Come celebrate local food, farming, and gardening at the annual Seedy Saturday in Ottawa. It's free and all are welcome!

Join in the annual seed exchange and sale, featuring an organic mini-market, garden talks, and workshops, a swap table, and organic snacks. Workshop seating is limited, and here's the line-up:

10:30- Gardening on Small Plots: tips, tricks, and recommended vegetables - this workshop will be hosted by USC Canada's Genevieve Grossenbacher, who also helps run the nearby Our Little Farm with her husband.

11:30 - Garlic Pests: A look at how to control nematodes, hosted by Paul Pospisil

The third annual Scarborough seedy Saturday is bigger and better than ever!

This day promises to be fun for gardeners and friends of planet Earth. There will be a chance to exchange seeds with other seed savers, to buy heirloom and organic seeds from vendors and learn more about gardening from GardenGurus such as the Toronto Master Gardeners . Or attend one of our workshops and learn about all season growing, seed saving and starting, Balcony Gardening and more!

Tables will include heirloom and organic seed vendors, worm composting, bee products, backyard gardening, local community groups, garden associations and environmental/nature groups such as Rouge Park, the TRCA and  the North American Native Plant Society.

Never too Late (in the season) or too Small (a space) to... Grow herbs, tomatoes, other edibles - on your balcony, window-sill, anywhere! No gardening experience necessary. All are welcome Learn the "how to's" of container gardening; bring home a new edible garden. Materials provided: potting soil, seeds, seedlings.

To bring: - Small container for planting and take home e.g. yogurt or take-out container

- Admission "Olive Tree" to be planted in Palestine.

- Each $5 donation buys a 3-year-old seedling to be planted by the Trees for Life Palestine program. All proceeds will be donated.  

The permaculture gardening in the city workshop will feature speaker Graeme O'Farrell.

Are you imagining Spring? Thinking about planting seeds and getting your hands in the dirt?

Seedy Sunday will help your gardening dreams come true!  Throughout the afternoon, you can:

~ Donate seeds and participate in the community seed exchange. ~Buy your spring seeds from some of Ontario’s finest vendors (with a focus on organic, heirloom, native and local) ~ Enjoy free garden-related workshops & children’s activities. ~Purchase yummy snacks and network with other gardeners. ~

Visit us on Facebook by typing North York Seedy Sunday or contact melissa.benner@gmail.com

Seedy Sunday and Saturdays is hosted by the Toronto Community Garden Network (TCGN), to provide gardeners, plant-lovers and the general public with a head-start on their spring gardens. Featuring a grassroots seed exchange, seed vendors, garden and food organizations, and free workshops, we aim to meet your gardening needs & dreams.

This year, the theme is Increasing Access to Seeds/Gardening/Food.