Friends of the Central Experimental Farm
Building 72, Arboretum, Central Experimental Farm K1A 0C6 Ottawa, ON, Canada

The Friends would like to wish a Happy Easter to all those looking for eggs this morning.

April 2021 Farm Notes

Might be a bit early yet for getting our little people outside working with flowers, but while we're still inside, we can show them how to work with flours! Check out the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum website for information. https://ingeniumcanada.org//culinary-curiosities-virtual-b

Just for kids? Maybe. But maybe also for those who are kids at heart? We say, learn how to draw your own bean buddy! https://goodineverygrain.ca/draw-with-rob/

Everyone can be an artist, and for gardeners, Mother Nature is the canvas.

Never doubt the power and purpose of even the tiniest urban garden! https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org//urban-gardeners-ha/

Join us for our next tree tour, November 8, 2020, rain or shine! Trees are used widely to describe many relationships: trees of life, family trees, trees of evolution. But no one tree is all-encompassing - they take many shapes and forms. We'll explore some of these differences and the forces that shape them, and we'll look at some real examples of trees that have been shaped by their history and environment, as well as by people. **Space is limited for this tour, so please... visit our website to register asap.** https://friendsofthefarm.ca//2020-forms-and-shapes-of-tre/

No, they're not made of glass!

Incoming! Thanks to our neighbours at the Fletcher Wildlife Gardens.

Raise your hand if you're guilty.

It's all about the soil.

Here's an easy art project for cooler weather.

Happy Wednesday!

What is this strange "leftover stuffing" of which you speak?

Happy, happy, happy Tuesday!

Armed with a good set of nose plugs, we think "hideous" truly is in the eyes and nose of the beholder. But what a wild variety of plants Mother Nature has created!

Planting season in the great outdoors might be mostly behind us for this year, but our indoor gardens can continue to flourish with the same kind of love and attention through the coming months.

"I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree..." --Joyce Kilmer

Yard work is hard work, but the results give us so much more than smokin' biceps!