Gardening Event: Straight from the Garden, September 27th 2009

Molly MacDonald, the Historic Garden Demonstrator at Dundurn Castle has send kindly sent this notice of their upcoming event:

Straight from the Garden
September 27th, 2009
12:00 - 4:00pm

Come to the fair! Dundurn Castle invites you and your family to join us in celebrating Hamilton's agricultural communities, past and present. Activities include a farmers' market, an agricultural exhibition, garden demonstrations and workshops, garden tours, cooking workshops, live music, and activities for the children. Bring your backyard produce for the community horticulural exhibition!

Some of the presenters and workshops:

• Russ Ohrt from Backyard Harvest
• Sapphire Singh, on starting community gardens
• Simon Taylor and Molly MacDonald on building hot frames and cold frames

Free exhibition to outdoor activities. A small fee will be charged for cooking workshops. Regular admission rates apply to the museum.

KGG's Fall Neighbourhood Planting Initiative: BYOBulbs!

Kirkendall Guerrilla Gardeners invite you to join our Fall Neighbourhood Planting Initiative, Bring Your Own Bulbs. On October 17th, we'll be planting bulbs around the neighbourhood in neglected spots, and you can help in the following ways:

• Meet us on October 17th, at noon in front of the Locke Street Bakery, and bring your own supply of spring-blooming bulbs, a trowel and some gloves for planting;
• Suggest some spots in the neighbourhood that could use a bit of spring colour by pinning a location on our map, either at the Locke Street Festival on September 12th, or on the Google map here;
• Donate bulbs, garden tools or gloves that you don't need any more; or
• Donate cash to help us buy bulbs for all of us to enjoy!

Contact us through our email address at kgggrow@gmail.com.