GARDENING CALENDAR
Landscapes of Canada Gardens grand opening: Including the unveiling of the Iceberg sculpture by Canadian artist William Lishman, botanistled tours, gardening tips with expert Frankie Flowers, Yukon fossil chats and more, for the whole family, on Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod St. Beyond the Edge Artists Gardens: Exhibition of ephemeral landscape art at the future Canadensis Botanical Garden site, June 17 to 19, Prince of Wales at Hartwell Locks Road, at the Experimental Farm. Build your own terrarium in a hands-on workshop with Elise Schmitz, where fingers will get dirty learning trendy terrarium techniques with succulents, cactus, tropicals and air plants. Leave with your very own creation, Saturday, June 18, 1 p.m., Artistic Landscape Design, 2079 Bank Place. Cost: $100, includes all materials. Registration required, at 613-733-8221, ext. 4. West Carleton Garden Club Garden Tour, featuring eight gardens in the Dunrobin and Woodlawn areas, Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $15, includes lunch; proceeds will to to the Reading Garden at the Carp library. Info: 613-839-3094
Art, Jazz and the Garden, seven acres of woodland and gardens filled with art by the Merrickville Artists’ Guild, with music from Red Jazz, June 18, noon to 5 p.m., Rideau Woodland Ramble, 77210 Burritts Rapids Rd., County Road 23. Admission: Free. Container gardening with Lana Doss, how to choose soil and plants, and feed them, for success, Saturday, June 18, 1 p.m., North Gloucester Branch, Ottawa Public Library, 2036 Ogilvie Rd. Beechwood Cemetery’s Botanical Garden, all are welcome to enjoy a stroll through their 160 acres maintained by a horticulturalist and fleet of seasonal workers, Sunday, June 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 280 Beechwood Ave. Neighbourhood plant swap, corner of Kensington and Wesley avenues, Sunday, June 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tour the Fletcher Wildlife Garden, volunteers will talk about the different aspects of the backyard garden, growth and care of native wildflowers and different wildlife attracted, Sunday, June 19, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Prince of Wales Drive, just south of
the Arboretum. Worker bees in urban shade, all welcome to help out as “worker bees” in an inclusive safe space to build community and learn about gardening, Sunday, June 19, 2 to 5 p.m., Urban Shades Communal Community Garden, Blackburn and Laurier avenues. Rocking the Garden, displays of rock gardens and the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden and Horticultural Society, Sunday, June 19, 1 to 4:30 p.m., 430 Churchill Ave. Submit your gardening event by email to kendemann@postmedia.com by 8 a.m. Monday morning, two weeks before the event.