HalifACT Human Library
2024-03-26 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
HalifACT Human Library
Join HalifACT for an evening of inspiring climate conversations.
Members of HalifACT, in collaboration with Halifax Public Libraries and Transition Bay, will be acting as the curators of a “human library.” Check out a human “book,” a person with real experience in climate action, to gain insights on doable actions that you can take in your life.
Three of the “books” will be members of Transition Bay:
Cam Farnell will be a “book” about energy (off-grid, reducing your electricity usage, generators and energy return on energy invested) as well as food resilience (deep pantry and water bath canning).
Dawn Suzette Smith is a “book” about connecting your family with nature whatever the weather.
and, Robert Cervelli’s “book” subject is creating a backyard grocery store (i.e. your garden) and other ways to build resilience in fragile times.
Drop in anytime from 5:30 – 8:30 pm, March 26th, at the Tantallon Public Library
Let’s make a difference right here at home, one practical idea at a time.

Crossroads Educational Vegetable Garden - Spring Soil Prep
2024-04-17 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 13th 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.

Crossroads Educational Vegetable Garden - Spring Planting!
2024-05-04 10:00 - 11:30 | 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.

From the Great Unraveling towards a Great Turning - Film and Discussion
2024-05-05 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 1H3, Canada
In October 2023, invited Thinkers from around the world gathered on-site and virtually at the famous Thinkers Lodge, Pugwash, NS. They undertook deep and brave conversation about the Great Unraveling – the global polycrisis facing humanity today. They also explored where seeds are being planted for humanity’s shift towards a new restorative relationship with Mother Earth – a Great Turning.
Step into these discussions, thoughts and feelings of Thinkers, including Mi’kmaq Elders Joseph Michael and Albert Marshall, in this 30 minute documentary film. There will be a group discussion about these topics following the screening.
Watch the trailer.

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.

Food Preservation Workshop
2024-06-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ever wonder how to preserve all those great garden vegetables you harvested? Join us for an engaging talk where we’ll learn all about various methods of food preservation, including canning, dehydration, freezing, and fermentation. Our presenters will share their tips and tricks for saving your garden abundance to enjoy throughout the winter season. This program is free and open to all!

Up!Skilling Festival: Feed | Build | Repair
2024-10-05 08:30 - 16:30 | Mahone Bay Centre, 45 School Road, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, B0J 2E0, Canada
Join us for the all-day Up!Skilling Festival: Feed | Build | Repair at the Mahone Bay Centre, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The Festival is jointly hosted by Transition Bay and the Town of Mahone Bay.
We are recruiting 20-25 Skillers – each teaching a valuable and practical craft, skill or trade.
Confirmed Skillers:

Ropework, knots and splicing
Sewing
Fermentation
Living off grid
Upholstery and fabric repair
Hot water bath canning
Public and private writing for healing & action
Homesharing
Macrobiotic gardening by moon signs
Bicycle repair
E-bike learning and demos
Baking – two simple loaves of bread
Food forest & permaculture: roots, soil health, biomass relationships
Refurbishing tools and handle making with a shaving horse

Tools for green wood hand-working and fabricating
Furniture and country equipment design, repair, and construction
Kitchen tools (care and sharpening)
Gardening and forestry tools (care and sharpening)
Beekeeping
Cooking from Scratch
Mending
Mead making and country wines
Raising chickens
Mahone Bay Community Land Coop
Food forests

FULL SCHEDULE DOWNLOAD HERE
Registration opens at 8:30am. Classes begin at 9:30am. A low-cost lunch is available.
Registration is $15.00, or pay what you can (Refunds up to 7 days before event):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feed-build-repair-an-upskilling-festival-tickets-949990225337?aff=oddtdtcreator

Kiss the Ground - film and discussion
2024-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Join us for another great film, followed by discussion: Kiss the Ground.
The solution is under our feet.
Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals the first viable solution to our climate crisis.
Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil is the missing piece of the climate puzzle. This movie is positioned to catalyze a movement to accomplish the impossible – to solve humanity’s greatest challenge, to balance the climate and secure our species future.
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.

Closer to Home: Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis - film and discussion
2024-11-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Join us for the screening and discussion of the 35 minute film: Closer to Home: Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis. A film by Local Futures and Cyrus Sutton. Produced and directed by Helena Norberg-Hodge and Anja Lyngbaek.
We live in a time of multiple crises, from climate chaos, poverty, and war to skyrocketing costs of living. It can seem overwhelming – until we realise that we have the power to change things. ‘Closer to Home’ brings together an extraordinary array of thinkers, writers, and activists from every continent to make a simple but revolutionary argument: by reducing the scale of the economy, we can not only stop the rush towards social and ecological breakdown, but restore damaged ecosystems and increase our own personal well-being. It’s a message of hope that the world cannot afford to ignore.

