Events

WHERE: Parking lot beside K.W. Neatby Building at 960 Carling & Maple Drive (look for the signs). DETAILS: The event will proceed RAIN or SHINE. Everything you need for your garden at our popular annual plant sale, with many of the region’s top specialty growers and nursery vendors assembled in one location! Master Gardeners of...

WHEN: Tuesday, May 19 at 5:00 p.m. Registration is for one individual only. Each attendee must be registered separately. The tour will take place RAIN OR SHINE. WHERE: Meet at the small parking lot beside Building 75 on the NCC Driveway. Visitor parking at this location is limited to 90 minutes. WHAT: The rock garden...

PLEASE NOTE:  This tour is on Wednesday, not on the weekend.  The event will proceed rain or shine. WHERE: The tour will start at Building 72 in the Arboretum. DETAILS:  Bloom times are harder to predict now due to increased weather variability and climate change. The stops on this tour will depend on what trees...

Details:  Clean out your shelves and donate your books for a great cause. FCEF volunteers will be ready to unload your boxes and bags of gently used and re-gifted books. Please note: We are not accepting any books prior to or after this one day drop off. Please respect Agriculture and Agri-food Canada property and...

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Please note new location – W. K. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa ON  DETAILS: Back by popular demand A two-day event Thousands of the best used books in Ottawa! Great selection of fiction and non-fiction Bargain prices All...

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Please note new location – W. K. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa ON  DETAILS: Back by popular demand A two-day event Thousands of the best used books in Ottawa! Great selection of fiction and non-fiction Bargain prices All...

WHEN: Wednesday, June 10, focusing on mid-season peonies (rain date Thursday, June 11) at 6:15 p.m. Registration is for one individual only. Each attendee must be registered separately.  WHERE: Meet at the oak tree in the peony gardens. There is a small parking lot beside Building 75 on the NCC Driveway. Visitor parking at this...

WHEN: Saturday, June 13, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Registration is for one individual only. Each attendee must be registered separately. The tour will take place RAIN OR SHINE. WHERE: Meet at the Friends of the Farm shed near the east end of the Agriculture Museum parking lot. WHAT: The first roses were planted at the Central Experimental...

WHEN: Saturday June 20, 2:00 p.m. Registration is for one individual only. Each attendee must be registered separately. The tour will take place RAIN OR SHINE. WHERE: The tour will meet in the small parking lot beside Building 75 on the NCC Driveway. The few visitor parking spots at this location are limited to 90...