Kayla from the Compost Education Center teaching us about soil, choosing what crops to grow, crop rotation and companion gardening to attract beneficial insects. Check out the Compost Education Centre - https://www.compost.bc.ca/ For more great gardening videos and resources - https://www.growingfood-together.com/

Jesse, owner of Mason St. City Farm, outlines some techniques on turning over your lawn into a garden, including: lasagna gardening, sheet mulching, double digging and using tarps, as well as talking about wireworms and the risks of planting certain crops in your newly converted lawn. Find more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com To find out more about The City of Victoria's leaf mulch program: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/parks/leaf-collection.html

In this short video, soil particle types clay and sand are demonstrated and explained in the context of gardening. Find more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com

Learn about composting and mulching your garden with Kayla from the Compost Education Centre. This video is brought to you by Growing Together. A collaborative initiative aimed to support growers through the pandemic and beyond. Check out www.growingfood-together.com

Gary MacDougall, from Grow the Food You Love, shows us one way to construct a basic, cost effective deer fence for your garden! Find more great gardening resources at: http://growingfood-together.com/

This video by professor and botanist Dr. Richard Hebda looks at ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change within your garden. He specifically focuses on water managed landscape techniques, techniques for preparing excellent soils, the advantages of diverse and dense plantings, and the (numerous) benefits of mulch! For more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

In this Top 10 Tips for watering your plants video, gardener Jen Rashleigh outlines tips for watering in transplants, seeds and tips like what plants like water on their leaves and which don't! More great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

This video is brought to you by Growing Together. A collaborative initiative aimed to support growers through the pandemic and beyond. Check out www.growingfood-together.com

For episode 14 of our Growing Together video series, Christina from The Organic Gardener's Pantry gives us the low down on fertilizers! Christina walks us through the differences between organic and synthetic fertilizers as well as when to use them. From liquid fish fertilizer to organic fertilizers, Christina covers all the best fertilizers for your garden! Find more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com #growingtogether #growingfood #localfood #gardening #garden #victoria #fertilizing #seedlings

Erica, Program Naturalist at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary shares some tips on how you can improve your garden to share the space with urban wildlife, improving the ecological balance in your garden. Creating habitat for garter snakes, for example, helps to keep your slug population down, and encouraging bats helps to keep the mosquitos away! Find more great gardening resources at : https://www.growingfood-together.com

Thinking of starting a Boulevard Garden? Check out this video for all the information about what you should consider, guidelines and tips! Find more information about Boulevard Gardening in the City of Victoria here: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/parks/boulevards-program/Boulevard-gardening.html and here: https://streetgreens.com Find more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

Ashley and Jess from TOPSOIL (https://www.topsoileatlocal.com) discuss container gardening: what to fill your containers with, things to consider, and what to plant! For more great gardening resources: https://www.growingfood-together.com

Urban gardener Karla Gonzalez shares some tips on companion planting in small spaces. For more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

Some ideas for companion planting for crop protection, pest control and pollination, from Willow, Garden Manager at the Government House's Victory Over COVID Garden. Find more suggestions for companion planting at West Coast Seeds: https://www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/garden-wisdom/companion-planting See more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

In episode 15 of our Growing Together video series, one of our team members, Lisa, walks us through the ins and outs of tomato trellising and suckering! Lisa tells us all about the differences between determinate and indeterminate tomato plants and how to best support their growth! For more great gardening resources: www.growingfood-together.com

For episode 17 of our Growing Together video series on container-gardening zucchinis, Lisa from Growing Together shows us how to tell the difference between male and female flowers and how to self-pollinate your zucchini plants if they are not getting adequate pollination. See more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

In episode 18 of our Growing Together video series, Syd from the UVic Campus Community Garden shows us some tips on harvesting crops such as zucchinis, cucumbers, peas, beans and root crops! See more great gardening resources at: https://www.growingfood-together.com

W̱SANEC Elder Earl Claxton Jr., Sarah Jim, PEPAKIYE, and Judith Lyn Arney from PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ Food Systems Education Foundation teach us about seeding a native plant meadow, planting Thimbleberries, Devil's Club and the importance of leaf mulch! More great gardening resources: https://www.growingfood-together.com

🐝 Happy Native Pollinator Week! 🐝 To celebrate, we're excited to share this video from the Pollinator Partnership Canada's Youth Pollinator Leadership Team where they present some tips on how to steward our native pollinators! You can find more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com #nativepollinatorweek #pollination #nativepollinators #growingtogether #growingfoodtogether #growingfood #foodsecurity #foodsovereignty #localfood #gardening #garden #localfood #savethebees

In episode 19 of our Growing Together Video Series, Lisa Furfaro from the BC Eco Seed Coop walks us through many great considerations and tips for gardening in the fall and winter here on the coast! Check out the City of Victoria's Get Growing, Victoria August 14 - 29th plant distribution schedule: https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/residents/parks/growing-in-the-city.html Find more great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com

There are so many great reasons to save your own seeds, not only does this give you fresh and free seeds but by saving seeds from your best plants you help those plants adapt to your climate! Check out this video for lots of tips on how to save seeds from some the easier plant varieties: lettuce, beans, peas and tomatoes, as well as some great general considerations when saving seeds! More great gardening resources at: www.growingfood-together.com