Free Veggie Gardening Seminar for Beginners (Sponsored by Fafard)

Learn how to plant a vegetable garden without fault on a balcony or in your backyard garden. 

Date

March 15, 2025 10:00 am –

Location

Ritchie’s on Windmill lane

1390 Windmill lane

Price

Free

Event Details

Join us at our Ottawa East Location with expert Lana Doss from Ritchie’s Green Team for a demonstration and many veggie gardening tips. 

PLUS Fafard will be donating one bag of Biosol Sea Compost with Peat, Seaweed and Shrimp to each participant and a chance to win a 100$ gift to Ritchie’s. 

Bring in your questions, big or small. 
Here are a few popular questions we can most definitely answer:

  • Where should I plant my veggies in the garden? 
  • When should I plant my veggie garden?
  • What are the easier vegetables to grow?
  • What type of fertilizer do I need to plant my garden? 
  • Should I plant seeds or seedlings?
  • How much and how often do I water my garden?
  • What can I do to cut back on weeds?
  • My tomato plants never look right. What am I doing wrong?
  • My plants stop producing, how come?
  • How do I keep pests and animals from eating my crops?
  • Why are there holes in my leaves?
  • What can I do to protect my plants from floods or drought?
  • How do I know when to harvest?
  • What do I do with my garden at the end of the season?
  • AND MUCH MORE. 

Maximum Spots: 50

Presenter

Lana Doss

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Welcome to Ritchie Feed and Seed Inc., one of Ottawa’s original garden centres and agriculture suppliers since the 1930’s. As Ottawa’s oldest garden centre, our roots grow deeper through the community, and the years of experience show through our expertise and high level of customer satisfaction.

Today, Ritchie Feed & Seed Inc. currently operates five retail agriculture/garden supply stores open all year round. Each location has a garden centre offering a large variety of annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs, open from spring to snowfall.

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