Upcoming Events in 2024
Earthfest LondonWe will be exhibiting at Earthfest London on Earth Day! Drop by our booth to talk all things pollinator plants and check out the other fabulous vendors and festivities.
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Go Wild Grow Wild Green ExpoWe will be exhibiting at this amazing event. Come and visit us at our booth!
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Compost SaleOur annual compost sale is on!
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Komoka Community Market Opening DayOur favourite market - The Komoka Community Market will be opening on Saturday, May 18, 2024! We will be there Saturdays at our booth selling native plants (cash or e-transfer).
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Plants & Book Signing with Lorraine Johnson and Rick GrayJoin us on Saturday, June 1st in Komoka to meet two knowledgeable native plant authors, have your books signed, chat about pollinators, plants and biodiversity, and enjoy a plant walk at Ethan's Garden.
Visit the book signing event page here. |
Past Events
Seedy Saturday LondonWe had a blast sharing free native plant seeds with the community at Seedy Saturday in London on March 2, 2024. Thank you to our friends, the London Middlesex Master Gardeners for hosting a wonderful event!
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PawPaw ParadeThank you to all who joined us on October 22, 2023 to celebrate our native PawPaw tree by picking up your Carolinian Canada PawPaw seedling, joining us for a PawPaw planting at Ethan's Garden, enjoying the delicious PawPaw fruit tasting and watching our Winter Sowing Demo (a lucky 10 participants got free winter sowing kits)!
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Komoka Community Market CompletionSaturday, October 7, 2023 was our last day at the Komoka Community Market as the 2023 market season came to completion.
It has been the highlight of our year to spend our summer at this wonderfully organized market to chat with fellow nature lovers and native plant gardeners, and to grow, care for and prepare our native plant seedlings with our dedicated volunteer to share with you all. |
London Middlesex Master Gardeners Presentation and TourOn September 13, 2023, the Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team was pleased to host the London Middlesex Master Gardeners for a guided tour of Ethan's Garden, located in the heart of Komoka Park. Christine and Joe Fonseca shared about the creation of this native plant memorial garden in honour of their son, Ethan, and others from the community who have passed.
After the tour, team member, Pat Fowler, shared a presentation about winter sowing. See videos of the tour on our Facebook and Instagram. |
Butterflies, Birds & Beyond! FestivalCamp Kee-Mo-Kee is hosted their annual festival on July 29, 2023, welcoming the community to experience the camp's natural habitat, learn about the Carolinian Forest and share in the spirit of environmental stewardship. The Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team was happy to be there with native pollinator plant for sale and a few giveaways!
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Celebrate NatureOn June 17, 2023, the Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team and Ethan's Garden hosted a day of family fun to celebrate nature. Thank you to all who attended!
Special thanks to our keynote speakers, Larry Cornelis, Rick Gray, and Nicholas Armstrong (Nature Conservancy of Canada); our informative and generous exhibitors; the amazing growers and nurseries that participated in our Native Plant Nursery Showcase; the Warrior Womyn of Positive Drum for the opening drum & song, mayor Aina DeViet, municipal councillor Sue Cates; our planning committee and event day volunteers! |
Compost SaleWe held a successful annual Compost Fundraising Sale on May 20, 2023. Thank you to those who bought compost. We hope your gardens enjoy the wonderful nourishment!
A big thank you Try Recycling Inc for sponsoring the event with the generous amount of compost, to GHN Group for loaning us the skid steer, to the Municipality of Middlesex Centre for providing the space and to our hard-working volunteers. We raised $2,000 that will help us with community planting projects. Thank you! |
Komoka Community Market Opening DayMay 20, 2023 was first day of the Komoka Community Market season! We will be there Saturdays at our booth selling native plants. Visit us to chat all about native plants and pollinators. Bring home a plant or two... or more!
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Pollinator Gardens PresentationOn May 6, 2023, Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team members, Margaret Gelinas and Donna Slater, Master Gardener, presented an educational talk about Pollinator Gardens to the South Lobo Women’s Institute. It was a lovely time!
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March Break Storytime HourMiddlesex Centre Pollinator Team Members, Pat Fowler and Christine Chappell Fonseca visited the children and parents for Storytime Hour at the Komoka Railway Museum.
Our team shared about pollinators with the children and their parents. We also gave away seeds, pots, soil and Monarch butterfly colouring pages. The little ones impressed with their knowledge about composting and other ways to care for the environment! |
Seedy Saturday LondonThank you, London Middlesex Master Gardeners for hosting a fabulous event for seed sharers and gardeners on March 4, 2023!
The Middlesex Centre Pollinator Team and Ethan's Garden were thrilled to share 1,000 native plant seeds and some special native seedlings. If picked up seeds or seedlings from us, we've posted instructions on what to do next on our Instagram account: click here. Happy planting! |