Winter is in full swing which gives us time to dream of spring and keep busy with indoor projects.

 

This month we will be hosting a public workshop on making skin care products with beeswax. Participants will learn how to make a healing salve and a lip balm, and take home one of each product. 

 

Date: Thursday, February 8, 2018

 

Location: Sobeys Riverview Community Room (1160 Findlay Blvd. Riverview, NB)

Registration: $5 to cover supplies. Please confirm that you will be attending by email  or calling (506)229-4907

Gardening season is fast approaching! Guest speaker from Corn Hill Nursery will talk about what plants are best to help support bees and other pollinators.

Please join us for our community’s 1st annual Seedy Saturday hosted by Foods of the Fundy Valley!

The event will include seed sellers, garden-related local businesses and organizations, and we will be hosting a community seed swap. There will also be talks throughout the day.

Foods of the Fundy Valley will be offering their delicious soup bar at the event!

What’s Seedy Saturday?

Seedy Saturdays are held across the country and around the world. These events bring together like-minded gardeners, farmers, seed savers and community members passionate about mindful gardening, food security and our environment.

What’s a Community Seed Swap?

Simply bring seeds and swap them! This free exchange allows gardeners of all levels to swap seeds with others in the community at the Community Seed Swap table at the event. It’s a chance to find unusual seeds or learn about something you’ve never grown before.

Some of the vendors that will be at the event:

Farmers Browns Greenhouse- www.farmerbrowns.ca/
Mapple Farms- www.mapplefarm.com/
Rainbow Seeds- www.rainbowseeds.ca
Fundy Farms- www.facebook.com/FundyFarmslocalharvest/
Annapolis Seeds- www.annapolisseeds.com/
Incredible Seeds- www.incredibleseeds.ca
Tansy Lane Herb Farm- www.tansylane.ca/
Hillsborough Farmers Market- www.facebook.com/HillsboroughFarmersMarket/
Cochrane Family Farm- www.cochranefamilyfarm.com

We will have a variety of seed catalogs available.

Presentations include:

‘Tomato Talk’- Greg Wingate from Mapple Farms
‘Saving Wild Seeds’- Carole Coleman from Tansy Lane Farm
‘Medicinal Herb Gardening’- Tatum Andrews from Bear Roots Forest
‘Gardening with Raised Beds’- Frank Cochrane from Cochrane Family Farm

Come out to celebrate the beginning of spring!!

Guest speaker Danny Allard will present ways to help prevent swarms before they happen and collection methods if they do happen.