Throughout June and July the Local Food Initiative hosted Stoked on Gardening, a radio show housed by Stoke FM. The show was directed towards Revelstoke gardeners and shared information from local gardeners, farmers and experts in their fields. Over the course of 7 episodes, we shared information about a variety of topic and offered tips and tricks that are reflective of our area and the struggles we face here in Revelstoke.
We started the series by hosting Sophie Petherbridge, the owner and operator of Revelstoke Community Compost and discussed composting options for Revelstoke locals. We continue the series by talking about Flower Gardening with Tree Woods from Woods Goods. Then we had Amanda, a local homesteader and manager of her backyard farm animals. We followed that episode with a conversation about the Revelstoke Gardener’s July task list and then came back the next week with Jesse Hill, owner and operator of First Light Farm, who shared all about her experience starting a new farm in Revelstoke. We continued the series with Rob Glave, who taught us about beekeeping. We finished the series with “Revelstoke’s Best Gardener 2020” Jen Avery who talked us through the highs and lows of having a garden in Revelstoke, as well as sharing some of her top tips.
The series offered countless teaching moments and offered the Garden Guru program a great new channel to share garden information with the Revelstoke Gardeners.
