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Love Is in the Air: Calliope women’s choir welcomes spring

Calliope Women’s Choir returns to St. Andrew’s...

55+ Expo, June 4

There’s something for everyone at the 55+...

Popup LITT class, June 17

LIIT class stands for Low-Impact Interval Training. It’s a...

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Help Our Railway Garden Grow 

Do you have sun-loving, hardy plants looking for a new home? Extra mulch or river rock from a recent project? We would be so grateful for your donation. We’re creating...

They Paved Paradise

Gardeners in Carleton Place urgently need your help. The community garden on Townline Road in Carleton Place has been located on land owned by the Catholic School Board of...

Plant sale at the Library, September 20

Almonte & District Horticultural Society Fall Plant Sale Saturday, September 20, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Located at the Library Gardens (behind the library) 155 High St. Almonte A native plant...
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Gardening in Almonte: A Reality Check

All of a sudden June is knocking at the door and my completely unrealistic expectations and plans for gardening are now colliding with the...

Gardening in Almonte: Almonte Farmers Market Opened on Saturday!

  I spent a delightful four hours Saturday morning at the Master Gardener table at the Almonte Farmers Market breathing in the tantalizing aroma of...

Gardening in Almonte: Nature always wins!

Nature always wins! – very wise advice from local gardening celebrity Ed Lawrence. In the final analysis we have to adapt to whatever Ma...

Gardening in Almonte: Rain disaster 

The inconvenience and delays to our gardening plans pales in comparison to the very real disaster that the huge volumes of rain are creating...

Gardening in Almonte: Get off the grass!!

I find most advertising on television irritating if not downright insulting or offensive. However there are a certain group of advertisers, which emerge like...

Gardening in Almonte: Who has seen the rain???

Just how much rain have we received already this spring? What a difference a year makes. The first three weeks of April this year...

Great Veggie Grow-off with Ed Lawrence, May 1

The Lanark County Great Veggie Grow-off 2017 Launch with Ed Lawrence Launch event at the Mississippi Mills Youth Centre (Almonte, 134 Main Street ) on...

Gardening in Almonte: Lots of Volunteer Opportunities!

The Youth Centre Changes Pavement to Paradise! Join an enthusiastic crew of carpenters (old duffers and youth) this Saturday morning April 22 (Our rain date...

Gardening in Almonte: A tad more patience required!

Harbingers of spring abound - motorcycles, bicycles and walkers are all over our roads, throngs of people flocked to the Home Show in Carleton...

Gardening in Almonte: Ed and me in CP

I am excited to be part of a gardening workshop, along with Ed Lawrence, our very own gardening celebrity, that will be held this...

Gardening in Almonte: Yes, you may start your tomatoes!

Back in the middle of February I wrote about whether it was time to start some seedlings indoors under lights. At that time I...

Gardening in Almonte: What is Food Security?

Wearing my hat as a volunteer at our local food bank I have chosen to interpret food security in a very local and immediate...

Gardening in Almonte: Breaking News from Carleton Place!

Community gardeners in Carleton Place were overjoyed to learn that they have been awarded a $4,700 grant to rejuvenate the garden next to St....

Gardening in Almonte: Control Issues?

You never know where the idea for a column comes from! I was minding my own business buying coffee beans at one of my...
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