Watch and share the trailer here: • Closer to Home Trailer
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.

Community Read and Discussion: The Serviceberry
2025-01-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Join us for a Community Read and Discussion! The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer releases November 19! Her previous books, Gather Moss and Braiding Sweetgrass, are highly acclaimed and beloved for their blend of science and Indigenous ways of knowing. This new book is sure to bring forth many insights worthy of discussion.
Book: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer (preorder now!).
Support Local!
Preorder The Serviceberry through our local indie bookshop, Otis and Clementine’s! Contact Ellen with your preorder by November 10! Otis and Clementine’s: Website Facebook Instagram
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.

Seed Planning Party
2025-02-02 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 1H3, Canada
It’s still winter, but its the time we plan for our garden seeding needs for the coming growing season.
Bring your seed catalogs, your seed lists, and your own extra saved seeds. Join others for a Seed Planning Party! We will compare catalogs and our our notes, learn from each other, and perhaps make bulk purchases of seeds (which saves lots of money).
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.

Rising to the Health Challenges of Our Times With Herbal Medicine
2025-03-02 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Our health cannot be separated from the earth that nourishes us. The growing epidemic of chronic illness is deeply entwined with a disconnected culture, degradation of the earth and societal inequalities.
Many are embracing herbal medicine as a path to empowered healthcare that connects us with our own bodies, each other, and the natural rhythms of the earth.
As an interested or aspiring herbalist, how do you really become competent and of service to yourself, family and community given the health challenges we face? Whether you are new to herbal medicine, or you are wondering what is the next step to improve your knowledge and skill, this workshop is for you.
In this workshop, we will cover:
– Core philosophies and tools vital to a vibrant, ethical, and effective approach to herbal medicine
– The potential of herbal medicine in empowering, accessible, integrative healthcare.
– How to connect with teachers and resources that will improve your herbalism skills.
– How to apply the concepts of vitalism and energetics to support immune system resilience.
– Hands-on learning through sampling herbs
The times we live in deeply need the skills, intention, and heart that herbalists can offer. Come join experienced clinical herbalists Ember Peters and Oren Hercz in a class to fuel your inspiration and help guide you on your herbal path!
You can learn more about Ember and Oren by visiting the Maritime School of Holistic Herbalism.
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.

Seedy Saturday
2025-03-22 09:30 - 16:30 | St. Luke’s United Church Lower Hall, 5374 St Margarets Bay Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Join us at Seedy Saturday! A great gardening event sponsored by the St Margarets Bay Garden Club, featuring over 12 different vendors and a great slate of speakers. Transition Bay will be one of the vendors, so visit our booth.
At St Lukes, 5374 St. Margaret’s Bay Road, you will be able to access the whole event from the lower or upper level doors and walk through (via stairs). Each level is fully accessible, but there is no elevator in between.
For more information, visit: https://www.stmargaretsbaygardeningclub.org/

Community Economic Resilience in Uncertain Times
2025-04-06 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 1H3, Canada
We live in times of globalized trade, with just-in-time deliveries of essential goods from vast parts of the world. In these days of increasing tariffs and trade disputes, how can local communities build economic resilience and local sovereignty for their basic needs?
Join Robert Cervelli and other members of Transition Bay for thought–provoking discussions on community wealth building, providing inspirational examples from other communities around the world and here in Nova Scotia.
This two-hour workshop will be held at the Tantallon Public Library on Sunday, May 18th, 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.

Planting for Preservation
2025-04-27 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 1H3, Canada
Now is the time to plan your garden with an eye toward food preservation! Come learn about food preservation methods, the easiest foods to grow and preserve, and how to plan your garden with preservation in mind. Join us for a great conversation led by Transition Member Dawn Smith.
This two-hour workshop will be held at the Tantallon Public Library from 2:30 to 4:30pm on Sunday, April 27th.
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 Educational Vegetable Garden – Spring Planting!
2025-05-03 10:00 - 11:30 | St Margarets Bay Crossroads, 5209 Saint Margarets Bay Road, Tantallon, B3Z 4R5, Canada
May 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

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.

Permaculture as a Gateway to Food Sovereignty
2025-05-04 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Food is a topic on many people’s mind. Whether your interest is price, quality, availability, or all three, this workshop will discuss how the permaculture design system can be employed at your home as a gateway to increasing food sovereignty. Join Shayne White on May 4th for this valuable Sunday afternoon workshop at the Tantallon Library.

Workshop topics will include:

– History of permaculture
– Ethic and principles
– Applications of permaculture techniques
– Food sovereignty

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.

