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Grow your food! Vegetable Gardening Workshop, Zawadi Farm, Downsview.

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October 2– 3, 2026

Zawadi Farm, Downsview Park, 🇨🇦

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About This Event

The “Grow your food! Vegetable Gardening Workshop” will take place at Zawadi Farm, Downsview Park, Toronto, ON, on Friday, October 2 - Saturday, October 3.

What to Expect

  • Set up a simple, productive, and easy-to-manage vegetable garden.
  • Learn to plant garlic for 2027.
  • Discover a simple, productive gardening approach using Foundations for Farming regenerative principles.
  • Gain the skills to plan, install, plant, tend, and harvest your own growing space.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is ideal for beginner gardeners, those who want to implement gardening practices without needless complexity, those interested in growing with organic and climate-smart agriculture, and those needing to grow in small spaces like backyards and balconies.

Practical Information

Friday evening is an online session via Zoom, and Saturday is an in-person, hands-on session at Zawadi Farm. Kids under 16 are free. Free parking is available. Refunds are offered up to 3 days before the event.

Programme

  • 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Friday Night ON ZOOM - Farmer Cultivation, Soil Stewardship, Garden Planning
  • 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM Saturday at the FARM - Compost, Garden Preparation, Planting, Care and Harvest

Bring a lunch, water bottles and snacks.

Topics

vegetable gardening regenerative agriculture organic gardening small space gardening food growing