EVENTS
'Tea Creek' Film Screening
Capturing the ups and downs of life at Tea Creek the film is an intimate portrait of Jacob, his team and one of Tea Creek's youngest new farmers, Justice Moore.
Hosted by the Ucwalmicw Farm, come and experience this important film on Indigenous food sovereignty. Doors open at 5pm with film at 6pm.
Shutting Down the Garden: Composting, Mulch, Cover Crops and more!
The final workshop in Sue Senger’s series, join us to learn about shutting down your garden while enriching the soil for next season.
Takes place at the Lillooet Community Connect HUB, 633 Main Street.
Free to all - please register at lillooetgrownbc@gmail.com
Garden Tours
NOTE: We’ve postponed the August 24th garden tour to next Saturday, August 31st.
Join us for two local garden tours. We start out in the morning at Sam and Johannes’ fabulous ‘little bit of everything’ garden, then in the afternoon, Alicia will show us around her beautiful market flower garden.
See the poster for details on time and locations.
Gathering and Storing your Own Seeds from the Garden
Building on the first workshop where we prepared the garden to be able to save seeds, Sue will guide us through how to gather and store those seeds.
Takes place at the Lillooet Community Connect HUB, 633 Main Street.
Free to all. Register at lillooetgrownbc@gmail.com
Starting Seeds in the Summer for Fall Harvests
Sue Senger is back with another awesome agricultural workshop. Sue will be discussing the seeds to start to extend your harvest into the fall.
Takes place at the Lillooet Community Connect HUB, 633 Main Street.
Free to all. Please register at lillooetgrownbc@gmail.com
Kanaka Bar Garden Tour
For our first garden tour of summer 2024, we appreciate being able to invite you to visit the Kanaka Bar Indian Band's Food Self-Sufficiency Project.
The Project
“Kanaka Bar has a vision to manage and use its land and resources to maintain a self-sufficient, sustainable, and vibrant community. Our Food Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Department has been working towards a goal of 100% of community resident food needs being met through local agriculture, community gardens, household gardens and traditional food sources. The FSS department is made up of a dedicated group of staff and community members who work in the gardens, orchard, food forests and harvesting areas, care for our livestock and coordinate food education and mentorship programs and events.”
Check out their website for more information and great pictures: www.kanakabarwww.kanakabarband.ca/departments/food-self-sufficiency.
The Tour
According to Emma Bryce, project lead, the tour will take approximately 2 hours (or more depending on how many questions we ask!) and will include a 20 minute introduction to their Seed Library and Seed Saving by Mojave Kaplan. Mojave is one of the best known seed savers in BC and well known to many seed savers in the Lillooet area.
When: Leaving from the REC Centre Parking Lot by the library at 9:45 am on Monday, 29 July 2024, returning about 3 pm. Anticipated tour start time on site is about 11 am.
What to Bring: Bring a bag lunch and water. Coffee, tea and cold juice will be provided. AND - fresh salad from their gardens will be served on plates from their kitchen!
Getting There: Transportation is still being worked out. We hope to have a bus, but it depends on how many people pre-register for the trip. We ask anyone interested in joining us to pre-register by July 22nd. (250-256-8225 or lillooetfoodmatters@gmail.com).
Cost: The event, including transportation, is free, with costs covered by Lillooet Food Matters and Lillooet Agriculture & Food Society.
Questions?: Please contact Eleanor Wright at lillooetfoodmatters@gmail.com.
Bear Safety and Attractant Management
The third in Sue Senger’s popular agricultural workshops. Sue will focus on managing your garden and property for attractants to limit human-bear conflict and keep everyone (bears and humans!) safe.
Takes place at the Lillooet Community Connect HUB, 633 Main Street.
Free to all. Please register at lillooetgrownbc@gmail.com
Friends, Foes and Frenemies: Who's Who in the Garden
The second workshop in local small-scale farmer and agrologist Sue Senger’s series of agricultural workshops. Join us for this free event at the Lillooet Community Connect Hub, 633 Main Street. Did we mention snacks and prizes??!!
