Seedy Saturday (on Sunday) and Grow Great Grub Launch Party

Spring may not be in the air yet, but there's certainly an expectant rustling of seed catalogues across the land as gardeners start to calculate how many tomato plants they'll be putting in, and what new varieties of salad greens to try, and whether they should experiment with pumpkins this year. No surprise that gardening events are already springing up on the calendar,

This coming weekend, the event known as Seedy Saturday moves to a Sunday (February 21), from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at Artscape Wychwood Barn #2 (601 Christie). Community gardeners are invited to come as early as 11 to get first pick from among a tremendous array of native, edible and heirloom seeds for sale and exchange. Admission is by donation ($2 recommended). As always, there'll be a wide range of activities, including the following presentations:

• 1 p.m.: Creative Campaigning for Food Justice, presented by USC - Seeds of Survival
• 2 p.m.: Growing with Native Plants, presented by the North American Native Plant Society
• 3 p.m.: Season Extension, presented by Kyla Dixon-Muir
• 4 p.m.: Bee Keeping, presented by the Toronto Bee Keepers Co-op
• 5 p.m.: Organic Gardening 101, presented by Rachel Van Sligtenhorst and Norma Dickinson of FoodShare

Then on Wednesday, February 24 at 6:30, Gayla Trail of You Grow Girl launches her newest book, Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces, at Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas West). Gayla is of course the author of the excellent gardening guide You Grow Girl, and more or less a one-woman small-space-gardening revolution. Admission is free; and there'll be door prizes, book giveaways, a seed starting station, nibbles, and music by DJ General Eclectic. Will I see you there?