Workshops
How to Register
If you would like to register for the workshops, please:
- Call us at 416-466-2841
- Email us at workshops@grassrootsstore.com
All of our workshops are located at our Riverdale store location. We require pre-payment on our workshops.
Upcoming Workshops
- Detoxing nurseries/kids play spaces, Tuesday May 29th
- DIY hanging planters, Monday June 11th
- Vintage Jewellery Making, Wednesday June 6th
- Make your own Bug Sprays / Sunscreen workshop (Under construction)
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D.I.Y Nursery and Playroom Detox Workshop!
Babies and small children are more influenced by our surroundings than adults, and early life exposures have been shown to influence later-life health. Each healthy improvement you make in your home is a gift to your family. Many healthy improvements you can make are simple and affordable, so discover common-sense changes to make healthy improvements in your home to reduce your exposure from common chemicals, cleaners, building materials, and furniture.
In this hands-on workshop you will learn: 1) how to assess products and materials and furnishings in your home, 2) about the many labels and choices (“green”, “organic”, “natural”), and 3) how to choose the least-toxic products. As well you will see samples of materials and furnishings, and gather other great ideas.
Learn about cleaning products, alternatives you can use, see samples, and how to make you own easy-to-make least toxic alternatives using premium ingredients. Together we will make, and you’ll take home, 2 least toxic household cleaners (cream cleanser for hard surfaces, spray cleaner for mist cleaning), sanitizing wipes for babies and hands, and a waterproof non-toxic mattress or changing pad.
- Date: Tuesday May 29th, 2012
- Time: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
- Host: Anne Stewart B.A., B.A.Sc., ECO Canada Certified Environmental Professional, Certified Public Health Inspector (Canada), Building Biology® Environmental Consultant
- Price: $25 / person
- Maximum number of guests: 10 people
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D.I.Y Hanging Planters
Natalie Amber, co-founder of The About Face Collective, as she walks you through how to make your very own macramé hanging planter for your home or work (or car or bike!?)
Natalie will provide all the materials you need to make a great basket, plus you’ll get tips and recipes for how to make your own vegetable or fruit dyes at home to give your planter or other craft projects a pop of sustainable colour!
On top of this, you’ll learn about best practices for taking care of indoor plants, a list of the top 10 easiest house plants to take care of, and you’ll get to take home a surprising house plant you’ve probably never thought to grow…
- Date: Monday June 11th, 2012
- Time: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
- Host: Natalie Amber, The About Face Collective
- Price: $20 / person
- Maximum number of guests: 10 people
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D.I.Y Vintage Jewellery Making
How often do you look at the pile of necklaces, bracelets and earrings on your dresser and think, ‘what a waste’? So often we spend money on pieces of jewelry that only end up in the garbage, or in our friends hands after only 2 or 3 uses. This workshop will help fix that by looking at how we can UPCYCLE to create amazing pieces of jewelry with existing materials. The workshop will utilize the basics of jewelry making and incorporate reclaimed materials in order to create your own bracelet to take home.
- Date: Wednesday June 6th, 2012
- Time: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
- Price: $30 / person
- Maximum number of guests: 10 people
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Make your own Bug Spray / Sunscreen (Workshop under construction)
The toxins in your average insect repellant are far worse than the bites in the long run. DEET, permethrin and other common insect repellants are actually insecticides that you put directly on your skin! Added to these “chemical name” ingredients are the usual toxins found in lotions and creams: parabens and so forth, adding cancer risk to the potential for neurological damage. If it can kill a bug, it can harm you. So what to do? You’ll learn everything you need to know to stay safe and select safe products for you and your loved ones.