Sue Senger Presents - 'Preparing Your Garden So You Can Save Your Own Seeds'
Learn to save your own seeds with Sue Senger, local small-scale farmer, mother, strategic planner, biologist, agrologist, researcher and writer.
Join Sue for this free event at the Lillooet Community Connect HUB, 633 Main Street.
The event is free, but please register at lillooetgrownbc@gmail.com.
Lillooet Seedy Sunday 2019
Lillooet’s 11th annual Seedy event! We’ve expanded this year to include local farmers and market vendors, come and check out their tables, along with the seed lending library and seed swap. The event will be catered by Rainshadow Cafe, and there will be a children’s craft area, a raffle with great prizes and short presentations throughout the day.
Clinton Seedy Sunday
The Clinton Seedy Sunday will be held on Sunday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clinton Memorial Hall. There will be plant vendors, seed vendors, garden-related information booths, and a children's area set up with garden-related crafts. Lillooet Food Matters members are invited to attend as vendors, contact Susan Swan at 250-459-2224 or sscountrysquire@gmail.com.
Lillooet Seedy Saturday
The 9th Annual Seedy Saturday is coming up on March 11. From 9:00 to 1:00 there will be seed sales and a seed swap. From 2:00 to 5:00, join us for Tiny Talks, a series of short talks about topics such as aquaponics, mushroom growing, naturescaping, permaculture chickens, and food forests. Admission is $2 or by donation.
Farm Film Festival
A series of 6 films focussed on sustainable agriculture and the young farmer movement. Check out lillooetcalendar.com for a full description of each film. Presented at the Lillooet Public Library every Tuesday at 7pm starting February 21st.
Wild Salmon Caravan
The Salmon Caravan is coming through Xwisten on Wednesday night. Join in for a feast and celebration of the spirit of wild salmon!
On Wednesday, June 8, meet at Xwisten at 6:00 for a feast, singing, drumming and speakers. Camp overnight if you like!
On Thursday, June 9, there will be a breakfast at 8:00, before the caravan leaves at 9:00 for Cheam, Sto'lo.
Visit the Wild Salmon Caravan website or Facebook page for more information:
https://wildsalmoncaravan.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/wildsalmoncaravan/timeline
Dawn Morrison is one of the main organizers - she is an amazing leader in the food sovereignty world. She is the late Wolverine's niece and a founder of the Working group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty. To read more about her work, check out this link: http://youngagrarians.org/indigenous-food-sovereignty/
Clinton Seedy Sunday
Clinton Seedy Sunday is on April 17 from 10 until 3 in the Clinton Memorial Hall. There will be heritage seeds, plants, information and displays and demonstrations for all things gardening. There will be a kids' craft area with garden and sustainability themed crafts. Some vendors will also be selling garden-related items (bird houses, garden books, etc.). A concession on site will have soup, chili, buns and muffins, tea and coffee available. Admission is by donation and everyone is welcome. Anyone wanting to set up a display or for more information can contact Susan Swan at 250-459-2224 (9-4:30 weekdays) or by emailing sscountrysquire@gmail.com.
Lillooet Seedy Saturday 2016
Come to our annual Seedy Saturday to get your seeds for the year and learn about gardening. The event is held at St. Andrew's United Church and runs from 9-4 pm. Read more about Seedy Saturday.
Lillooet Winter Farm Tours
The Pemberton Farmer's Institute is hosting a tour of Lillooet farms. The tours are open to the public. Meet at Lightfoot Gas at 10:00 am on February 15. We will carpool from there to each of the farms.
Small Scale Foods Processing Workshop
2 day workshop will be hosted by AgroFoods Canada, to teach scale farmers about food processing and marketing. Please sign up through Splitrock Environmental.
Organic Veggie Garden Tours
Join us for 2 days of garden tours. We will be carpooling to a number of local veggie gardens where you can with the gardener and learn new skills. July 21 and August 30. Meet at 10:00 am at Lightfoot Gas.
Food Forum 2011
Come to the food forum to the help us plan the future of food security in Lillooet. January 2 at 10:00 am at the T'it'q'et band office. Click here to view the report.