{"id":3322,"date":"2012-05-03T10:58:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2012-05-08T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T16:36:44","slug":"events-around-town-aim-to-make-gardening-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/05\/03\/events-around-town-aim-to-make-gardening-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Events around town aim to make gardening easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camosun students looking to find some ways to make gardening easy are going to have a busy few days. If the ol\u2019 summer job is allowing for any disposable income, grab a copy of the recently released book Sow Simple: 100+ Green and Easy Projects to Make Your Garden Awesome<\/em>, written by Christina Symons and John Gillespie, then head out to Dig This on Thursday and Cannor Nursery on Saturday to hear the two speak in person about gardening techniques.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictoria is one of our favourite cities in the world and we\u2019re pulling out all the stops,\u201d says Symons. \u201cWe’ll be talking about growing green and black tea in BC, a topic we are very stoked about. We’ll also be discussing ways to grow greener at home, for example, how to turn your yard into an entirely edible oasis, including growing olives and figs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The authors of Sow Simple get their hands dirty (photo submitted).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Symons, who says they\u2019ll also be teaching people how to make free plants with easy propagation tips and homemade \u201cmagic willow juice,\u201d says that students interested in starting gardening should \u201cjust go for it,\u201d and start off with herbs as they are low maintenance and less susceptible to pests than other garden plants.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlant vegetables that you love to eat, and you will enjoy gardening even more,\u201d she says. \u201cTrees are a wonderful choice if you have ample room; they are a great way to commemorate someone special, celebrate a birthday or mark a special occasion, such as graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Planting trees? This is all good and dandy for people who have time on their hands and plenty of space, although the reality is that students often have neither. But Symons says that\u2019s not a problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don’t have a lot of room, you can grow a mini-potager\u2014a tiny kitchen or herb garden\u2014in a simple recycled nursery pot from the garden centre,\u201d she says. \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to grow veggies and even berries in pots. Potatoes, raspberries, and blueberries all grow well on balconies. And if you don’t have a balcony, consider growing micro-greens\u2014baby greens such as arugula, broccoli and pea shoots\u2014on your windowsill, or even on a tabletop. A community garden plot is also a great idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christina Symons and John Gillespie
\n6:30 pm, Thursday, May 3
\nDig This, 636 Fort Street
\nFree<\/p>\n

2 pm, Saturday May 5
\nCannor Nursery, 4660 Elk Lake Drive
\nFree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camosun students looking to find some ways to make gardening easy are going to have a busy few days. If the ol\u2019 summer job is allowing for any disposable income, grab a copy of the recently released book Sow Simple: 100+ Green and Easy Projects to Make Your Garden Awesome, written by Christina Symons and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3360,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions\/3360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}