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

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ry little bit helps when it comes to cutting down on waste and living in more sustainable ways. Composting is a good place to start. Each year Canadians toss tons of food that could have been composted into landfills. Composting is good for your plants, the earth and allows you get more out of your food. Even apartment dwellers can compost! This guide will cover:

Finding a containing

How to assemble

Dos and Don'ts

What next

Tips

Contain yourself

All around cities are orphaned green spaces. That's where guerrilla gardening comes in. Where there is wasted green space, gardeners reclaim it as public property meant to be beautified with flowers and cultivated to produce crops.

This guide includes:

What are the principles of guerilla gardening
Getting started
Continuing action