TBD, Corner Brook area. Workshops are $5 or free for members. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca.

We're hosting our Annual General Meeting on Saturday, May 10th at 2:30 pm at the Centre for Research & Innovation. RSVP to info@wecnl.ca.

This is a great time to come find out about all our projects and hear about plans for the coming year.

We'll also vote in a new board so please be in touch if you're curious about what being a board member is all about.

Our first garden get together will be Sunday, May 4th at 2:00 pm. Hope you can make it! We'll tidy up the garden, discuss our new greenhouse, work on our beds, and have a chat with fellow gardeners.