Invermere Lawn & Garden Kick-Off - Tuesday April 19

Invermere Lawn and Garden Kick-Off

Date - Tuesday, April 19, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Location - Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Hall (651 Highway 93/95)

Join guest speaker Paul Tukey, organic lawn and garden care expert and author of the best selling Organic Lawn Care Manual, for the screening of his film A Chemical Reaction, which tells the story of a powerful community initiative that eventually resulted in Canada’s first by-law to ban the use of all chemical pesticides and herbicides, in the town of Hudson, Quebec. The by-law withstood a challenge by the chemical industry in the Supreme Court of Canada. To view a trailer and learn more about the film, visit www.chemicalreactionmovie.com.

The film will be followed by a FREE information packed 90-minute workshop on how to have a beautiful lawn and garden without the use of chemical pesticides. Topics will be influenced by audience questions but will include weed management, new safe products, selection of turf grasses, watering, building your soil, mulching and composting.

Doors Open - 6:00 pm

Film Screening - 6:30 - 7:45 pm

Cookie Break - 7:45 - 8:00 pm

Workshop - 8:00 - 9:30 pm

*Admission for workshop and film screening is by donation to help cover event costs

For more information, call 250-347-9985 or 250-342-3457.

Sponsored by:

Wildsight, the Canadian Cancer Society, Slow Food, Groundswell Network Society, and the District of Invermere