Oct
10
1:00 PM13:00

Soil for the Soul at the Learning Garden

On October 10, we will install the soil paintings on the raised planter boxes in the Riley Park Learning Garden. Kathara Indigenous Arts Collective  will guide participants in a ceremony to honour place and relationship. Kathara brings ancestral land based ceremonies of indigenous Filipino inspired rituals that connect the spirits/ancestors to the Unceded Coast Salish lands, creating opportunities and experiences for those in the diaspora to learn music, agriculture dance, and rituals that bless and deepen the relations between peoples and land.

For more information visit the Arts in Action Website or send an email.

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Apple Day 2
Oct
31
11:00 AM11:00

Apple Day 2

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Day 2. NEW for 2026: Apple Bake-off

After we press apples to make juice, make apple cider vinegar, sample seasonal apples and have a potluck...

NEW for 2026: Apple Bake off 2pm. Bring your best version of APPLE BUTTER, A CRISP or CRUMBLE, OR A PASTRY DISH. Be sure to bring your screw-top bottles for your juice to take home.

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Oct
3
10:00 AM10:00

LMNHS Donation Station

Volunteer to raise funds to support our Riley Park Gardens. LMNHS has a booth in the Riley Park Farmers Market. We invite shoppers to donate funds, share information on the programs we offer and at the end of the market, vendors contribute produce for our food literacy programs.

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Apple Day 1
Sep
26
11:00 AM11:00

Apple Day 1

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Join us to celebrate apples!

Take home fresh juice and learn how to make apple cider vinegar. Bring screw top wine bottles preferred for your juice to take home.  Sample seasonal apples! Bring a potluck dish to share. This is a zero waste event.

Contact Angela Hoy, our Apple Day Ambassador for more information and to volunteer.

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Sep
23
10:00 AM10:00

Learning Garden Work Party

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The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

All experience levels are welcome.

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Sep
16
10:00 AM10:00

Learning Garden Work Party

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The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

All experience levels are welcome.

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Tomato Festival
Sep
12
11:00 AM11:00

Tomato Festival

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All things Tomatoes! Sample varieties we grow in our gardens. Ask the Choices Market Nutritionist your questions. Bring a tomato dish to share at the potluck. Pick up cherry tomatoes from Windset Farms to make your dish.

Email Joanne to volunteer or for more information.

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Sep
9
10:00 AM10:00

Learning Garden Work Party

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  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

All experience levels are welcome.

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Sep
2
10:00 AM10:00

Learning Garden Work Party

  • Riley Park Learning Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

All experience levels are welcome.

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Aug
26
10:00 AM10:00

Learning Garden Work Party

  • Riley Park Learning Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

All experience levels are welcome.

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Aug
22
10:00 AM10:00

Soil for the Soul at the Learning Garden

On August 22, we will learn about the unique soil composition and ecological history of Vancouver’s Riley Park, enriching the ensuing artistic process through scientific inquiry.

Then, led by creative duo Alima (Soliman Ponoon and Andrea Vargas), participants will make individual soil paintings expressing their relationship to Riley Park.

Participants will also learn songs or dances connected to the earth from three different cultural traditions:

Tiddley Cove: Part of a worldwide family of ritual ceremonial dancers sharing the common features of colour, vitality, disguise, patterned choreography and processions.

Oleksiy Grynishyn: His work focuses on teaching village-rooted repertoire and folk vocal technique from Ukraine, as well as the cultural context behind ritual songs.

Kung Jaadee: Belongs to the X̱aayda (Haida), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Tlingit, Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and is also part Hawaiian. Over the past three decades, Kung Jaadee has performed at hundreds of festivals, schools and Aboriginal celebrations.

Register now!

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Aug
19
10:00 AM10:00

Learning Garden Work Party

  • Riley Park Learning Garden (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Learning Garden centres place-based education through an Indigenous lens, for all ages and mobility needs. You will be contributing towards building a space where community members like you can co-create, connect, and garden. Activities include building planter boxes, moving soil, and preparing the space for planting.

All experience levels are welcome.

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