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The original Glanford Greenhouse has been on their Glanford Roadd location since the 1920’s. Their family has been operating the same greenhouse since 1960, when they grew only hothouse tomatoes and cucumbers. Three generations later, Doug and Ling Eng have expanded their produce varieties to include peppers, eggplants, basil, lettuce, beans, and much more! On this tour, we will learn about the glass structure that is the foundation of their operation. The Greenhouses is a "venlo" style glass greenhouse with heat from a natural gas boiler, circulating hot water in pipe rails. The environment is controlled manually without the aid of computers. Greenhouse plants are started in February and grown in coco peat slabs and fed with hydroponic nutrients through the irrigation. Pests are controlled using biological controls. Don't forget to join us for the Conference on January 29th!
Park beside/near office."
"Yard will be muddy - bring waterproof footwear. Ideally boot sanitizing before we do barn tours."
Maintaining Perennials for Cut Flower Production with Mayan Vered, Owner/Operator of Flowerface A farm tour and overview of perennial plants useful for cut flower production. We'll go over maintenance and culture of herbaceous and woody perennials and how they can fit into your farm context. Mayan runs Flowerface, a 1-acre cut flower farm on the Sa’anich peninsula, growing a wide variety of unique cut flowers, foliage, grasses and perennials. Mayan has a horticultural certificate from UBC and a decade of experience in the horticultural field. Flowerface started as a multi-site urban farm in Vancouver in 2015 and has evolved to a permanent home on Vancouver Island. Flowerface is based on a strong horticultural background brought to a farming lens and is a unique farm in its layout and use of perennial plantings.
Parking at the bend in the driveway, only on the west side of the driveway nearest to the greenhouse. Toilet facilities are available for participants
Seed Production On this field day event, participants will get an inside look at on-farm seed production and the opportunity to see some very innovative cleaning tools and methods.
ALM Farm and Full Circle seeds got started in the early 90’s on a 10 acre farm to the west of Sooke. Mary Alice Johnson is a farmer and a teacher and loves to talk about saving seeds. Full Circle boasts over 30 varieties of tomatoes and 25 varieties of lettuce. All in all over 250 varieties of seeds all grown on 3 ALM properities in Sooke.
We are so excited for this years conference! Details for Field Days and Conference sessions will be coming soon!Here is a sneak peek of some of the workshops that will be a part of this great day!
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