SUDBURY GARDENING FESTIVAL

Saturday May 26, 2012 - 9:30 am to 4:00 pm - at Market Square

 SPECIAL FEATURES


Sudbury Horticultural Society & Sudbury Master Gardener
Perennial Plant Sale
Each spring members donate plants for sale to the public at Market Square.
Funds raised are used to support the society's work in the community.
 


  Sudbury Horticultural Society
Garden Festival Show
The Horticultural Society's annual shows provide members with an opportunity to share their expertise with the general public. This show will feature house plants, floral design, photography, and arts and crafts.


  Greater Sudbury's Environmental Services Division
Backyard Composters and Free Compost
Responsible for the collection of solid waste (garbage); collection of leaf & yard trimmings and Green Cart organics; collection, processing, and marketing of blue box recyclables; collection and disposal of household hazardous waste; collection of leaf & yard trimmings; provision of backyard composters and all centralized composting activities of the City and the promotion and education of all 3R's (reduce, reuse, recycling) activities.

girlcomposting1.gifCOMPOSTERS WILL BE FOR SALE.

A LIMITED SUPPLY OF FREE COMPOST WILL
ALSO BE AVAILA
BLE FOR THOSE WITH A CONTAINER.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE COMPOST GIVEAWAY


Sudbury and District Health Unit
Tetanus Clinic
The Sudbury & District Health Unit works locally with individuals, families, the community and partner agencies to promote and protect health and to prevent disease. Public health programs and services are geared toward people of all ages and are delivered in a variety of settings including workplaces, day care and educational settings, homes, health care settings and community spaces.


Adults
need a booster for tetanus and diphtheria every 10 years.

Tetanu
s bacteria can enter your body through a cut when you garden or work in soil and cause "lockjaw".  Lockjaw is an infection that causes painful muscle spasms and breathing failure, which leads to death in 20 to 50%  of cases.  Wear shoes and gloves
when gardening and get your tetanus booster.

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VI
SIT THEIR BOOTH AT THE FESTIVAL
AND GET YOUR FREE TETANUS SHOT


Vetac - Sudbury's Regreening Committee
Tree Seedling Give-Away
VETAC is committed to enhancing and sustaining a healthy environment for residents
of Greater Sudbury through the restoration and protection of our air, land and water.


Tree_Seedlings.jpgPICK UP YOUR FREE TREE SEEDLING AND

HELP US TO BEAUTIFY GREATER SUDBURY


 Greater Sudbury Public Library
On-site Lending Library

Bookworm.jpgGreater Sudbury Public Library will set up a display of gardening resources that are available for loan.  Library cards will be available for new members and all library users will have an opportunity to sign out resoures relating to their favourite gardening topics.


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The Ronnie Fund - Fiskar Tool Offer
86 Quebec Street, Bracebridge, ON P1L 2A4

All funds raised from the sale of these Fiskar tools will be spent on projects in Kenya and to support the Mghongo Leadership Centre, Eco Lodge and Demonstration Farm.  The Centre will provide all ages with quality educational courses and training workshops for local villagers, Kenyans and international visitors.

 


Stephangelah Band  Guitar__Notes_Animated.gif
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 Music belongs to the soul, and no mind, no man, can keep it from rejoicing; STEPHANGELAH BAND, an acoustic-folk-rock band based in Sudbury ON Canada , uses this insight when creating music.
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

 

©Sudbury Gardening Festival 2012