Buy your seedlings at tomorrow’s Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale!
It’s time again to get your home gardens growing! The GCUOF will be at the Guelph and Wellington Country Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale this Saturday, May 12th offering a wide variety of vegetable, herb and flower seedlings for sale – come down to get your own certified organic, heirloom varieties from the GCUOF! When: Saturday, May … Read more
Visit us at the Guelph Organic Conference, Jan. 28th and 29th
The GCUOF will be represented at the OAC booth at the 31st annual Guelph Organic Conference, January 28th and 29th, 2012. You can find us at booth #9 on the main floor of the trade show in the University Centre. Please stop by to say hello and to find out about upcoming opportunities at the farm. … Read more
Market Stand at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute Open House Tomorrow
The Guelph Turfgrass Institute trial gardens’ open house happens tomorrow – Wednesday, August 17th – from 12 to 8 pm. We’ll be selling our certified organic produce at the event from noon to 5 pm, or while supplies last. Visit our table to purchase freshly picked green and yellow beans, beets, herbs, our first tomatoes of … Read more
First Crop Mob at the GCUOF!
On Saturday, June 4th we held our first crop mob at the GCUOF from 9 am to 4 pm. The response to our event posting was phenomenal, with lots of buzz on Twitter and Facebook, the event posting being picked up by a number of farming-related websites, and many email inquiries flooding our inbox. Planet Bean Coffee donated fair … Read more
GCUOF Crop Mob – Saturday, June 4th
We’re hosting a Crop Mob on Saturday, June 4th! Crop Mobs are an opportunity for people with an interest in sustainable food production to get to know/socialize with like-minded people while gaining farming experience. Crop Mobs help local farms to get big jobs done quickly. Many hands make light work! We can’t wait to get … Read more
Plant Sale Fundraiser on Saturday, May 28th!
The GCUOF is having a plant sale on Saturday, May 28th! The certified organic vegetable, herb and flower seedlings for sale will include open-pollinated and heirloom varieties of tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, celery, early cabbages, lettuces, parsley, sage, marjoram, okra, snapdragons, hollyhocks and much more! Proceeds from the plant sale will go towards our education … Read more
CCLC Family Gardening Day and Plant Sale, June 4
Families from the Child Care and Learning Centre (CCLC) will be joining us for a work day and picnic lunch at the farm on Saturday, May 28th June 4th*, from 9:30 AM to noon. Children from the CCLC have been involved in the GCUOF project from its inception and visit the site regularly to help … Read more
Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale, May 14
The GCUOF will be selling certified organic vegetable and flower seedlings at the Guelph and Wellington Country Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 14. The sale will also include perennials, trees and herbs grown by the Guelph Arboretum. GCUOF transplants for sale will include a variety of open-pollinated and heritage tomatoes, peppers, herbs, greens … Read more
GCUOF events and volunteer calendars now online
You can find the links to our events and volunteer calendars in the right sidebar of the blog, just below our Flickr feed. We’ll continue to post event details on the blog and Facebook as they become available. If you’re interested in volunteering with us be sure to send an email to gcuof@uoguelph.ca to be … Read more
GCUOF at College Royal Open House this weekend!
The GCUOF will be represented at the Garden2Table and the Seeds and Forages displays at the College Royal Open House this weekend at U of G! We’ll be offering certified organic GCUOF seed as well as culinary herbs and herbal teas for sale. You can find us at the MacDonald Institute/MacDonald Stewart Hall (Garden2Table) and … Read more
