Celebrate our 25th Anniversary on Sunday April 5, 2009 9:00 - 4:00 at the Toronto Botanical Gardens

Guest Speakers

Colette Murphy, owner of Urban Harvest Garden Alternatives in Toronto, recently attended the Slow Foods convention in Italy. She tells us of their work in saving heritage varieties and heritage breeds through the “Ark of Taste awards.”

Bob Wildfong, executive director of Seeds of Diversity, will tell us how to “Adopt a Rare Seed Variety” into our new Seed Library to save it from extinction, as well as how to become a pollinator observer for our Pollination Canada project.

Mary Brittain, owner of Cottage Gardener Seed Company, in southern Ontario, tells us fascinating stories of the origins of heritage varieties.

and Special Guest Gayla Trail, from www.YouGrowGirl.com, will help us become better urban gardeners. You Grow Girl was launched by Gayla in 2000 and has grown into a thriving online community that speaks to a new kind of gardener, seeking to redefine the modern world relationship to plants. This contemporary, laid-back approach to gardening places equal importance on environmentalism, style, affordability, art, and humour.

Visit exhibits to buy seeds.
Bid on our silent auction items. Bring a bag.

Organic Luncheon by enVille Catering Included

Admission $35 (includes lunch) Please buy tickets in advance so we may order from the caterer Order on line at www.seeds.ca - “Membership and order form” - “25th Anniversary Conference (Toronto)” or send names to to reserve your tickets

Introducing our new book Every Seed Tells a Tale — Stories of Plants, People and Places That Have Contributed to Canada’s Seed Heritage. Special event sale price: $35

We thank the following sponsors