Vancouver Island Homesteading Fair
2025 Workshop Schedule
Saturday, September 6th
Admission to the fair is free and each workshop is pay-what-you-can $0-$10. Everyone is welcome!
This year’s fair will have workshops 10am-4pm, seed- and veggie-swap tables 10:30am-5pm, and we’ll finish the day with a community potluck dinner at 5pm. Bring your seeds, veggies and potluck dish to share! (Dishes can be stored in Hub fridges while you attend workshops).
From 10am-2pm our intrepid Vice-President Sarah will be exploring the forest, building forts and checking out the plants and animals, and she’s inviting kids to join her! Feel free to bring your kiddos to explore the forest while you attend workshops.
Heritage Room
10am-12pm - Compost Extract with Amy
12pm-1:30pm - Vermicomposting with Andrea
1:30pm-3pm - Drought-tolerant growing with Bernie
3pm-4pm - No-dig gardening, soil ecology and the food web with Christina
Co-op Room
10am-11:30am - Sourdough with Toby
12pm-12:30 AND 12:30pm-1pm -
Intro to spinning with the Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers
1pm-2pm - Eat Your Weeds with Amie
2pm-3pm - Traditional mending with Dorothea
Gym
10:30am-5pm - Seed-swap table, veggie share table
5pm - Community potluck dinner
3pm-4pm - Intro to pressure canning
3pm-4pm - Sashiko, boro and visible mending with Barbara
Join us in building a resilient, sustainable and interconnected island community
About the fair
The Homesteading Fair is an event sponsored by the Cowichan Station Area Association. It is held at the Hub at Cowichan Station at 2375 Koksilah Road in Duncan. The intention of the fair is to foster the exchange of knowledge, skills and experience in supporting a vibrant & sustainable island community.
There will be workshops all day followed by a community meal.
Everyone is welcome to this event.
