2025 Lecture Series
The Friends of the Central Experimental Farm (FCEF) partner with the Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton (MGOC) to offer five timely and informative lectures on Inspired Gardening from March 4 through to April 29, 2025
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Trowel Talk Newsletter
Our April issue is out!
ARTICLES Include: High Performance, Low Maintenance Plants, Gardening with Peat Moss, Garden Beetles can be Fab! What is Traditional Tobacco? Book Review of The Seed Dectective
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Get Your Facts
Straight!
These fact sheets and information documents have been written and peer-reviewed by our members. Each fact sheet has detailed information about one plant, one pest, or disease.
The Alcove Garden
Learn about the Alcove Garden at Kitchissippi United Church – a native garden tended by Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton members







In the past, we have asked one thing of our gardens: that they be pretty. Now they have to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water.
Douglas Tallamy

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