Green Gardening at Green Venture
Green Venture has everything you need to:
- Grow a natural lawn or garden,
- Comply with the City of Hamilton Pesticide By-law, and
- Gain hands-on experience with organic urban agriculture.
Community Access to Children’s Health (CATCH) , providing families with weekly programming to educate them on the importance of eating fresh local produce and teaching them how to sustain a food source.
Naturally Hamilton Naturally Hamilton is an education program created out of collaboration between the City of Hamilton Public Health and Green Venture that offers citizens practical information, resources and seminars/workshops to help them reduce or eliminate the cosmetic use of pesticides on lawns and gardens and comply with the muncipal pesticide by-law.
The City of Hamilton’s Pesticide Bylaw came in to effect September 1st 2008, however....
Ministry of the Environment (MOE) Cosmetic Pesticide Ban comes into effect April 22nd. Visit the MOE website for complete details.
Hamilton Coalition on Pesticide Issues (HCPI) Find information about the health risks from pesticide exposure, natural lawn and garden care options, and advocacy around municipal by-law/policy in the City of Hamilton.
Community Garden The Green Venture Community Garden is located at EcoHouse and provides Volunteer gardeners hands-on experience planning, maintaining and harvesting an organic vegetable and herb garden. 2008 Marked another successful growing season...
Local Food Get informed about local food initiatives, workshops, Community Shared Agriculture, and updates on Hamilton’s food scene.