Shuswap Seed Savers

I will be talking about building community gardens in our area. Sharing 

some things I've learned on projects I've been part of, hidden resources 

in our communities and how to access some of them, and how to encourage a community of growth and kindness where people come together in a positive space to grow quality food and friendship. I hope to lead a discussion on this topic so we can all learn from each other together. See you there!  

About the Presenter

Jazmyn Evans (McMyn) owner of Grow & Change Horticultural Services - I have gardened in the Shuswap River valley at Mara Lake my whole life and worked in the garden and nursery industry for over 20 years. I am honored to help people work towards their gardening goals. I offer garden design and consultations along with teaching, workshopping, and sharing knowledge about homesteading, food security and building community around local food throughout the Shuswap and North Okanagan. At the Shuswap Seed Swap I will be talking about building community gardens in our area.  

This presentation will discuss the various ways to enrich your soil and to actually create soil in a very natural and inexpensive manner using 

materials that are found in our local area. I will share our 25 year journey 

of converting our very rocky acreage into a growing oasis and the

 ongoing work we are doing on our hobby acreage. 

About the Presenter 

Isabelle Gervais - I have been gardening for as long as I can remember. Every winter brings a longing to get my hands in the soil.  More than 25 years ago my husband and I purchased a property on a very rocky talus slope which was covered with everything from boulders to small stones and very little soil. With minimum resources, we set about creating soil and building our many garden beds to grow a mix of vegetables, perennials and fruit trees. It has been an ongoing and very rewarding project. I continue to enrich the soil and we are fortunate to be rewarded by a beautiful gift of a harvest that fills our dinner plate, provides us with herbs for culinary and medicinal purposes and provides the many plants I use in botanical fabric dyeing and eco printing.   

Over 2000 years ago, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine said: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” He also said “All disease begins in the gut." The same rings true today. Where have we gone wrong and 

what can we do about it?

About the Presenter

Herman Drescher - Farmer, Steward of the Land and Sharer of Knowledge.

In My Backyard chronicles director Jamie Day Fleck’s personal journey into urban agriculture, converting her entire backyard into a kitchen garden. Using her personal story as a jumping-off point, she branches out to look at the various solutions that backyard gardeners and urban growers have dreamed up and implemented in her city — Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  

In My Backyard is the perfect film for anyone looking to get into urban agriculture or those that are already on the journey and looking to learn more about their practice. This includes environmentalists, gardeners or those in health and wellness.  

Thank you to Seeds of Diversity for making it possible for us to show this inspiring documentary.