Saturday, May 24, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Join us for one-day only to pick-up free heirloom vegetable and herb seedlings for your backyard, balcony or community garden! We plan to give away over 400 seedlings in hopes of encouraging our community members to plant heirloom varieties and grow their own foods! 

Visitors are encouraged to explore the John Brown House and our pastoral property, visit our community-based garden, and bring along a picnic while you visit! We are located across the street from Short Hills Provincial Park and nearby to lots of wineries so make a day of it!

Guided tours available. Picnic tables available on a first come, first serve basis but there’s plenty of space to lay down a picnic blanket!

Limit of 5 seedlings per household.

Visit https://thebrownhomestead.ca/grow-at-the-homestead for more info.

Rebound is thrilled to announce An Evening with Rick Mercer featuring a dinner and special guest speaker, the one and only Rick Mercer. This unique opportunity to support Rebound's vital programs for youth in Sarnia Lambton while enjoying an unforgettable evening. Mercer is our most popular comic; a political satirist who knows exactly what matters to regular Canadians and what makes them laugh. The event promises to be an evening of laughter, insightful conversation, and meaningful connection, all in support of a worthy cause.  Tickets are now on sale at Eventbrite.

Call the Rebound office at 519 344 2841 if you have any questions.

The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's is Canada’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, taking place in more than 200 communities across the country. In 2024, Canadians participating in the Walk raised an amazing $6.8 million.
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In the Niagara Region, there are over 12,000 people living with a dementia. Together with the support of the community and the Alzheimer Society of Niagara Region, no one with dementia has to walk alone!⁠
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Register or donate today at www.alzheimerniagara.ca/walk⁠

The Spring Shoreline – Solo Exhibit by Tanya Markvart
Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre | Joyner Gallery
On view: May 27 – June 22
Opening Reception: Sunday, June 1 | 2–4 PM ( Artist Remarks: 2:30 PM)
https://niagarapumphouse.ca/exhibitions/the-spring-shoreline-tanya-markvart-may-27-2025

Admission is at no charge | All are welcome!

Join us for the debut solo exhibition by Tanya Markvart, The Spring Shoreline, featuring 12 stunning abstract landscape paintings inspired by solo walks along the ancient Niagara Escarpment. Through layered ink on birch panels, Tanya explores the deep connection between land and inner life.

Discover how nature, memory, and emotion flow together—and ask yourself, what do you see on the shoreline?
 

The Friends of the Library in Smiths Falls is holding it's annual used book sale.  There are thousands of books to choose from; novels, children's books and non-fiction.  It is the biggest book sale in Lanark county.  Get there early to find your favorite authors.  

You can get a bag full of books for only $10.00 which should last you all year.  Pick up just one book for a dollar or a children's book for 50 cents.  

Children love to come and pick out their own.  While you are there, check out the newly finished children's floor of the library.