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.