The Victory Garden at The Brown Homestead is a heritage based community garden that encourages sustainable gardening, education, and outdoor recreation through the planting and maintenance of a replica Victory Garden with our harvest to be donated to a local food bank.

Victory Gardens, also known as war gardens, were fruit, herb, and vegetable gardens grown by Canadians who remained on the homefront during the First and Second World Wars to help supplement food rations and improve community morale. They hold an important place in Canadian history in times of crisis, and the 2020’s have brought ample incentive for the resurgence of victory gardens here at The Brown Homestead and in your own backyard!

Come join us to get your hands dirty, socialize and learn from local horticulture and history experts. When you’re done, you’ll be ready to cultivate your own victory gardens at home.

Through free weekly meetings (beginning April 30th) and bi-weekly workshops and guest speaker appearances on alternating weeks, the Victory Garden will be an inclusive, sustainable, and fun weekend activity for the Niagara community! All ages are invited to participate.

Capable Con is a family-friendly ComiCon-style event that opens the conversation about disability and creates community with those living with disabilities. Join us for a fun day of arts and crafts, educational activities, interactive games, entertainment, and giveaways! Admission and participation are free!

Meet the Capable Crew! Six everyday superheroes who live with limited vision or hearing loss, move around in a wheelchair, use a guide dog or a prosthetic…and even have a hidden disability. Pick out your favourite and take a photo with your new hero!

Try out the virtual reality and in-person Time In My Shoes (TiMS) programs that simulate performing everyday tasks with limited vision, hearing, and mobility. Food, merch, and vendors will all be present with items for sale and stories to tell.

St. Davids Lioness are hosting a Spring Market on May 14 from 9AM to 5PM. 40+ vendors, located outside and inside! Food and beverage trucks will be available. Money raised goes back into to community. Come visit us at 1462 York Rd. in St. Davids. 

Join us Wednesday afternoons 1:30-3:30pm for darts/euchre at Killaloe Lions Hall coffee,tea,snacks and bar will be open. For more info call Lynne 613-757-3738

We are so excited to announce the return of the Windsor Choral Festival this spring. The Windsor Classic Chorale will be hosting 3 virtual events from May 13th to May 14th during WCF 2022: a Conductors’ Circle for choral conductors and choir leaders; a vocal technique workshop open to all choral singers; and a streamed virtual concert showcase. All events are open to all, and free of charge.

This weekend of virtual events will enable choristers, conductors, and audiences from across the Windsor-Essex region to participate in a short series of online choral workshops. The Conductors’ Circle (Friday, 7pm) will engage conductors and choir leaders in discussion about post-pandemic re-opening procedures in choral settings. The vocal technique workshop for choral singers (Saturday, 3pm) will include 20-minute workshops by expert clinicians Prof. Karen Burke (York University), Dr. Melissa Morgan (University of Regina), and Dr. Tim Shantz (University of Alberta), on Zoom. The streamed virtual concert showcase (Saturday, 7pm) will feature performance videos of Windsor-Essex choirs.

Registration for the Conductors’ Circle, Vocal Technique for Choral Singers Workshop, and Virtual Concert Showcase is available at windsorclassicchorale.org. Please ensure you register early, as spots for these events are limited. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at Windsor Choral Festival 2022! 

The doors are open again! After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, join us for the 20th annual Doors Open Peterborough... returning in-person on May 7 from 10 am to 4 pm. Design and Adaptive Reuse is the theme for this year's Doors Open. See how once shuttered or underutilized historic buildings in Peterborough have gained new life as something completely different -- or vastly improved -- and are contributing to a more sustainable future. Five venues are open to the public, including: PCVS, Y-Lofts, King George Public School, Peterborough Museum and Peterborough Theatre Guild. There are also three historic walks taking place during the event. Event is free for all ages, with COVID precautions in place. 

We are excited to be meeting in-person once again for our April 26th meeting, 7-9PM. Our speaker will be Marian Jean of Oakridge Dahlias. Our new meeting place is Eastside Community Baptist Church, 68 Rollins Drive, Belleville.

Come check us out and consider becoming a member and/or visit our website at https://bellevillegardenclub.ca/ 

Trenton Lions Club Spring Bazaar, Saturday April 23rd, 9am-2pm, Trenton Lions Club Hall, 77 Campbell Street

Volunteers will do your taxes free at St Lukes's Church 566 Armour Rd on Apr 20 & 27 from 9:00-3:30 for those with income 35k for singles, 45k for couples on a first come first served basis. Masks must be worn