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Seedy Saturday informs and helps gardeners with spring planting

April 2, 2026   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

It won’t be long before backyard gardeners will be turning the soil and planting vegetables and flowers in their gardens.

Seedy Saturday provided local residents with seeds, information, and the chance to speak with several vendors with expertise in gardening and related topics.

The event was hosted by the Beeton Tottenham Business Improvement Association (BTBIA), the Beeton Horticultural Society, and the New Tecumseth Public Library and was held at the D.A. Jones branch in Beeton on Saturday, March 28.

Visitors could select from a wide variety of vegetable and flower seeds, free of charge, from the branch’s Seed Library.

The library maintains a collection of seeds year-round. Many people who use the seeds to plan, save seeds from the plants they have grown and return them to the library for someone else to use.

“This is a collaboration partnership between the BTBIA, the Beeton Horticultural Society, and the New Tecumseth Public Library. We do this every year. This is the ninth one we have done,” explained Kim Burgess, adult services program coordinator with the library. 

“We have vendors, different speakers, and interactive workshops. We typically get 300 to 400 visitors that come through our doors. We have curated a large collection of seeds for our Seed Library. You can take the seeds, they’re free. Sometimes people harvest their seeds and bring them back, and we’ll take them back into our collection. It’s very popular. We have vegetables and flowers. We’ll have seeds up to the fall, and we close the seed library after harvest.”

The event featured several speakers who shared information on gardening topics.

Topics included heirloom tomatoes, backyard beekeeping, vermicomposting, and a session on plant medicines.

There was an interactive plant workshop for hands-on learning.

The event also featured some fun activities for the kids who attended.

This is a good opportunity to get some seeds ready before the spring planting season. 

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