Community Events Calendar

This free, outdoor event will be held on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22nd in Carleton Place 11-3 pm. at Market Square Pavilion, at 7 Beckwith St., Carleton Place. This jam packed 4 hours is an event that you won’t want to miss! Enjoy lunch and desert on premises and take in an expertly facilitated workshop or two or three! Be entertained and enjoy the musical stylings of wonderful fiddle & guitar trio, The Broken Bridges. Discover the amazing photography of CBC Foreign Correspondent - Sasa Petricic.

Learn about the many wonderful initiatives happening in our area at the community organization tables! Buy some wonderful local art, local maple syrup, pottery, or textiles at the mini-market.

Curious about EV Ownership? A number of EV’s and their owners will be on hand to engage with and share their experience.

The Carleton Place Horticultural Society has coordinated several hands-on workshops for children & youth, which look very fun and will be ongoing throughout the day such as succulent planting, watch it grow, rock painting and more. There is free facepainting for the kiddos too!

Workshop with Q & A Schedule: (pre-registration is not required)

Yes You Can! A Composting Primer 11:00 am-11:45 a.m. - Scott Hortop & William Affleck Scott will use some “show and tell” samples to give a practical primer on home composting with some special notes on how to coordinate your composting with the seasons. Scott is applying what he has learned about fungal dominant compost to his work with William Affleck of Just Good Compost, www.justgoodcompost.com (whose motto is: Build Soil Not Landfills) . A new organics pickup service for Almonte residents, with plans to expand to Carleton Place in Fall of 2023. Scott is leading a project that uses bagged leaves given by the townsfolk of Almonte, diverted from landfill to produce "leaf mold", also known as fungal dominant compost. The compost is offered to farmers to recover their degraded soil. Scott is engaged as a board member of Climate Network Lanark and as a facilitator of the Farm Working Group.

Foraging for Fungi: Safety & Sustainability 11:50-12:35 -Tauney Stinson. Join in on this very intriguing workshop and learn about foraging fungi and identification and best practices. Tauney Stinson is an outdoor educator, forager, and beekeeper and teaches foraging classes in the Ottawa Valley as Forager Bee, Tauney is also standing in as a professor for the Wild Edibles class at Algonquin College.

EV: Myth Busting 12:40-1:25 pm EVCO-The Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa. EVs are a relatively new technology, and many people are looking for more information before deciding whether EVs would work for them. Many myths have been circulating
about EVs. In this session we will go over the most common myths about driving electric in Canada. Come learn from someone who has been driving electric for 10 years how EVs can meet a wide variety of needs. https://evco.ca/

Navigating the Energy Audit: 1:30-2:15 pm - Envirocentre Here’s one none of us can afford to miss! There will be a review of the process and incentives, as well as a pro energy auditor on hand to answer your many questions. Established in 1999, EnviroCentre is a non-profit organization that helps residents, businesses and organizations conserve energy and reduce their impact on the environment, while saving money. https://www.envirocentre.ca/

Regenerative Gardening Workshop: 2:20-3:05 PM 4 regenerative principles for garden abundance- Alberto Suarez If you haven’t been to one of Alberto’s talks or seen his gorgeous small market garden farm that produces an incredible amount of food for his adoring customers, don't miss this talk! Join Alberto to learn about 4 easy to do regenerative practices you can use to take your garden to the next level! Roberto will talk about all of these providing practical examples on how to easily achieve each of them, and the many benefits they provide for your garden. For further information on Earthfest email Barb Purdy at: cpeac@carletonplace.ca