Seedy Saturday - Powell River

03/03/2025

Seedy Saturday Workshops!!
We have 5:
- 10 a.m. - Ray Lambert - Keeping Mason Bees
- 11 a.m. - Jan Steinman - Use of Soil Blockers to kick start your garden starts
- 12 p.m. - Alex McNaughton - Seed lines and Gene Lines: Microbiome of the Plant World
- 1 p.m. - Aaron Ash - Powtown Permaculture: Home and Community Solutions for Future Care
- 2 p.m. - Ron Berezan - Seed starting and growing sweet potatoes

03/06/2024

Seedy Saturday Here is a link to some interesting films about farming in Canada. Made available to you by the Seedy Saturday committee (part of the Powell River Farmers Agricultural Institute - PRFAI). Coordinated by Seeds of Diversity

Discover the stories of close to 40 farms in Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, striving for a more sustainable food system now and into the future.

03/05/2024

Seedy Saturday - Workshops this year!

Our workshops this year are
10 - Alexander McNaughton - no till gardening and foraging
11 - Ron Berezan - growing more than you thought possible
12 - Ron Berezan - growing sweet potatoes
1 - lunch
2 - Tracey Loslo - Seed2seeds Growing healthy veg starts

01/15/2024

Volunteers wanted!

If you can coordinate other volunteers, pick up donations and arrange them, sit at a table and great people, then we want you for Seedy Saturday!

Volunteers are really needed if this is to go ahead this year!

09/25/2023

My apologies to Seedy Saturday folks!! My account was hacked and they used it to promote selling some light thing.

03/11/2023

Its TODAY!
Seedy Saturday - March 11 from 10-3

Our speakers will be:
11:00 Thom O'Dell Ministry of Agriculture and Food - Meet your Agrologist - Programmes available to farmers
12:00 Alexander McNaughton Locally adapted seed - a focus on seed saving and plant genetics for our climate future.
01:00 Sheryl McCumsey How pesticides are in our plants and how they impact pollinators
02:00 David May Winter gardening

02/28/2023

Looking for Volunteers!

Seedy Saturday needs volunteers. March 11 from 10-3. We need people who would like to greet our attendees or supervise the sees swap table or the silent auction table.

To volunteer - Ellen de Casmaker, 604-487-1304 or [email protected] Or Ellen de Casmaker on FB

02/25/2023

Is there a market today? Yes there is!! Eggs, greens, baked goods with and without gluten and the best ramen in town. On Joyce by the information center. Come on down!

01/31/2023

Hi all,

Seedy Saturday will be March 11 in 2023 from 10 to 3.

If you would like to be a vendor please contact Ellen de Casmaker at [email protected].

Farmers are always welcome and can sell any farm produce that they grow. For others the items should be garden/growing related.

Please note:
Your application indicates that you agree to the following:
1. The following can be sold:
• Seeds (no resale of garden seed permitted);
• Garden products that enhance the growing seeds, including compost, organic fertilizers, seed-starting trays, etc.;
• Plants such as tubers, bulbs, roots, seedlings (ornamental plants, potatoes and garlic, asparagus and onion starts, etc.);
• Gardening items like gardening books, tools, grow-lights, greenhouses, etc.;
• Agricultural products like mason bees & bee-houses, rabbits, fertilizers, soil etc.
2. Sales of any other items are at the discretion of the Committee.
3. The tables for non-profits (sharing information and taking memberships only) are free, but if you wish to sell any product, the space cost is $20 and includes a table. Maximum 2 spaces per organization. If you do not need the physical table please let us know.

Have a great day and see you at Seedy Saturday!
Ellen de Casmaker