Cold Frames and Cold Crops: Extending The Season

Cold Frames and Cold Crops is about growing delicious veggies, beyond the usual gardening confines and calendar, using cold frames and the cool season crop palette. In this presentation from Odette McIntyre of the Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton, you will learn how to extend the growing season with cold frames, the different cold frame options as well as costing. We’ll also have a look at cold weather vegetables, their resistance to cold in particular, why they should be included in your growing spaces, what they are and how to grow them. This is an up to date view of gardening in Ottawa.

This in-person meeting will be held at the Old Town Hall, 821 March Rd (laneway entrance for the Old Town Hall is on Klondike Rd, across from Shopper’s Drug Mart), 7:30 pm – 9 pm (doors open at 7:15 pm). Non-members are always welcome for a visitor’s fee of $5, or you can become a 2026 member for $20 (individual) or $30 (couple).

Photo:  Odette McIntyre

Odette McIntyre has been a Master Gardener since 2015. She shared her love and knowledge of plants with York Region gardeners, through Lake Simcoe South Master Gardeners advice clinics, giving workshops, including a range of organic gardening topics and cold season production and joined the Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton after relocating to this area.

Her gardening career has been focused on sustainability and cold-climate production, and experimenting with plant varieties and cultivation techniques. Odette has provided informative talks to  local gardening groups, the Ottawa Public Library Gardening Programs, the Ottawa Home & Garden Show both in English and French.