Bruce Botanical Food Gardens
Tours
Your host will take you around the garden to sample heirloom varieties and give some interesting history on the garden. Finish off with a mud oven demo and tasty flatbread and homemade jams/jellies. Cost is $50 (includes up to 5 people) plus $5/person for additional people. Payment is required to confirm booked tours. You will receive an email one week prior with payment options.
Your host will take you around the garden to sample heirloom varieties and give some interesting history on the garden. Cost is $25 (includes up to 3 people) plus $5/person for additional people. Payment is required to confirm booked tours. You will receive an email one week prior with payment options.
Would you like personal mud oven demo for your group? Learn how the oven is made, how to cook inside it, and sample our hot flatbread with garden made jams and jellies. Cost is $30 (3 people) and $5/person for each additional attendee. Payment is required to confirm booked tours. You will receive an email one week prior with payment options.
Workshops
Do you love creepy crawlies? Or maybe just curious on how they can help in your garden?
Join us for our Vermiculture Worm Farms Family Workshop!
Happening Saturday, August 8th 11am - 12:30pm follow along as we teach each family how to make their own worm powered composter they can take home while learning all about worms!
$20 per composer per family. Kindly indicate how many family members plan to attend on the registration page. Prepayment is required to complete your registration. Please prepay by sending an e-transfer to gardenmanager@bbfg.org with "Vermiculture" in the notes section to secure your spot.
Join us for our Vermiculture Worm Farms Family Workshop!
Happening Saturday, August 8th 11am - 12:30pm follow along as we teach each family how to make their own worm powered composter they can take home while learning all about worms!
$20 per composer per family. Kindly indicate how many family members plan to attend on the registration page. Prepayment is required to complete your registration. Please prepay by sending an e-transfer to gardenmanager@bbfg.org with "Vermiculture" in the notes section to secure your spot.
Join Bruce County based photographer Karen Botting, as she offers guidance towards the art of seeing for more impactful photo compositions. Improve your composition-confidence by really "seeing" the subject matter of your photography and gain a more comfortable working knowledge of your camera. If you are a complete camera beginner or someone who has some experience but wants to expand this workshop is for you.
Our workshop will begin at "Smile Wellness" 46 Queen St. Ripley, ON. for the information and inspiration portion of the workshop. Then we will move to the Garden at 62 Park st. Ripley. for the hands-on portion. A rain-date is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug 5th at 10am.
Please bring your DSLR camera (or phone or other camera) for use during the workshop.
This is a beginner-early intermediate Adult Workshop. Pre-payment is required to complete your registration. Please e-transfer your payment to gardenmanager@bbfg.org with "let's see" in the notes section.
Our workshop will begin at "Smile Wellness" 46 Queen St. Ripley, ON. for the information and inspiration portion of the workshop. Then we will move to the Garden at 62 Park st. Ripley. for the hands-on portion. A rain-date is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug 5th at 10am.
Please bring your DSLR camera (or phone or other camera) for use during the workshop.
This is a beginner-early intermediate Adult Workshop. Pre-payment is required to complete your registration. Please e-transfer your payment to gardenmanager@bbfg.org with "let's see" in the notes section.
Explore the garden and collect materials to make your very own garden besom! (Decorative broom)
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
What's all that buzz about? It's the time of year where many species of wasps are building up their homes! Learn about wasps, how they are important and natural methods to keep them at a distance and make your own decoy-wasp nest to take home!
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
Explore the garden and collect flowers to try your hand at eco-printing! Decorate your colourful headband to wear home!
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
Explore the garden and collect herbs to store in a special potion bottle you decorated!
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
Scavenge the garden for a natural straw and blow your colours across the page to create a colourful tree!
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
All ages welcome! Suggested $5 donation/child.
If you or your child have any accessibility concerns or requests, please reach out to gardenmanager@bbfg.org for arrangements.
Funding for this project is provided by Community Foundation Grey Bruce.
Join us at the Ripley Huron Community Centre (17 Queen St, Ripley, ON) to learn how to craft some delicious treats from garden goodies!
Our cooking workshops are beginner friendly and designed to inspire you to use your home grown produce in new and unique ways!
$10.00 per person. Ages 12+. Youth under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult ticketholder.
Payment is required to complete your registration. Please send your payment via e-transfer to gardenmanager@bbfg.org or reach out for other accommodations.
Our cooking workshops are beginner friendly and designed to inspire you to use your home grown produce in new and unique ways!
$10.00 per person. Ages 12+. Youth under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult ticketholder.
Payment is required to complete your registration. Please send your payment via e-transfer to gardenmanager@bbfg.org or reach out for other accommodations.
About
Come enjoy the rustic surroundings, learn about the different plants that are grown here and gather a variety of in season foods. It's a rare experience! If you are looking for a guided tour experience, we offer tours from June to September.
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5 reviews- Jennifer Harris·
April was a wonderful guide for todays seed collecting workshop. I learned lots and can't wait to visit again.
- Heather Newman·
Amazing, as always!
- Deb·
Very well organized and led.
Kids of all ages including tweens and teens.
Everything was included - rocks, paint, brushes, water, and rags.
Finished rocks were sprayed with a sealer.
Outdoors on picnic style tables.
Really nice atmosphere. FUN!
Started on time.
Got to paint 3 good sized rocks.
Explored the garden afterwards! - Vanessa Andrew·
Another incredible tour! Olivia was an amazing tour guide keeping our crew captivated and engaged as we flowed through the garden. Thank you, thank you! It's a favourite destination to visit. The crew from BK-2
- Glenda Morrison·
The tour was great yesterday. It was very informative and great to see how everything is used at the garden and doesn’t end up in the landfill. Thanks
