Regional gardeners of all stages of abilities are invited to choose element in the Group Foods Relationship Association’s yearly Seedy Saturday occasion, using spot Saturday from 1-3 p.m at the Root Cellar’s neighborhood back garden.
“Seedy Saturday is an party we have been functioning in Drugs Hat since 2015,” metropolis councillor and CFCA food items protection co-ordinator, Alison Van Dyke, advised the News. “Every spring, gardeners get collectively and swap seeds. It is normally mixed with facts classes or other kinds of gardening programming as perfectly.”
This year’s Seedy Saturday celebration will contain the seed swap, a cash-only plant sale and displays by numerous Alberta gardening and landscaping industry experts. Attendees can also support plant the Root Cellar’s neighborhood garden, get their pruners sharpened by The Sharpener, or bring a pot and consider section in an herb backyard planting activity. There will also be a door prize.
“It’s just sort of a great social celebration the place people can have a visit and chat about their gardening strategies for the yr,” Van Dyke said.
Van Dyke believes the event is also a excellent beginning position for new gardeners.
“Medicine Hat has a really certain type of a weather,” she stated. “We come across a lot of instances, even gardening guides geared to the prairies, the gardening information in them does not seriously implement to Medication Hat … So, the wonderful thing about an party like this – primarily if you are a new gardener – is you can ask advice of seasoned gardeners. We have to get the job done all over some rather powerful situations here, so it’s seriously useful to chat to men and women who have been gardening for a lengthy time in this spot and get their opinions on issues and recommendations.”
Even though the function is free of charge to go to, donations to the Root Cellar are encouraged. The Root Cellar neighborhood backyard can be accessed from Fifth Road SE.
Van Dyke also invites gardeners to pay a visit to the CFCA’s long term seed swap, located at the Medication Hat Public Library.
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