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SUMMER 2010

• Art
• Edibles
• Edwards
  Lecture Series
• Floral Design
• Gardening
• Photography
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• The Travelling Gardener
• Wellness

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

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EVENTS

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This NEW series will take you through all the stages of successful and sustainable gardening - from planning your garden to harvesting and preparing for the next growing season. Each class will have both outdoor and indoor components and you will leave with a container planted with seasonally appropriate vegetables. Classes will be taught by many of our star instructors with a few special guest appearances. Suitable for those with small balconies or large properties.
In partnership with the Toronto Master Gardeners.
Sponsored by the McLean Foundation.

Tending Your Plot: Summer Crops &
Growing Techniques
[PG10W22] Marjorie Mason, Sandra Pella & Paul Zammit
This session will cover all the vegetables you know and love (which thrive in warm weather) and the techniques necessary to grow them. We’ll cover mulching, staking, vertical growing, weeding, watering and early harvests. You’ll learn to grow tomatoes, peppers, herbs and more in containers – and plant one up for home. Pleasebring lunch.
Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Public $75 / Members $70

Lavender Fair & Lunch
Kate Seaver
Join Kate Seaver as she shows you how to
grow, maintain, harvest and preserve lavender.
Kate will share dozens of ideas for lavender’s
various uses. This event includes a lunch
featuring lavender-infused beverages, foods
and cookies. Lavender plants, DIY kits and
products will also be for sale. Fee includes
instruction, lunch and Lavender Lore booklet.
Choose Friday or Saturday.

[PG10S23] Friday, July 16, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
[PG10S24] Saturday, July 17, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Public $40; members $35T

The Harvest: Enjoying the Fruits of Your Labour
[PG10S09] Marjorie Mason, Paul Zammit & Others
Now is the time to really enjoy the fruits of your labour. This session will include a cooking and canning lesson with a special guest chef and a session on what vegetables to plant for a late harvest. You’ll take home a container with new vegetables and herbs. Please bring lunch.
Saturday, August 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Public $75 / Members $70

Rooftop Garden Tour & Luncheon
at The Fairmont Royal York
[PG10S25] Marjorie Mason & David Garcelon
Join Marjorie Mason for a private tour of the
rooftoop herb and vegetable garden at The
Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The only one of its
kind in Toronto, the rooftop garden features
beehives that provide honey and beds of herbs,
vegetables and edible flowers that executive
chef David Garcelon uses in the hotel’s restaurants.
The tour includes a three-course lunch
at EPIC, the hotel’s Four Diamond restaurant.
Tuesday, August 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Public $130; members $120

Planning for Next Year:
Storing, Seed Saving and Overwintering
[PG10F01] Connie Hunter, Marjorie Mason, Paul Zammit, and Others
Join us for the annual TBG Harvest Day celebration and learn how to harvest and store special crops such as potatoes, beets, squashes and carrots.You’ll also learn how to save your seeds, what crops to overwinter, which ones to pull out and how to plan for next year’s garden. The take-home container for this final class will take you through the winter months with herbs, sprouts and lettuces.
Saturday, September 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Public $75 / Members $70

A TASTE OF THE GARDEN

Eat Your Greens: Salads, Brunch
and more
[PG10S20] Lorraine Johnson, Simon Kattar,
Johan Maes, Paul Zammit
Join Paul Zammit, Chef Kattar and special
guest chef Johan Maes on a green and leafy
culinary and horticultural tour of the TBG’s
container gardens. Author of City Farmer: Adventures
in Urban Food Growing and well-known
garden writer, Lorraine Johnson will also join us.
Thursday, June 24, 7 to 9 p.m.
Public $50; members $45

Go Local: Summer Appetizers
[PG10S21] Sarah Elton, Simon Kattar,
Paul Zammit
Want to know where to buy locally grown
foods and what to buy? Join Sarah Elton, urban
hunter and gatherer and food columnist for
CBC Radio’s Here&Now, as she lets you in on
all her favourite secret eateries and markets e has on
(check out her new book, Locavore). Chef
Simon Kattar will create delectable summer
appetizers made from locally grown foods and
selections from our kitchen garden.
Thursday, July 29, 7 to 9 p.m.
Public $50; members $45

Viva Italia: Fun, Family-Style
Meals
[PG10S22] Sonia Day, Simon Kattar,
Paul Zammit
Experience Italian cuisine with fresh produce
harvested from our Italian Kitchen Garden.
Chef Simon Kattar will whet your taste buds
with innovative and healthy recipes using
seasonal fruits, vegetables and herbs. Sonia
Day, Toronto Star columnist and author of
Incredible Edibles: 43 Fun Things To Grow In
the City will give you tips on growing these
vegetables in her usual exuberant way.
Thursday, August 26, 7 to 9 p.m.
Public $50; members $45