http://www.seeds.ca/ev/events.php

Do any of you go to your local Seedy Events? The above link will help you find them in your area if you are unaware of where to start looking. Its so great to get the pulse of the local gardening communtity, the event in ottawa just continues to grow, they are offering really good free hour talks at the events, its crowded, and fun, but the prices are always high for everything IMHO but somehow that does not stop everything from selling 🙂 

The free seed exchange table is always busy and interesting to look though..

Got Seeds? Want Seeds? Wondering what a Seed can do??

Seedy Saturday is scheduled at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Community Centre (Britannia)( free Admission, OC Transpo Route 16).

Also bring seeds that you have saved, labeled with variety and what you have observed about them, for the Seed Exchange Table.

A number of professional, certified and high skilled local seed companies will also be there. If you have particular condition, such as a shady backyard, but you still want to try and grow a good canning tomato, these growers will be able to help you out. They will have on hand hundreds of varieties. Some of the vendors already confirmed are; Greta’s Organic Gardens and Terra Edibles.

Janette Haase is coming to Seedy Saturday and giving a talk @ 11:30 about her book “From Seed to Table”.

Square foot gardening : very popular at the 2010 Seedy Sat – come early to get a seat

Saving the Seed: Farmers in Honduras and the struggle for seed sovereignty – staff from USC Canada will share this film and then a discussion on common challenges for seeds, food and farming in Canada and the Global South

Seeds of Diversity Canada : a seed saving mini workshop – a great introduction if you have not saved seeds before

If activism on the food justice front is of interest, local food groups – Just Food (www. Justfood.ca), Canadian Organic Growers http://www.cog.ca, USC Canada- Seeds of Survival http://www.usc-canada.org, and Seeds of Diversity Canada http://www.seeds.ca and others will be there.

Along with good food to eat from vendors and an Organic Café, it is a family friendly space for a first step towards great seeds, gardens and food in 2011.