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Post by ottawagardener on Feb 17, 2011 10:45:01 GMT -5
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Post by seedywen on Feb 20, 2011 18:46:08 GMT -5
Here on the Canadian West Coast, Seedy Saturdays start usually by February and go strong, every weekend in multiple communities big and small until around April.
I started one in my community six years ago and now we have a great organizing committee that meets once a month from Sept. to March to plan a big community seed swap and garden fair. Dozens of non-profit community groups participate, plus a few seed vendors and people with worms, bees, compost etc. Plus there's eight gardening workshops and a non-stop corner of activities for children all day.
A Seedy Cafe features a local food menu so people can come at 10 am and stay until the fair finishes at 3 p.m.
Yeah! Let's hear it for Seedy Saturday!!!!
(Seedy Sundays in some places)
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Post by honeydew on Feb 28, 2011 0:39:26 GMT -5
I can't wait for Seedy Saturday. The one is Saskatoon is coming on March 12.
The Eco Farm Day sounds interesting, I would have loved to see Dr. Shiv Chopra talk. I am currently reading Corrupt to the Core. Wow.
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Post by synergy on Feb 28, 2011 3:15:05 GMT -5
Thank you for the list , I want to hit one nearby but also I am so tempted , one in North Vancouver will have chestnut trees. Gosh I hate driving into the city but hmmm ...
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 1, 2011 14:50:31 GMT -5
Snyergy: gotta be worth it  Honeydew: Yeah, they often have great speakers. One year I shamelessly got my picture taken with Eliot Colmean  |
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Post by honeydew on Mar 4, 2011 0:35:31 GMT -5
Honeydew: Yeah, they often have great speakers. One year I shamelessly got my picture taken with Eliot Colmean Every now and again I find a reason why I miss living out there. This would be one of them. |
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Post by grunt on Mar 13, 2011 11:29:10 GMT -5
We had our Seedy Saturday yesterday. I didn't think we went through very many seed packages at these events, but I had the seeds going for donations to the church, and we gathered more than $100
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Post by sorellina on Mar 22, 2011 8:30:05 GMT -5
Ciao Dan-
Good to see you! That's an excellent idea, seeds for church fundraising. I'm just about at the point of being able to get a table at one of the events. Toronto's still getting the kinks out of the best venue for Seedy Saturdays. They've become very popular and this is such a huge city that vendors and participants alike can feel really cramped. They decided to have 3 in the "general" area of Toronto-ish this year - 1 at U of T, 1 in Mississuaga, and 1 coming up next weekend in North York where I am. The U of T event had a smaller than expected showing, so I'm hoping that North York will be well attended, but not cramped. I'm asking for a lot, I know, lol!
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