The Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers is once again hosting Seedy Saturday, showcasing 40 vendors offering locally produced seeds and plants, gardening supplies and gardening services.
This is an opportunity to find the largest selection of locally adapted seeds and specialty plants that Vancouver Island has to offer. The very popular community seed exchange, where a diverse variety of seeds are still only a dollar a packet, will take up most of the lower level.
Seedy Saturday provides a venue for Vancouver Island small businesses involved in seed and plant production, gardening and related craftsmanship to sell their products. Many community action groups will also be attending. The event takes place on Saturday, March 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Florence Filberg Centre. The Seedy Café features light meals and refreshments.
Proceeds from this event support Comox Valley school gardens, community gardens, and small-scale agriculture. Memberships to the CVGSS cost $20 single - $30 family. Memberships will be available on-site. The event is free to members.
Admission is $5 per person, children are free. Entrance is free to all after 2 p.m. As always, there will be a workshop to learn more about gardening in the Rotary Room (downstairs).
The feature presentation this year is “The Medicine of Seeds.”
It will focus on seeds you can easily grow that can be used for their medicinal properties as well as their nutritional value. What to grow, how to harvest and use them will be presented by Comox Valley’s own Chanchal Cabrera, a medical herbalist with 35 years of clinical practice.
Cabrera runs a private herbal medicine clinic with a specialty in holistic oncology, with an MSc in herbal medicine from the University of Wales she is also a certified master gardener and a certified horticulture therapist. Cabrera lives in the Comox Valley where she and her husband manage Innisfree Farm and Botanic Garden, a seven-acre internationally registered botanic garden specializing in food and medicine plants.
A complete list of vendors can be found at www.cvgss.org For more information email us at cvseedsavers@gmail.com or call Sylvain Alie 250-336-8632.
Schedule of events
10 a.m.: Doors open
11 a.m.–noon: The Medicine of Seeds – Chanchal Cabrera
11 a.m.: Seedy Café opens
2-3 p.m. Free admission to all