Vermicomposting - Making Gardener's Gold
2025-06-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Are you interested in learning how red wiggler worms can help you turn food scraps into “gardeners gold”? Join Waste Resource Education Officer, Cyndi Fraser, to learn all about vermicomposting. This workshop will teach you how to setup, maintain, and harvest your bin, giving you nutrient rich castings for your lawn and garden.

Cyndi has been working for Solid Waste Resources (SWR) since August 2021 as a Waste Resource Education Officer. During her time at SWR she has been the lead on multiple projects including the Condo Clear Bag program, the Let’s Be Clear Litter Doesn’t Belong Here school program, and the Vermicomposting Pilot project. Cyndi enjoys the variety of tasks that her position entails – from interacting with the public at a Home Show, to working with students on proper sorting, to developing new programming the role of educator brings the variety and flexibility Cyndi enjoys!
Cyndi will offer 3 vermicomposters to the attendees (we will draw names if there are more than 3 interested in receiving a vermicomposter).
The workshop will be held at the Tantallon Public Library on Tuesday, June 10th from 6:30 to 8:00pm. The 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.

Cider Making and Fermented Beverages
2025-10-19 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 1H3, Canada
Learn about pressing apples for cider using a smaller cider press, and which varieties of apples are best for different flavours and tartness. You can also learn how to ferment fresh cider into ‘hard cider,’ as well as other types of fermented fruit beverages This is a fun workshop packed with useful information.
The workshop will take place at the Tantallon Library from 2:30 to 4:30, Sunday, October 19th.
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.

Harvesting and Preparing Wild Staple Foods
2025-10-26 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
For millennia humans have sought out wild staples: those foods that contain essential calories and protein. Fortunately these foods are all around us in Turtle Island. Learn about how to prepare acorns to make bread as well as starchy tubers: Apios americana (ground nut), Sunchokes and Cattail corms.
Join us for this interesting and highly valuable two-hour workshop. Jenn Stotland will discuss harvesting these staples as well as demonstrate preparation of acorns for making bread.
This two-hour workshop will be held at the Tantallon Public Library on Sunday, October 26th, 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.

Forest Guide
2025-11-30 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Experience forest bathing in the beauty and magic of Nova Scotia with your own personal forest guide!
This special community event will feature the premiere screening of two episodes of Forest Guide, a new Bell Fibe TV1 docuseries filmed in Nova Scotia. The series invites viewers to explore the forests and trails of Mi’kma’ki – Nova Scotia through the perspectives of local forest guides, blending immersive documentary storytelling with the calming practice of forest bathing.
Attendees will experience a deep connection to Mi’kma’ki’s natural landscapes while learning more about the people who know them best. The production highlights the region’s creative talent, environmental beauty, and growing potential as a destination for film and storytelling.
The experience can evoke deep love and strength to protect our forests as natural heritage, including our own Ingram River old growth forest with the oldest tree in Nova Scotia and essential habitat for moose and many other living beings.
Creator and Director John Wimberly, who grew up in St. Margaret’s Bay, will be present for discussion and Q&A.
To learn more about the series or to suggest new trails and guides for future seasons, visit www.forest-guide.com.
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.

Giving Day Holiday Gift Exchange
2025-12-07 14:30 - 16:30 | Tantallon Public Library, 3646 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
Join us for a community day of giving and receiving! Be a part of the giving-economy, tread lightly, and get your holiday shopping done without spending a penny!
We are gathering gently used and new (regifted) items to share for your holiday shopping needs, including:

Home decor
Toys
Books
Other small giftable items

How it works:

Select up to three free items to give as gifts (to others or yourself).
Stop by our gift-wrapping station to have your gifts wrapped and ready to give.
Enjoy an Earth-friendly, low-stress holiday!

If you’d like to donate gently used or new (regifted) items for others to take (and get a ticket to take another item beyond the initial three!) please bring them to the Tantallon Library at 2:00 on December 7 so we can display them.
You are welcome to take home any items of yours that do not get taken as gifts. Items left at the end will be denoted to the St. Margaret’s Bay Food Bank thrift shop. No large items please.

Seedy Saturday
2026-03-21 09:30 - 16:00 | St. Luke’s United Church Lower Hall, 5374 St Margarets Bay Rd., Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada
JOIN US AT SEEDY SATURDAY.
TRANSITION BAY WILL HAVE A TABLE, OUR SEED LIBRARY AND LOTS OF INFORMATION !!

For more infomation:
Our website page is https://www.stmargaretsbaygardeningclub.org/seedysaturday2026
Our Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/StMargaretsBayGardeningClub

Domestic Emergency Preparedness
2026-03-29 14:30 - 16:30 | 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

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.
