Join Sudbury Shared Harvest, the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO) and Northern Food Forest Nursery for an evening of learning at the Delki Dozzi Community Food Forest in Greater Sudbury.

We’ll spend the evening exploring the Delki Dozzi Community Food Forest and learning how to prepare perennial food systems for the seasons ahead. Hailey Van Nood from Northern Food Forest Nursery will lead a discussion on preparing your food forest for winter, including winter protection, weeding, and preventing injury to trees and plants. We’ll also learn about propagating plants from cuttings, discuss spring planting timelines, and explore bare-root trees and why they can be a great choice for food forest systems.

We’ll end the night by getting our hands dirty helping to prepare the Delki Dozzi Community Food Forest for the winter months. Pizza will be provided!

Please come prepared for the weather, as this is an outdoor event. The event will proceed rain or shine.

Hailey Van Nood, Northern Food Forest Nursery: Haily Van Nood is the owner and head grower at Northern Food Forest Nursery, which specializes in plants hardy to Zone 4 and colder. All trees and plants are grown, grafted, or propagated on their 16-acre homestead and experimental food forest farm in Calvin, Ontario, near North Bay. Hailey received her Horticulture Technician diploma from Niagara College and has built her entire career around plants in Northern Ontario. She is passionate about demonstrating what is possible to grow in extreme northern climates and creating abundant, perennial sources of food.

Delki Dozzi Community Food Forest: Sudbury Shared Harvest began planning Delki Dozzi Food Forest (Sudbury’s first community food forest!) in 201, bringing together community members with experience growing fruit trees and food in Sudbury’s challenging climate. More than 75 volunteers participated in planting and maintenance during the first growing season, with the food forest continuing to grow through a second phase of planting in 2018. Today, volunteers continue to care for this community-grown space.

Funding support for this event has been provided by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario.