MISSISSAUGA GARDEN FESTIVAL 2019
HAPPENINGS
FREE EVENT at Riverwood park!
10 am to 4 PM, Sunday June 23rd
RAIN OR SHINE!
There’s a world of fun for nature lovers, garden lovers and kids
at RIVERWOOD park, our festival headquarters for 2019!
Schedule of Speakers & Demonstrations
10:15am- Jane New- Enabling Garden
11:00am- Dave Taylor @ Chappell House- Chappell House History
11:45am- Pete Ewins @ Chappell House-“Carolinian Forest”
12:30pm- Melanie Kramer-“Rain Gardens”
1:20pm- Festival Remarks- Douglas Markoff
1:30pm- Official Greetings from Councillors and Dignitaries
1:30pm- Emma Biggs @ Kid’s Table- Vegetable Gardening & Plant Potting
2:00pm- Featured Speaker-Steven Biggs: “Edibles in the Urban Landscape”
4:00pm- Official Festival Closing
Activities/Exhibitors Throughout the Day
•Garden Tours at MacEwan Terrace Gardens @10:30am and 12:30pm – Please meet at the barn!
• Chappell House Garden Q&A
-Ask David Pavanel questions from 10:30am- 11:30am and 12:30pm-1:30pm
•Kid’s Activities
-Pot a plant!
•City of Mississauga Parks, Forestry & Environment Division
•Credit Valley Conservation
•The Riverwood Conservancy
•Master Gardener’s Table
•Garden Clubs’ Table
•CIBC
•Blooming Boulevards
•In the Zone
•Visial Arts Mississauga Photo Exhibition ‘I Love Riverwood’
•EcoSource
• Snobar Realty Group Inc.
MARKETPLACE Vendors: Artists & Artisans
Handmade or crafted garden related items.
Bring Cash; (some vendors take credit cards).
Garden sculpture; wire, metal and glass
Honey products
Greeting cards
Handcrafted soaps and bath bombs
Pottery
Jewelry
Stained glass
Tote bags
Urban Nature Store
