by OceanColleen | May 1, 2024 | Food Security, News
written by Heather Menzies There’s something magical and almost mystical about turning dead and decomposing matter into soil that will sustain new life. There’s also a lot of practical knowledge involved. Here’s a distillation of what Simon Nattrass shared with... 
by OceanColleen | Apr 18, 2024 | News
written by Heather Menzies The Commons has created its first ever trail map, in time for Earth Day. Celebrate by clipping it out, following it and entering what might become a deepening relationship with the Commons woods and meadows, and all the beings that live... 
by OceanColleen | Feb 28, 2024 | Community, Food Security, News
Thirty people came out last Sunday afternoon, Feb 25, 2024, to a pruning workshop in the Commons orchard, led by Betty Kehler and Lynn Bowerman. Gardeners with the three allotment gardens associated with the Commons, plus members of the Commons Farm Team, they also... 
by OceanColleen | Feb 13, 2024 | News
The Gabriola Commons invites you to meet with Alison Smith On Homelessness 2:00 pm Saturday, March 2nd | Rollo Centre Homelessness is hidden on Gabriola, and until recently has been hidden from the public. Communities all over the Province (and country) are... 
by OceanColleen | Jan 24, 2024 | Community, News
By Heather Menzies Picking up garbage, clothing, cooking utensils and assorted camping gear from (illegal) encampments on the Gabriola Commons has evolved into a twice weekly patrol in recent months. In the minus-10 cold of a recent Saturday morning (January 13), I... 
by OceanColleen | Dec 8, 2023 | News
Note that the January Commons Coordinating Council Meeting will be JANUARY 9th (second Tuesday of the month rather than the usual first Tuesday, Jan 2). Jan 2 is a stat holiday this year.
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