Ladner Seedy Saturday is Here!

Ladner Seedy Saturday and Garden Expo is tomorrow February 15 and I am pretty excited. It has been a long six months of organizing and I hope everyone in the community has a great time. What is Seedy Saturday? A Seedy Saturday is a day for like minded gardeners to celebrate the upcoming spring season. They come to trade seeds, buy seed, garden accessories and listen to informative presentations. It's a great way to kick start the garden season. It looks like winter is almost over as people are posting photos of their Crocuses in full bloom. That's a sure sign spring isn't very far away.

We will have some soil and manure sales outside tomorrow. We have a skid of Sea Soil and some steer manure. Get it early as last year it was sold out in one hour. The event starts at 10:00am with our first speaker, Brian Minter, at 10:15am. There is lots of free parking and a food cart will be on site to sustain you. If you need coffee, the Ladner Baptist Church will be running their coffee bar. So come on down and join us for a fun day of everything to do with gardening.
Don't forget to bring any garden tools you need sharpened. Alex Mazo will be there with his A-Mazing Mobile Sharpening. Watch for his truck in the parking lot.
For more info on the event, please email me at deltagardener at dccnet.com

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