ReThink Red Deer

Seedy Sunday - Red Deer

Location: Kerry Wood Nature Centre

Sunday April 11th, 2010
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This family event is open to:

• general citizens,
• new gardeners,
• local seed savers,
• prairie seed companies,
• native plant collectors,
• conservation groups,
• community gardeners,
• organic growers

And will feature:

• presentations:

1:30pm - "Seed Saving" with Lynn Cain (off-grid Monolithic Dome Home owner),

2:30pm - "Extending the Growing Season" with Barb Hazenveld (Gorgeous & Edibles Landscaping) and,

3:30pm - "Colony Collapse Disorder" with Tom Hegan (Edmonton & District Beekeepers Association)

4:30pm - "Growing Culinary Herbs" with Joan Tancock (Iowalta Greenhouses, Lacombe County)

• a seed exchange table,
• refreshments,
• and a kids corner!

Red Deer Seedy Sunday is part of the worldwide Seedy Saturday/Sunday events that celebrate open-pollinated seeds. In Red Deer, the event is citizen-driven; coordinated with the support of Seeds of Diversity Canada (www.seeds.ca), Spruce Lane Organic Farm, Kerry Wood Nature Centre, the Red Deer Garden Club, and the Growing Food Security in Red Deer project (members of ReThink Red Deer).

Red Deer Seedy Sunday is bringing the skill of growing from seed to seed to the forefront in Central Alberta. As large commercial seed companies consolidate and only offer more hybrids and patented varieties, we are increasingly losing the regionally adapted collections that have developed in our unique prairie climate.

Red Deer Seedy Sunday helps maintain this irreplaceable genetic diversity by offering non-hybridized, non-GMO varieties of seeds. You and your family can discover the superior taste of heirloom vegetables, learn to save seeds and share them with your neighbours. As you grow them season after season these seeds will adapt and grow that much healthier!

For more info call Rene Michalak at 403-505-4550 or email info@rethinkreddeer.ca.