Organic Gardening Certificate

ORGANIC GARDENING CERTIFICATE
This program will not be offered this semester.

CURRENT COURSE OFFERINGS
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

We are excited to announce a new Organic Gardening Certificate program.

If you would like your garden to be lush and vibrantly healthy using environmentally sustainable practices, then this course will provide you with practices that you can start using today. Create food gardens, ornamental gardens, and lawns using the latest, cutting edge, organic methods. Organic gardening is much more than simply replacing man-made chemicals with those derived from nature. It is understanding that gardens are living systems that must be nurtured.

Topics will include:

  • Soil Health(ecosystem services, composition, testing, amendments, fertility management, root microbe interactions)
  • Basic botany and adaptations within ecosystems
  • Composting
  • Tea and brews
  • Water wise gardening
  • Permaculture concepts
  • Landscape health principles and healthy lawns
  • How to properly amend gardens/landscapes

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Jo Tobias
Jo is a Regenerative Soils Consultant and founder of RootShoot Soils, a consulting service based in Vancouver, BC, and one of the formally recognized soil food web labs in Canada. Jo works directly with farmers by helping them understand how they can play a role in restoring their soil’s biological system.
As a soil food web adviser, Jo recognized the importance of integrating below and above ground biodiversity to regenerate degraded landscapes. She combines soil management advice with education and biologically-active compost to reduce their use of chemical inputs. Jo maximizes her value to get clients through curious exploration using the scientific method.

Follow her most recent microbial pursuits and all things ecology at rootshootsoils

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All office locations are closed on statutory holidays. Burnaby South Secondary & is also closed during Spring break, July, August and during the holiday break in December.

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604-296-6901

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Burnaby CCE Office
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8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Burnaby South Secondary
5455 Rumble Street
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Tue   | Wed | Thu
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Refund policy

Fee payments originally made by credit card are credited back to the same card; for expired or invalid credit cards, refunds are made by cheque. Fee payments originally made by cash or cheque are made by cheque. Please allow 3 weeks for processing.

Cancelled courses
When a course is cancelled by Burnaby CCE, a full refund will be issued.

Full time certificate / diploma programs
Requests for refunds received in writing (email) at least 1 week prior to classes starting will have $100 deducted from the course fee. Requests received less than a week prior to classes starting will have $200 deducted from the course fee. There will be no refunds once classes begin.

Part time certificate / diploma programs
Requests for refunds received in writing (email) at least 1 week prior to classes starting will have $25 deducted from the course fee. Refunds received less than a week prior to classes starring will have $50 deducted from the course fee. There will be no refunds once classes begin.

Career & Business Training/General Interest Courses
Requests for refunds received in writing (email) at least 2 days prior to the course starting will be refunded the course fee minus $20. Requests for refunds received less than 2 days prior to the course starting will be refunded the course fee minus $30. There will be no refunds once a course starts.