HORTICULTURE NEWS The biggest news these days is our upcoming sale. We can proudly say that we have been producing plants without chemical pesticides for the last five years (we have be open for 6). This year our sale will last 3 days and we will include the sale of fruit trees and 34 different...Read More
STAYIN’ ALIVE! After reading a book called “4-season gardening”, we decided to try and grow vegetables in the winter. With the help of the landscaping students, we put up an unheated tunnel and hoped for the best. After the big snow storm and -28C at night we are happy to announce our little babies are...Read More
TEAM WORK! This week the landscaping students came to help us (Horticulture program) with our tunnel. Thanks for all your help. This week we also visited tropical greenhouses and the Interior Decorating and Visual Display students from NOVA joined us and saw how greenwalls are made… a big trend right now. The “Trades” blend so...Read More
As you interact with us going forward you may notice our new NFSB Continuing Education logo, or maybe a new banner or ad. What we hope you’ll see is, us honouring our current and future students who find the courage to overcome obstacles, defy expectation, and follow their passion. Whether they’re exploring one of our 17...Read More
We have recently updated some of our student videos on our ‘Vocational Program’ pages. We figured lets do our own ‘Throwback Thursday’ recap of the student voice videos we had done previously. (click on the picture thumbnails to see what they had to say)Read More
With the weather starting to turn a little cooler, in this “How to” edition, Horticulture teacher Denise Chavez explains how to choose the top 7 indoor plants for your home or office. List of her Top 7 plants: – Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum) – Ivy (Hedera) – Geraniums (Pelargonium) – Dragon Plant (Dracaena) – Lemon...Read More
Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre (HAECC) is up and running with more action than ever before! With numbers up in academics, SVIS and SFIS there are new faces being welcomed every day. The Horticulture program has also started for another year with nine new keen students looking to spruce up their skills in gardening. ...Read More
Looking to improve his work situation while being employed by the City of Montreal, Graziano Franchini decided to take the Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations program @ HAECC. That was a year ago. Now having completed the program Graziano has a higher salary, a new position, more responsibility and is absolutely over the moon with his...Read More
Our “I Choose Me – NFSB (Continuing Education 2015)” Magazine is now on-line! You can now read the articles, watch the videos and find out about the remarkable students that have come through our Centres. Be sure to check out the augmented reality COVER (not sure how to use it? Watch the How to video to...Read More
Brittany McComber is a recent graduate from our Horticulture and Garden Operations program at HAECC. We talked about the “Green Wave” that’s emerging with more and more young people interested in finding better ways for our society to live a greener existence. Brittany raved about her experience in the Horticulture program and how it will...Read More
