Conservation Learning centre receives over $40K for new cold frames
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A local non-profit has just received a generous grant to further advance its programs to students and help protect some of its crops from mother nature.
The Conservation Learning Centre recently found out it was one of four organizations that won funding from Peavey Industries, as a part of its annual Community Agricultural Grant program.
The $40,000 in funding will make it possible for the Conservation Learning Centre to purchase and build two 96’ x 20’ gothic cold frames. One will serve as a Community Cold Frame for school groups, local organizations, and the public. The second will operate as a Research Cold Frame and be used to conduct horticultural trials that will generate actionable information for vegetable and fruit producers across western Canada.
A cold frame is a transparent outdoor frame used in gardens to protect plants from adverse weather, primarily intense cold or wet weather.
