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Due to circumstances beyond our control, Edible Landscapes and most Sustainable Living Arts School classes (except those listed below), workshops and nursery sales will be closed until the fall. The website will be updated intermittently as required. Thank you for your continued support!

Cob in the Garden

Learn the fundamentals of cob building at the Sustainable Living Arts School.
Saturday, July 23rd and Sunday, July 24th
10 am to 4 pm

Food Security For The Faint Of Heart

What Will You Eat When the Big One Hits?

Where would you find your groceries if your supermarket's shelves were suddenly empty? The threat of earthquakes, trucker strikes, power outages or a global market collapse make us vulnerable like never before. With spiralling fuel prices and unstable world economies, individuals and communities are demanding more control over their food supply.

Full Circle Year Long Food Cycles and PDC Returns!

Join Robin Wheeler and Delvin Solkinson for a dynamic year round adventure in education. We offer a full Permaculture Design Certification Course along with a complete Food Cycles Program to create an integrated system of design concepts and functional living skills.

Learn about native plant with a history of use by Coastal First Peoples, tips for organic gardening, growth cycles, propagation, seed saving, harvesting, food preservation, water wisdom, medicine making, integrated composting and so much more as part of a practical and relevant Timely Actions in the Garden. Other course topics include design methods, patterns in nature, climatic factors, water, soils, earthworks, design strategies for urban and rural applications, practical living for all climates on the planet, trees, aquaculture, waste management, sustainable architecture, ethical business practices, bio-regional organization and effective aid.

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We Grow and Sell Plants and Seeds

plants-for-sale At the Edible Landscapes nursery on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, we grow:

Popular and Exotic Edible Plants
Permaculture Plants
Medicinal Herbs

All of our plants are naturally grown using BC Organic Standards. Our mail-order nursery ships to British Columbia and throughout Canada. Visit our store and see what we have to offer.

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Food Security for the Faint of Heart

I bought this for my husband. He loved it. I read it and enjoyed it as well. It's a great little book to help anyone who is looking to be a little more in control of their food sources. From Amazon Reviews

Francine M. Appolo (New York)

The Right Book at the Right Time

If any book was ever published at the right moment, it's [Food Security for the Faint of Heart]. Rising food prices - and in more and more parts of the world rising food scarcity - trigger our most primal fears. Robin Wheeler's book will calm you down and make your eating life simultaneously cheaper, healthier, and more elegant.

Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy

A Kind Voice and a Gentle Intelligence

This is a book with a kind voice and a gentle intelligence …An easy read, (Gardening for the Faint of Heart) covers herb gardens, edible landscaping, pruning, container gardening and more.

Steve Whysall (Vancouver Sun)

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Timely Tips

Get a free chapter from Robin's book Food Security for the Faint of Heart! 'I'm Too Busy Watching Survivor to Live Through a Food Crisis' is yours when you sign up for Robin's ezine, where she shares her years of knowledge via email, twice a month. Rural living tips, food security projects, musings on the politics of food - you'll get it all, and you'll learn something every time.

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