Cafe offers gardening workshops for spring
When days get warmer, the gardeners among us start to dream about working in the garden. The Seasoned Spoon Café at Trent University is offering two gardening workshops, Square Foot Gardening and Composting: Spoils into Soils to whet those gardening appetites.
Square Foot Gardening, with master gardener Gladys Fowler, takes place Monday night from 5 until 7 p.m. If you are eager to have a garden, but are short on space, this is the workshop for you where you will learn all about this technique of growing more in less space with minimal effort.
“Perfect for urban gardeners, the space challenged and anyone who wants to intensify production or experiment with efficiency.”
Composting: Spoils into Soils takes place April 4 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.
In this workshop, Robin Tench, local compost enthusiast, will give a hands-on presentation about composting techniques to suit any situation. Learn what you should and should not compost, how to build and maintain a bin or pile, and how to harvest and use your custom-made compost. You will also be able to meet working worms that create compost indoors.
“No garden is complete without a compost pile! Composting recycles your kitchen and yard waste into rich soil for your garden, yard, and houseplants.”
Each workshop costs $5 or pay what you can. The Seasoned Spoon is located at 1600 West Bank Dr. For further information email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com
Cooking Classes
Would you like to learn some culinary skills? Get to know other people? Cook and eat together? If so, come on out to the kitchen at St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, located at 1140 St. Paul’s St. Members of the church, friends, neighbours and community members are all welcome.
The classes run Tuesdays from April 17 until May 15 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. There is no charge.
To register, contact Joanne at the health unit at 705-743-1000, ext. 316, or by email at jrhewitt@peterboroughpublichealth.ca and say you want to be with the St. Stephen's group.
Dragon Boat Paddle Fit
Planning on taking part in the Dragon Boat race this year? You can get fit and ready for it with the Dragon Boat Paddle Fit classes at Trent University Athletic Centre. Led by paddle coach and experienced paddler David Mossman, the classes run twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m. for 5 weeks from Apr. 16 until May 17. At the end of the classes you will be technically ready and paddle fit for the boat season!
The cost is $65 for members, $75 for non-members and free for Trent students. To register or for more information visit trentu.ca/athletics/programs/adultregistered-programs
Calendar
Learning In Leisure: Tuesday from 9:15 a.m. until noon at Northminster United Church with speakers Kate Lines (Crime Seen); Susan Weaver (Birds of the Lower Rio Grande Valley). Season memberships $25 or pay $5 per session. Lug-a-mug for the cookie and coffee break. Wheelchair accessible. For more information visit www.learninginleisure.com
Life After Stroke Peterborough peer support group: Meets Wednesday from 1 until 3 p.m. at Northminster United Church,300 Sunset Blvd. Survivors and caregivers welcome. Wheelchair accessible but please arrive 15 minutes early for elevator access. Light refreshments provided. Call Sandy 705-760-2581 or visit www.LifeAfterStrokePeterborough.org
Fairview United Church: Good Friday and Easter Sunday Services will both be held at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Centre Line Smith, just north of the zoo traffic lights.