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Join Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust and Jared Qwustenuxun Williams for a special evening of food, storytelling and Indigenous teachings centred around the traditional foods of this place.

Learn how to create a beautiful dried flower wreath using seasonal blooms grown and dried right here on Salt Spring Island.

Dig in to realize the vision of a food forest for Burgoyne Valley Community Farm that embraces Indigenous foods together with perennials and fruit. Get hands on in fostering a nursery for food and forage plants that will feed generations to come! Jared Qwustenuxun Williams is an Indigenous chef, Salish culture educator, and consultant dedicated to keeping Indigenous foods and cultural practices alive. Immersed in Salish culture through his father and late grandmother, Qwusten

Join us at Pipe Rabbit Farm, where Belinda has been cultivating Camellia sinensis for a decade. Explore her tea garden, learn about different cultivars, and discover the practices that support growing tea in the Pacific Northwest.

Discover the ancient art of fermentation and learn how to transform seasonal vegetables into delicious, living foods that nourish both people and place.

Live music, joyful dancing and a hall full of neighbours—come celebrate apple season with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust!

Learn about the fundamentals of herbal medicine making in this hands-on workshop with Clearheart Botanicals’ Saci Spindler.

Learn from herbalist, grower, and wildcrafter Sachi Spindler, whose decades of experience shine through in her love of medicinal plants and the medicines they offer.

What happens when regenerative farmers, open-source technologists, artists, makers, and community builders gather around the same questions? The Emerald Edge is a participatory session at DWeb Camp Cascadia exploring the intersection of ecology, technology, and community resilience. Through conversation, creativity, and cross-pollination, we'll discover new collaborations, fresh ideas, and practical projects for a more regenerative future.

Learn to make no-turn compost according to the SPICE method with expert instructors.

A year in the life of the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust.

Some fundraisers happen at Beaver Point Hall. Some happen at Artspring. And some involve climbing aboard a historic tall ship, sipping cider, and sailing through the Gulf Islands in search of apples. On Sunday September 20, the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust invites you to join us for Salt + Cider, one of the most unique fundraising events on our calendar. We'll be setting sail aboard the Providence—BC's oldest tall ship—for an afternoon of stories, orchards, cider, and is

On Tuesday, August 11, the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust invites you to Farmland Feast, our annual farm-to-table fundraiser at Baker Hall.

Join us on Sunday, June 7 at Burgoyne Valley Community Farm for our Annual General Meeting and community pizza celebration!

It was a little more than a decade ago that a teenaged Luke Wallace first rolled onto Salt Spring. Who was this clean-cut kid with a guitar, singing songs that came straight down the lines laid by Woody Guthrie, Tracy Chapman and Bob Dylan?

On Tuesday, January 20, join historian, archaeologist, and author Chris Arnett for a compelling journey into the deep history of Indigenous food systems on Salt Spring Island and the Gulf Islands.

ENTER TO WIN! This event is SOLD OUT, but we've kept space for two lucky winners who will join us on Sunday, September 21. What is it? The...

On Sunday October 29, close to 200 enthusiastic community members came together for a food and event-packed afternoon to celebrate Salt...

The Living Mandala brought garden space and community together at The Root, September 25th. Boy, was it a beautiful sunny September day...