Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
Latest Blog Posts
Winter Gardening Workshop with Renowned Local Food Gardener Linda Gilkeson – June 20th
Get set to plant all kinds of hardy vegetable seeds this summer to keep you in fresh food all winter—no greenhouse required! Root vegetables will keep in the soil until you’re ready to eat them, and with some simple protection measures you can pick salad greens all winter.
We’ll have seeds and starts of winter-hardy varieties available for sale, a planting chart, and the knowledge and confidence to grow your own beets, turnips and carrots, winter broccoli and cauliflower, kale, chard, spinach, lettuce and other hardy greens.
9:30am – 2pm at the South Hall: […]
A GREENHOUSE WORKSHOP!
Sunday May 5th from 10 to 12am.
Barry New will be leading a workshop on Greenhouse Growing. Everything will be provided using the resource of the School Greenhouse. The focus will be on Soil Improvement and Plant Propagation.
The main Benefits of a Greenhouse:
- Extended Seasons
- Controlled environment
- Growing ‘exotics’
- Winter crops and year round Harvests
Teaching Aids and good links to further your skills in the Garden.
Cost for participating $15 and we will have giveaways.
Contact Barry New at galianofoodprograms@gmail.com
Deacon Vale Farm Visit – May 22nd
The Food Program is will be making a field trip to Mayne Island to visit Deacon Vale Farm on Wednesday, May 22. This will be an opportunity to see a working model of a certified organic farm that maintains a ‘closed cycle’ – no fertilizers are brought in, no waste is produced that needs to go off-site.
We’ll tour the farm, and then stop by their Farm Gate Store for a bit of a shopping trip – they offer their own organic meats and vegetables, as well as their canned goods […]
Garlic Co-op – Next Work Party – May 23rd, at 5pm
Sunday’s work party went very well – we weeded, made squash mounds, sprayed compost tea, and covered paths and borders with cardboard. The garlic looks great, the phacelia is doing well, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for the rye.
If any of you have our potted artichokes, now is the time to divide them and pot them up to a 4″ pot so they have room to breathe. You can start hardening them off and get them outside at this point. We’ll be planting them in June.
We have quite a bit to […]
A Fresh Look at Food Security by Janice Oakley
It is interesting how we are swept off of our feet with new ideas. We change perspective, get inspired and attempt to live our lives more in alignment with our belief. Keeping these ideas alive and fresh is when the challenge really begins. Take FOOD SECURITY and SUSTAINABILITY: These are concepts we have batted around for a few years now, yet when the store shelves are full, plus we are pressed for time with jobs, it is hard to sustain interest in these objectives.
Last month during an evaluation of Food Program projects, […]
Garlic Co-op – Next Work Party – April 14, at 10:30am.
Our next work party is next Sunday, April 14, at 10:30am.
We’ll be spraying compost tea on our beds and making squash mounds. We’ll also be weeding, and if we have time we’ll be laying more cardboard and burlap and covering compost piles with corn tarps.
This month I have a little homework assignment —a very simple compost tea ‘recipe’ to try. It will only take a few minutes. This 4-minute David Suzuki video shows you how to do it (you can start watching at 1:09). The tea takes 5-7 days to brew […]
Upcoming Club Events
Upcoming Food Program Events
