GARDEN CALENDAR
Earth’s Path nature program for children ages six to 11 years, learn naturalist and wilderness skills, cook wild edibles, explore woods, meadows, streams and more, every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Nov. 14, Just Food Farm. www.earthpath.ca
Insects in your garden seminar, with Master Gardeners of OttawaCarleton and Lanark County, Oct. 3, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. James Church, 225 Edmund St., Carleton Place. Cost: $35 includes lunch. www.mgottawa.ca
Aquatic Plants of Petrie Island with Jesse Vermaire, Oct. 3, 1 p.m., meet at the Nature Interpretation Centre on Petrie Island. Cost: $10, $20/family. Register at petrieisland.org Autumn Symphony: Ikebana exhibition, Japanese floral art, Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sogetsu Ottawa Branch, at the Embassy of Japan, 255 Sussex Dr. www.ca.emb-japan.go.jp.
You Are Not Done Yet: fall gardening,
with Mary Shearman Reid, Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m., hosted by Kanata-March Horticultural Society, Old Town Hall, 821 March Rd. Guest fee: $5. Growing Healthy Hostas with Ann Frederking, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., Greely Gardeners Group, Greely Community Centre, 1448 Meadow Dr. Non-members: $2. greelygardeners.ca
Ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arranging with Rebecca Craig at meeting of the Carleton Place & Horticultural Society, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 39 Bridge St. All welcome. Visitors: $3. The Grassless Garden, with Welwyn Wong, award-winning landscape designer, Oct. 13, 7 to 9 p.m., Old Ottawa South Garden Club, Ottawa South Community Centre, 260 Sunnyside Ave. Non-members: $7.