If you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, you may have seen us launch registration for the Grow a Row program for 2020! Whether you’re signed up and ready to go or just looking for a little more information, we’re here to tell you a little bit more about the program. Grow a Row…
We’re well into spring and we have rain in the forecast… that means it’s a good time to install your rain barrel! Rain barrels are a great way to conserve water and save on your water bill. You can attach one, two, or even three to a downspout to catch the rain from your roof…
Happy April, Spring is here! And if you’re anything like us you’ve been itching to get gardening! If you’re looking to freshen up your landscape this Spring, we suggest you consider installing a radiant rain garden! These gardens do more than just look pretty, they will absorb and filter rainwater runoff from your downspouts, improve…
With the spread of COVID-19, everything is happening at home at these days! Working, playing, and learning are now all centered in our homes. Typically during March and April, Green Venture’s EcoHouse would be welcoming hundreds of students through its doors. Students would participate in games,activities and demonstrations, all in the hopes of inspiring action…
By: Ash Lloyd, EcoHouse Green Gardening Volunteer About Keyhole Gardens Keyhole garden beds are raised so that someone working on the garden can lean against the walls for support and the total radius of the garden is kept small so that the entire bed can be reached easily. This makes it a great garden option…
Season one of Nature Ninjas, Wonders of Winter, was an absolute blast that started with learning about our new friends through our sharing circle at the beginning of each session with and ended with our tomato seed planting activity with Spring on the horizon. Unfortunately our final session that was meant to happen this week,…
By: Ash Lloyd, EcoHouse Green Gardening Volunteer Plant Description Often known as “blue false indigo” and “blue wild indigo”, Baptisia australis is a flowering legume native to North America. The plant is a herbaceous perennial that can grow up to 1.5 meters tall and up to a meter across. A mature plant will have a…
Green Venture’s Leading Role in 100 in 1 Day 2020 Green Venture is excited to be leading 100 in 1 Day Hamilton again in 2020! The festival is entering its 6th year in Hamilton, and its second year being led by GV. 100 in 1 Day was started in Bogota, Columbia in 2012 as a…
Secondary Students: Learn and take action to grow our urban forest! This Spring we are inviting Hamilton highschool students to join us to learn about trees and take action to improve our urban forest canopy! Green Venture and Trees for Hamilton want to engage your geography class to learn about our urban forest and…
Spring approaches, & soon the snow will be melting away for good! Here at Green Venture, no snow means it must be time to start ripping up impermeable surfaces with our Depave Paradise Program, but where should we begin? We’re currently on the hunt for new Depave sites, see the graphic at the bottom of…