Events

2026 Vancouver Island Seedy Saturdays

Seedy Saturday season is approaching! We are only attending two Seedy Saturdays this year: 

• February 7, 2026: Qualicum Beach Seedy Saturday. 10am-3:30pm. Qualicum Beach Civic Centre (747 Jones St)
• February 14, 2026: Victoria Seedy Saturday. 11am-4pm.  Crystal Garden, (713 Douglas St) 
  • We will be speaking about perennial vegetables at 1pm!

Workshops 2026

• March 1: Integrating Perennial Vegetables in Market Gardens @ the Young Agrarians Mixer, Penticton, BC
• March 12: Perennial Vegetable Workshop with PQB Fruit Tree Project. 6:30pm @ The MAC, Parksville. $25
• March 19: Perennial Vegetable Talk at Ladysmith Saltair Garden Club ($5 drop in fee for non-members)
• April 25: Farm Tour & Plant Sale in Errington with Denman Island Apples and Bramblewood Nursery.
• May 2: We will have a booth at the Qualicum Beach Garden Club Plant Sale. 9am-1pm, 525 Yambury Rd, Qualicum Beach.
• June 20: Perennial Vegetable Talk with Nanaimo Garden Club. 1:30 pm at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (4235 Departure Bay Road)  $3 drop-in fee
• Aug 10: Farm Tour and Potluck with Young Agrarians
• Oct 4: Perennial Vegetable Talk with Master Gardeners Association of BC. On Zoom, time TBD.

Workshops 2027

• Feb 17, 2027: Perennial Vegetable Workshop with Denman Island Garden Society (DIGS). 1pm at the United Church (4575 Denman Road, Denman Island). Free for drop-ins.
• Feb 24, 2027: Perennial Vegetable Workshop with Salt Spring Island Garden Club

Would you like to bring Michalina to speak to your garden club? Email her at grow@cicadaseeds.ca for workshop rates and availability. She has prepared presentations on growing perennial vegetables, seed production, and integrating perennial vegetables into market gardens. Other related topics may be available upon request.

Last year's events:

2025 Vancouver Island Seedy Saturdays:

Come visit us at a Seedy Saturday event in 2025! We will be at the events in BOLD.

• January 25, 2025: Denman Island Seedy Saturday. 10am-2pm.  Denman Island Community Hall (we won't be at this one)
• February 1, 2025: Qualicum Beach Seedy Saturday. 10am-3:30pm. Qualicum Beach Civic Centre (747 Jones St) We'll be doing a demo on seed saving at 1pm!
• February 8, 2025: Port Alberni Seedy Saturday. 10am-2pm. Echo Center (4255 Wallace Street) We'll be there!
• February 8, 2025: Saanich Seedy Saturday. 10am-2pm. Prospect Lake Community Hall ( 5358 Sparton Road) (we won't be at this one)
• February 15, 2024: Victoria Seedy Sunday. 11am-4pm. Crystal Gardens (713 Douglas St) We'll be there!
• February 22, 2025: Salt Spring Seedy Saturday. 10am-3pm. Salt Spring Island Farmers' Institute (351 Rainbow Rd) (we won't be at this one)
  
• March 1, 2025: Squamish Seedy Saturday (we won’t be there, but our seeds will!)
• March 1, 2025: Mayne Island Seedy Saturday. 10am-2pm. Mayne Island Agricultural Hall (430 Fernhill Rd)  (we won’t be at this one)
• March 2, 2025: Nanaimo Seedy Sunday. 10am-3pm. NDSS (355 Wakesiah Ave) We'll be there!
• March 8, 2025: Comox Valley Seedy Saturday  We'll be there!
• March 8, 2025: Saltair Seedy Saturday. 10am-2pm. 3850 South Oyster School Road. (we won’t be at this one)
• March 8, 2025: Powell River Seedy Saturday (we won’t be at this one)
• March 15, 2025: Cobble Hill Seedy Saturday. 10am-2pm.  4550 Watson Avenue (we won’t be at this one)
• March 22, 2025: Campbell River Seedy Saturday 9am-1pm. 401 11 Ave (we won’t be at this one)
• March 23, 2025: Duncan Seedy Sunday. 10am-2pm. Si’em' Lelum Gymnasium (5574 River Road) We'll be there!
• March 29, 2024: Sooke Seedy Saturday. 10am-3pm. Sooke Community Hall.  (we won’t be at this one)
• March 30, 2025: Coombs Seedy Sunday. 11am-3pm. Coombs Fairgrounds. We'll be there!