Lanark County Seedy Saturday, March 16

Press Release – Lanark County Seedy Saturday

March 16, 2024 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Almonte Civitan Club

Seedy Saturday is back in Almonte after a four-year pandemic related hiatus. It returns as a fundraiser with all door proceeds going directly to the Lanark County Interval House to support their Perseverance Pantry Outreach Program for women in challenging circumstances. 

Join us just in time to kick off the 2024 gardening season and plan to spend the day with us trading, swapping and shopping for seed, and other garden related items and produce. There will be seed exchanges, seed banks, seed vendors, free advice at the Master Gardeners table. Enjoy any of our three-part lecture series and our three-part practical workshop series. The cafeteria will be open all day.

We have revisioned this event to include a robust lecture series by locally renowned authors, gardeners and activists. We will also be featuring a practical workshop program by local experts on seed starting, composting and growing your mushrooms.

Lecture Program:

Seeding a Beautiful Picture                                                                                                                                                                                  10:30 a.m. | main speaker hall                                                                                                                                                                      Steven Martyn | The Sacred Gardener                                                                                                                                                              A story of co-creating abundance with the land.

Inviting Pollinators Into Your Garden                                                                                                                                                     Noon | main speaker hall                                                                                                                                                                                      Mélanie Ouellette, MA, MBA, Chair and Founder of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library

Saving Your Own Seed                                                                                                                                                                                              1:30 p.m. | main speaker hall                                                                                                                                                                          Telsing Andrews                                                                                                                                                                                                    Edible Ottawa Gardening Group                                                                                                                                                                Telsing Andrews will demonstrate how to save common garden vegetable variety seeds including both wet and dry threshing methods. 

Admission is $3, which includes lectures and workshops. All proceeds will go to Lanark County Interval House and Community Support.