Local & Provincial Items (May)
Local
Winter Farmers’ Markets:
Vernon: Outdoors, Monday and Thursday, 8 – 1 pm, Kal Tire Place.
Armstrong: Sat., 8:30 – 12:30 pm, Odd Fellows Hall, Wood Ave at Bridge St.
Lumby: Mon – Sat., 10 – 5 pm, indoors, Monashee Co-op. www.monasheecommunitycoop.ca
Power of native plants: Join us on May 4 at 2 PM ET for a free Butterflyway Project webinar with Lorraine Johnson — native plant champion, community gardening advocate and co-author of A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee. Register Here.
Plant Sale: May 10, 8-11 am, Home Hardware on 27th Street. Grown by Vernon & District Garden Club members.The VDGC website has more details.
Trees For Tomorrow Program -City of Vernon residents only. Should you be taking part in this free tree program to grow a greener future, PLEASE choose and plant ONLY native, drought tolerant trees! We must conserve water, not waste it on water-hogging trees, not indigenous to our area!
One Value of a Healthy Community: Dance-a-thon to supporrt the Shubert Centre. Make a team and actively participate to improve YOUR health and personal environment. On May 10, from 10 to 2 p.m. Our entire community benefits from keeping the Schubert Centre alive.
B.C. needs to prove water matters: The writers report that Budget 2025 has no direct investments in watershed security and that this lack of spending is a real concern. They offer concrete actions to keep water high on the agenda even in — perhaps especially in - times of economic warfare and fiscal restraint (The Province, April 17, 2025)