The GOODS from Aloe Designs

Vancouver, BC | If fresh, local edibles and a stroll around Trout Lake in the sunshine aren’t enough to tempt you to the Vancouver Farmers Market this spring, local landscape-design group Aloe Designs is offering free mini workshops geared to families. Aloe Designs is hosting a DIY station at the May 11, May 25, and June 1 Trout Lake markets to teach parents and kids how to grow food at home, support our native bee population, and improve biodiversity. Kids–and adults!–are invited to get their hands dirty and learn about gardening while creating something special to take home.

Designers will be on hand to chat about sustainable gardening methods and offer advice on incorporating kid- and eco-friendly garden activities at home. They are, of course, also happy to take inquiries about landscape design services. Details after the jump…

May 11, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Trout Lake Farmers Market DIY Station

Cartoon Cress: Learn how to make your very own container using a toilet-paper roll covered in recycled comics. Plant up cress and other quick-to-germinate edibles that offer near-instant gratification and nicely demonstrate the “build, fill, plant, water, grow” process.

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May 25, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Trout Lake Farmers Market DIY Station

Mason Bee Houses: Mason bees are hard-working native pollinators that increase biodiversity in your garden. Support their population by building your own mason bee house. Assemble and take home a mason bee house constructed from reclaimed wood. You will also learn how to make nesting tubes out of recycled newspaper.

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June 1, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Trout Lake Farmers Market DIY Station

Canned Food: Get your tomato and basil seedlings off to a good start by planting them in recycled cans. Decorate your tin with crayons, paper, and glue, and learn how to transfer the delicate starts into the garden when the plants are ready to grow wild.

Details

1443 East Pender Street | Vancouver, BC V5L 1V7
Telephone: 604.568.7324 | Email: [email protected]
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About The Business

Quite simply, we believe that design matters. That good design can improve lives, cultivate community, and better our environment. Optimistic, perhaps, but it’s why we do what we do.

Aloe Designs helps our clients achieve outdoor living bliss. Yes, we said bliss. Working collaboratively with our clients, we convert boring backyards and problematic patios into outdoor living spaces that are easy to love and hard to leave.

We are a full-service landscape design group with a modern take on garden making, from initial consultation through design and installation. Throughout the process we are committed to using organic, sustainable resources and sourcing locally crafted goods. It’s all part of our vision of creating beautiful garden spaces that reflect our clients’ needs, personalities, and preferences— all while leaving the world a little bit better than we found it.

Move outdoors. Live outside

Key People

Caitlin Black – Partner / Landscape Design Consultant
Owen Black – Partner / Landscape Professional
Matt Kilburn – Landscape Designer

Projects

For more information or to discuss an upcoming project please contact us via email at [email protected] or by phone at 604.568.7324.