Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About Seeds and Gardening

Mar 11, 2019 | 6:30 PM

Plant lovers and gardeners will feel right at home at an event this weekend.

The fifth annual Vernon Seedy Saturday will go from 10 am to 3 pm at the Vernon Rec Centre, put on by SENS (Sustainable Environment Network Society).

“The Vernon Recreation Centre will be filled with local seed and plant sellers, locally grown and made food and natural products, chickens, eggs, honey and much more,” says a release from SENS. “Meet local seed growers and learn about the different heirloom varieties, seed saving and starting, and why it is important to save seeds or support local seed savers. If you’ve been wanting to try growing heirloom varieties of your favourite vegetables or learn more about gardening then this is the place to be! Check out the educational displays for environmental information too.”

The event also includes a free community seed swap table where people bring their extra seeds or plants to share with others and can take seeds and plants that they want – a very fun and busy part of the event.

“Please be sure any seeds you bring to donate are clearly labelled so others know what they are and don’t forget to bring a pen and envelopes so that you can take home free seeds. This year we will also be having a free garden magazine swap table so feel free to bring some garden-related magazines to share,” says the release.

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It will feature local seed and plant sellers, and you can learn about the different heirloom varieties, and why it is important to save seeds or support local seed savers.

Okanagan Regional Library will be on hand with library books on gardening, seeds and beekeeping so be sure to bring your library card so you can check them out – ask them about their seed lending library too.

Friends of the Library and Alpine Centre Book Warehouse volunteers will have used gently used garden books for sale.

Members of the Vernon Garden Club and the Okanagan Master Gardeners will be present to answer gardening questions. You can find out more about heirloom seeds at the Seeds of Diversity display table or from the Kalamalka Seed Library. Learn more about conserving water while gardening at the RDNO information booth and enter for a chance to win a rainbarrel. We are delighted to have many non-profit groups from our community joining us to share information about their organizations.

SENS will also provide a fun hands-on children’s activity.

“We welcome you to drop by the Pollinator Pathways tables to learn more about this project and to take part in fun pollinator related activities.”

There will also be demonstrations, where you can learn how to make a quick and simple garden with straw bales, find out what the moon cycle has to do with gardening, and making your own medicine from the garden.

11 am – Straw Bale Gardening – Kathleen Ott from TerraNova Lavington Farm
Noon – Gardening with the Moon – Sarah Bradshaw of Wise Woman Seeds
1 pm – Medicine from the Garden and Food Forest – Richard Walker – author of Food Forestry North of the 49th
2 pm – How to Grow Great Berries – Pim Van Oeveren from Tasty Acres

Admission by donation ($2 suggested) Children free.

For more information please check out our Vernon Seedy Saturday event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/214134182832274/

by Beach Radio