Garlic Planting Workshop

Learn about garlic and garlic planting; a hands-on workshop with Bob Wildfong, Executive Director of Seeds of Diversity Canada. Bob has been saving seeds and teaching about garden biodiversity for over 30 years. He mixes science and storytelling to reveal the secret lives of seeds, plants, and pollinators. Bob has been a member of Seeds of Diversity since 1988, and became their first Executive Director in 2002, after a career in software engineering. He teaches garden and food history at the Waterloo Region Museum, and as a board member of the Pollinator Partnership Canada helps build the movement to preserve pollinators. He is a past president of the Culinary Historians of Canada and delights in explaining how we can learn about future food sustainability by remembering past lessons.

Where: Springbank Farm, 681 Blair Road, Cambridge.

Parking: There is a small parking lot at 681 Blair Rd and people are welcome to park there, in the parking spots in front of the North House.  There is also a larger parking lot located approximately 200m west on Blair Rd and connected to the 681 Blair Rd location with a gravel walking path.  Please park at these two locations, then walk up the driveway from 681 Blair Rd to the gardens.

Price: Free.

Registration: Pre-registration is required.