{"id":20203,"date":"2025-02-06T21:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T02:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2025-03-13T14:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:12:32","slug":"gardening_seminar_2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/news\/gardening_seminar_2025\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Learning : Enjoy at Home! Home Gardening Online seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Presented by<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Momiji \/ JSS<\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wed. March 26th, 2025, 3:00 \u2013 4:00 pm EST\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>(Japanese)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20199 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gardening_1-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gardening_1-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gardening_1.png 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This month of our e-Learning seminar series hosted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/momiji.on.ca\/ja\/%e3%83%9b%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0\/\">Momiji Health Care Society<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/\">Japanese Social Services<\/a> (JSS) is to learn about home gardening! <strong>*Held in Japanese<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What is this session about?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20201 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gardening_2-300x295.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gardening_2-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gardening_2-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/gardening_2.png 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>This seminar is perfect for the upcoming season and focuses on the basics of home gardening. You don\u2019t need a large garden to get started. We will introduce options that can be done indoors or on a balcony, so if you\u2019re interested but unsure of how to begin, this seminar will provide the information you need to get started.<\/p>\n<p>In this seminar, we will cover the following topics with live demonstrations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to start : Choosing the right tools and soil<\/li>\n<li>Easy-to-grow plants<\/li>\n<li>Vegetables and herbs perfect for spring<\/li>\n<li>Live demonstration: How to sow seeds and plant seedlings<\/li>\n<li>How to care for your plants and the watering techniques<\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why not experience the joy and satisfaction of growing plants and vegetables? We look forward to your participation!<\/p>\n<h2>About our Guest Speaker<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Guest Speaker : Hiroshi Harada<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Graduated from the Faculty of HorticultureBottom of Form of Chiba University. In 1970, he moved to Canada and spent about 50 years as the owner of Harada Landscaping Limited, primarily for private homes. He is a member of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. Now retired, he has been active as a garden club lead in Momiji for the past three years and volunteers to maintain the garden of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. He is also passionate about mushroom cultivation, making rice wine (sake), and brewing koji. He leads a lifestyle deeply rooted in Japanese culture even while living in Toronto.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Attend<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone interested can attend but pre-registration required. Click the registration button below, and fill and submit it by two days before the session date (Mon, Mar 24). If you have difficulty using online registration system, feel free to contact the hosting agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc4CgT4uhH3-py7R4ZCTqykhVcXlhdtPUT3AaNtxu0a8oybxg\/viewform?usp=dialog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13920\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Registration-Button-EN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>\uff08Registration Form will open from the button above\uff09<\/p>\n<p>Those who registered, will receive an invitation email with the Zoom link and ID\/Passcode, by a day before the session date from the hosting organizations. Check your junk box if you can\u2019t find it in your inbox \u2013 Email us if you don\u2019t see it anywhere.<\/p>\n<h3>\u3010Caution!\u3011<\/h3>\n<h4>1.\u00a0Auto-email (to confirm what you filled) right after registration<\/h4>\n<p>You will receive a confirmation email from the system right after you \u201cSubmit\u201d your form (this receipt does not contain the Zoom URL). Make sure to type correct email of yours.\u00a0<strong>If you don\u2019t see it, check your junk folder first<\/strong>, then contact JSS \/ Momiji.<\/p>\n<h4>2.\u00a0Your Zoom display name should be recognizable to the host<\/h4>\n<p>Upon joining, please display your name on Zoom in ways we recognize that you registered. For example, instead of using nicknames or initials, include your first and\/or last (e.g. Hanako Y, H. Yamada, Hanako Yamada) . We may not be able to allow you to enter for security purposes if we can\u2019t recognize your name. We\u2019ll show you how to change the display name 5 minutes before the session start.<\/p>\n<p>\u203bContact JSS\/Momiji if you don\u2019t know how to change your Zoom display name.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Momiji Health Care Society\uff08Chikage\uff09\uff1a416-261-6683 x.244 \/ ciw@momiji.on.ca<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Social Services (JSS) (Rumiko\uff09\uff1a416-385-9200 \/ programs@jss.ca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Zoom \u2013 First Time?<\/h2>\n<p>If this is the first time you are trying out Zoom, we are more than happy to help you out with downloading and using Zoom, while connecting with you via phone. Please contact us as soon as possible, to book your practice session. *Availability may be limited depending on the number of requests.<\/p>\n<p>**Please note that we most likely\u00a0<strong>can\u2019t help you connecting Zoom on the day of the seminar due to limited staffing<\/strong>. We encourage you to book us for the separate practice prior to the seminar date.<\/p>\n<p>This eLearning series is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provided by\uff1a<a href=\"https:\/\/momiji.on.ca\/ja\/%e3%83%9b%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a0\/\">Momiji Health Care Society<\/a>\u3001\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/\">Japanese Social Services<\/a>\u00a0(JSS)<\/li>\n<li>supported by Family Talks Forum (FTF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wed Mar 26 at 3 PM in JP, RVSP by Mar 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":20199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[307],"class_list":["post-20203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-online-seminars-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20309,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions\/20309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}