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Farm / Prairie Gardens Market Garden
Farm Type: Upick Vegetable and Berry Farm
Region
NorthTown
Bon Accord
Prairie Gardens Market Gardens will be offering free wagon rides and nature walks at our U-pick Strawberry and Vegetable Garden Site, located 1 km north of Prairie Gardens. Come find out what grows here, how we farmers live with the land, and what’s in season in August at our farm’s veggie and berry patch. From 10 am – 4pm, come for hourly guided foraging walks in the Payhonin Forest to meet our storyteller, Bill Bertschy at the TIPI for drumming and signing.
August is a time of abundance at the farm – you’ll find row upon row of beautiful and affordable farm grown vegetables which you can U-pick for by the bucket (Costs vary by crop). Dig your own potatoes, harvest your own mixed basket of veggies, or you may even find some u-pick strawberries or raspberries if you come early in the day!
While you are at the farm, explore the Payhonin National Healing Forest on our lands, in Treaty Six Territory. “We are all Related” is so evident when you go for a walk along the shady forest trails. You’ll escape into nature, and feel the earth under your feet. The breeze brings the fragrance of the forest to you as the leaves at the tops of the trees gently whisper.
You feel like you are a million miles away from the concrete jungle as you learn about the “Rooted Nation” in the forest, along with the wild ones who share their forest with us; you can visit the sweet grass patch, learn how to identify its’ heavenly scent and the protocols of harvesting and braiding it; and you’ll enjoy a sample of sweet grass tea with Bill. You’ll learn about the Indigenous ways of knowing and the seven grandfather teachings through storytelling and land-based hands on activities with songs and drumming with the help of an indigenous storyteller at the tipi in the forest.
You can support the farm and our indigenous storytellers by purchasing vegetables or leaving a donation for the Rock Soup Kitchen, and Indigenous led food security project.