Events - Indian Creek Orchard Gardens

Sunday, May 14 & 21, 2023
9:00am – 1:00pm
Open to public

The Indian Creek Seedling Sale

This is the season opening of our farm stand. It will feature a bespoke collection of our most popular, organic tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers & herbs. Quantities are limited, come early. We will also have a mouth watering selection of spring greens available, along with a selection of our spring roots.

We expect to have the following available:

Tomatoes;
Hawaian Pineapple (yellow beefsteak vine)
Orange Krim (orange beefsteak vine)
Purple Cherokee (purple beefsteak vine)
Brandywine (pink beefsteak vine)
Berkley Tie Dye (psychedelic beefsteak)
Bonny Best (red slicer vine)
Black Beauty (black slicer vine)
Green Zebra (striped slicer bush)
Dark Galaxy (varigated slicer vine)
Purple Kalabash (purple paste/slicer vine)
Roma (red paste bush)
Tiny Tim (red cherry bush)
Atomic Grape (psychedelic grape vine)
Blush (orange grape vine)

Organic Sweet Peppers;
Carmen (red shepherd pepper)
Flavourburst (red bell pepper)
California Wonder (yellow bell pepper)

PLUS
Eggplant, Cucumber, Kale, Chard, Herbs, Basil, Parsley

The Lowdown
This is a kid friendly event. Enjoy the environs. Please leave your dogs at home. There are no public restroom facilities.

Sunday, June 11, 2023
9:30am-1pm
Open to 2023 farm share holders only

Open Farm Day 2023

This is our annual meet and greet for farm share holders and your farmers. Learn all about organic fruit & vegetable farming at Indian Creek Orchard Garden. Meet your farmers. Ask questions.

Organic Walkabout | 10am
This is a walking lecture where Scott Sigurdson, co-founder of Indian Creek Orchard Gardens, will explain all of the natural growing methods in use at Indian Creek Orchard Garden. These are the methods that allow us to produce safe, healthy, nutrient dense fruit and vegetables without resort to any chemical pesticides or fertilizers of any kind.

We will elaborate on how we use the structure of the orchard garden to create natural partitions that buffer it from disease and insect pressure. We will discuss the pests, the predators, their habitats and the implications. We will also discuss how we use time as a partition as well show you several examples of man made partitions as additional tools in the arsenal of the organic gardener. We will also demonstrate how we use the topography of your site and our drainage system to ensure water autonomy and prevent any offsite contamination from entering our growing areas.

We will touch on the organic weed control methods we use in the orchard garden. We are reviving many low tech methods that were in use before the chemical revolution in agriculture. Expect to be surprised by some of the equipment you will see.

There will be many many take away’s for the novice and the veteran gardener alike. For our season shareholders, this will give you a solid understanding of how we grow your food and the measures we have in place to ensure that it is healthiest produce available anywhere.

General Tour | 12:00 noon
This is a casual narrated tour of every area of the orchard garden. We will visit the greenhouses, the propagation house, the vegetable beds, the grape vines, the orchard and the irrigation pond. We will touch on our methods, equipment, challenges and successes. See the our pastured flock of heritage chickens in action. Meet Hans, the bantam rooster who loves to be picked up. Brings the kids!

Farm Stand | 9:30-1:00pm
This is the season opening of the farm stand, we have the first cut of our spring greens available, along with a selection of our spring roots. We will also have limited quantities of our most popular tomatoes available; Hawaiian Pineapple, Black Beauty, and Atomic Grape to name few, but many more as well. Quantities are limited, come early.

This is a kid friendly event. Take a tour. Bring a lunch. Wander around. Enjoy the first spring social. Please leave your dogs at home.

The Lowdown
This is a kid friendly event. Enjoy the environs. Please leave your dogs at home. There are no public restroom facilities.

Sunday, August 27, 2023
9am-2pm
Open to public

Garlic Nirvana 3rd edition | The Great Indian Creek Garlic Extravaganza

Farm Stand | 9:00am – 2:00pm

Join us for our 3rd annual garlic extravaganza. We will have all our 11 varieties of garlic available as seed (sold by bulb or in bulk) or as culinary (sold by the braid, pound or in bulk)

Garlic Taste Testing | 9:00am – noon
We will have all our varieties available both raw and roasted so you can do side by side taste comparisons. When you eat garlic in isolation, it is difficult to register the subtle nuances of each particular variety. After the taste test you will appreciate the full spectrum of taste that resides beneath the garlic umbrella. Not all garlic is created equal.

Meet the garlic guru | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Out of doors, open to all

Scott Sigurdson, our very own garlic guru, will be on hand to engage in a lively Q&A session. Pick his brain, get free advice or help with specific issues. Learn the secrets behind growing huge bulbs. Understand the science behind growing garlic. Learn how to leave the guess work behind and rise to the next level of garlic nirvana.

The Lowdown
This is a kid friendly event. Enjoy the environs. Please leave your dogs at home. There are no public restroom facilities.

Directions

#919 Sugarbush Road
Pakenham, Ontario K0A 2X0
(613) 914-7444

scott@indiancreekorchard.ca

From Hwy 29, turn south on Cedarhill Sideroad, turn right at the T. We are on the shores of the Indian Creek. If you cross the bridge you have gone too far.

Farm Stand

Covid safety measures in effect.
Thursdays – 3pm-7pm,
Saturdays – 9am-1pm

Farmers Market

We will be at the Almonte Farmers Market on Saturday mornings this year.