Transition Bay St Margarets

Domestic Emergency Preparedness
2026-03-29 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
It seems we are in an age with an increasing numbers of emergency events, from storms, fires, flood, drought and power outages. Join us for an important two hours of discussion on preparing your home and your family for any disaster.
The workshop will cover a broad scope of potential situations – not only wildfires, storms, floods and drought but significant or extended service disruptions such as a long grid-down events and food or fuel shortages. Discussion may cover the potential for neighbourhood refuge centres, as well as the possible need for evacuation bags and supplies. Water conservation techiques during periods of drought may also be discussed.
Special guest Emad Aziz, Director of Emergency Management, HRM Emergency Management and Community Safety, will be leading the discussion.
Emad Aziz is the new Director of Emergency Management with the Halifax Regional Municipality’s Community Safety Business Unit.
Emad has advanced training in the Incident Command System (Level 400) and is a Master Business Continuity Professional. Emad was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee medal by the Government of Nova Scotia for efforts during Hurricane Fiona and Covid-19 pandemic.
Emad has significant Incident Command and disaster response experience, having made important contributions in response to recent events such as the West Dalhousie wildfires (2025), multi-day winter storm events in Eastern Nova Scotia (2024), Shelburne wildfires (2023) and Hurricanes Dorian and Fiona.
This two-hour workshop will be held at the Tantallon Public Library on Sunday, March 29th, from 2:30 to 4:30pm.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated. We welcome new volunteers to help with events like this one. Please contact us at info@transitionbay.ca for more information.

Crossroads Vegetable Garden - Spring Soil Prep
2026-04-25 10:00 - 11:30 | St Margarets Bay Crossroads, 5209 Saint Margarets Bay Road, Tantallon, B3Z 4R5, Canada
Join us in preparing the soil for our 15th Season! We will be adding compost, amendments and prepping the soil for spring planting. We will be there rain or shine. We will also install the Seed Library stocked with free seeds! Each year, Transition Bay volunteers grow about 500 pounds of vegetables from these four raised beds for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. They greatly appreciate this fresh produce. The Crossroads Garden is also intended to inspire everyone about the benefits of starting or expanding a home vegetable garden. This is becoming very important in this era of rapidly increasing food costs.

Transition Bay is always looking for more volunteers to help with the garden. If interested, reach out to us at: info@transitionbay.ca.

Coastal Classroom & Rooted Learning: Climate Adaptation Begins at Home
2026-04-26 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 1H3, Canada
For those who’ve watched the shoreline shift, the marsh edge creep, or the basement flood a little sooner each spring—this talk is for you. Join us for an afternoon with Rosmarie Lohnes of Helping Nature Heal, as she brings her decades of hands-on ecological work home, literally to the landowner’s doorstep.
Through her programs Coastal Classroom and Rooted Learning, Rosmarie works directly with individuals and communities to understand how water moves through a landscape, how soils behave under stress, and how native plant communities can be recruited to do some of the heavy lifting when it comes to climate resilience. Her approach connects the large-scale restoration thinking behind municipal programs like ShoreUp with the kind of practical, boots-in-the-mud knowledge that individual landowners can actually use.
The session will explore nature-based strategies for stabilizing landscapes and improving long-term resilience—from soil health and mycelial networks to hydrological awareness and native plant systems. Rosmarie’s work offers both practical techniques and a broader shift in how we understand our land: not just as something to be maintained, but as part of a larger living system we can actively support.
Rosmarie Lohnes is the founder of Helping Nature Heal, an ecological restoration and consulting firm based in Nova Scotia with over 20 years of experience working with coastal and inland landscapes across Atlantic Canada. A designated Environmental Professional (EP) through ECO Canada and a Green Shores–informed practitioner, she is known for her deeply place-based approach to land stewardship—one that blends scientific rigour with lived ecological observation.  Her work has been recognized through multiple environmental awards and featured in regional and national media. She continues to lead projects that restore ecological function while empowering individuals and communities to become active stewards of their land.
This event will be held at the Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon on Sunday, April 26th, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated. We welcome new volunteers to help with events like this one. Please contact us at info@transitionbay.ca for more information.

When Your Well Runs Dry, What To Do: Cisterns, Wells, Tanks, Barrels, and Water Conservation
2026-05-16 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Last year, we had a serious drought and many residents in the Bay had shortages of water. Learn what you need to know in case of another summer drought. This workshop will cover wells, cisterns and water conservation techniques.
The main speaker for the workshop is Josh Feltmate, Prime Pumps and Water Treatment, who understands and deals with local water issues in the Bay area. He is fully knowledgeable about drilled and dug wells, cisterns and other means to source water.
1,500 gallon cistern
In addition, Dawn Smith will provide valuable information on conserving water, based on years of living in south western dry areas.
This two-hour workshop will be held at the Tantallon Public Library on Saturday, May 16th, from 2:30 to 4:30pm.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated. We welcome new volunteers to help with events like this one. Please contact us at info@transitionbay.ca for more information.

Crossroads Vegetable Garden - 2026 Spring Planting
2026-05-19 10:00 - 23:30 | St Margarets Bay Crossroads, 5209 Saint Margarets Bay Road, Tantallon, B3Z 4R5, Canada
Join us for Spring Planting!
We will be planting Swiss chard, kale, beets, onions, parsnips, turnips, cabbage, potatoes and carrots – all fairly easy to grow and store into the cold season.
Each year, Transition Bay volunteers grow about 500 pounds of vegetables from these four raised beds for the St Margarets Bay Food Bank. They greatly appreciate this fresh produce. The Crossroads Garden is also intended to inspire everyone about the benefits of starting or expanding a home vegetable garden. This is becoming very important in this era of rapidly increasing food costs.
Transition Bay is always looking for more volunteers to help with the garden. If interested, reach out to us at: info@transitionbay.ca.

Go Analog & Nourish Connection
2026-06-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
In our daily lives, we can be so immersed in technology that we forget the power of pausing to ponder and connect. Technology is a necessary and often welcome tool. We simply need to be intentional about carving out time and space without it.
Join Dawn Smith for this session on nourishing connection through analog activities and how to do that in a world where the siren call of technology is strong.

This two-hour workshop will be held at the Tantallon Public Library on Wednesday, June 24th, from 6:30 to 8:30pm.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated. We welcome new volunteers to help with events like this one. Please contact us at info@transitionbay.ca for more information.
