The Green Venture Seedling Sale is on again for 2022 and bigger than ever! It’s so big we’ve made a festival of it. Visitors will be able to join a live ‘Planting for Pollinators’ demonstration by BeeKissedSeeds, ask a Halton Master Gardener for advice, stop by Bird Friendly Hamilton Burlington’s booth to find out how…
On November 21, 2021 Green Venture hosted our 2nd Annual Wreath Making Workshop to raise funds for our education programs. Mary, the owner of The Pale Blue Dot Shop, guided participants in creating their very own eco-friendly natural holiday decor. About the Wreaths Grapevine wreaths were used as the base of our holiday decor.…
Halloween season is upon us! Many of us at Green Venture LOVE Halloween, but we don’t love the waste that comes with it. Here are our favourite easy tips for cutting down on the waste – but not the fun – of Halloween! Pumpkins In Canada, we grow roughly 80,000 tonnes of pumpkins each…
Introducing the Ecohouse Community Orchard Over the last three months, Ecohouse has become home to three new fruit trees and two fruit shrubs which we received from the wonderful team at TreeMobile. This non-profit, volunteer run team is passionate about providing food security through plant ownership and supplying community members with their own climate appropriate…
DIY: EcoHouse Bean Tent for Kids To welcome back our EarlyON educators and little explorers from the BGC Hamilton Halton and their families, at EcoHouse this month we created a bean garden tent for them to enjoy. The EarlyON Woodland program utilizes Forest School methods to engage children in play and learning entirely outdoors. To…
Hi Everyone! My name is Katherine and I’m super excited to be joining the Green Venture team as the Outreach and Restoration Intern this Fall season while I’m completing my post graduate studies at Niagara College in Environmental Management and Assessment. Starting off my education, I received my Bachelors of Science at Queen’s University…
Our rain barrel sale is on! We’ve partnered with Rainbarrel.ca to get more rain barrels to Hamilton and surrounding areas. When: August 14th, 2020 Where: EcoHouse or choose home delivery to any address from Niagara to Oshawa (fee of $10 per barrel) What: Affordable and sturdy rain barrels and downspout diverters and connection hoses are…
This week on the Summer RAIN Blog—rain barrels! Can you believe it’s almost August? Unfortunately, that means we’re nearing the end of this series—but not without some exciting news. If you’re new to the Summer RAIN Blog, you might want to rewind a bit for a refresher on the hydrologic cycle, wastewater management, and the…
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…
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…