This super fungi training will guide you step-by-step in how to grow an abundance of nutritious edible and medicinal mushrooms at home and provide you with a solid foundation for identifying fungi in the wild. During the in-person class, Chris Gilmour of Wild Muskoka Botanicals will be guided through two projects that you will be able to take home with you. Project one will be inoculating a log with Shiitake Mushrooms and project two will be inoculating a bag of straw with Oyster Mushrooms. This training also includes full access to the complete online “Mushroom Growers and Wild Fungi Identification Course.” The techniques can be applied regardless of whether you live in an urban apartment or a rural homestead. You do not need a farm to grow a large amount of nutritious mushrooms and we will help you source the needed materials and make sure you are confident in what you are doing.

Saturday May 6th from 10am-4pm at Abbey Gardens. $220 per person + HST.  Registration includes an inoculated mushroom log, an inoculated oyster mushroom grow bag & lifetime access to the online course ($120 value). Register at abbeygardens.ca under the programming tab.

Open to the public.

Food Available: Chili & Roll $5.00, Potato Soup & Roll $5.00. Food items subject to change at any time.

Singer/Songwriter & Accomplished Guitarist

Bill Candy brings a seamless combination of guitar and vocal mastery to the stage. His original arrangements of folk, jazz, country, blues & pop classics are both unique and refreshing – keeping the audience entertained for the entire performance. Bill’s roots stem back to the 60’s & 70’s (Jim Croce, Paul Simon, James Taylor etc.), and combine with his classical and Jazz studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Berklee College of Music in Boston. It is this eclectic musical background that has produced Bill’s unique style of playing, and what sets him apart from other performers.

When Peter Schleifenbaum retired from his position as General Manager of Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve a few years ago, he enthusiastically pursued an opportunity to scratch a long standing, metaphorical “itch”. He now had the time and the opportunity to travel to exotic, dangerous and inhospitable locations. His interest, clearly, is not the “holiday” tourism that is featured in the weekend editions of the daily newspapers. This is very small group excursions to some of the most difficult places on the planet to get into….and get out of. These expeditions are not booked through a local travel agency and they don’t come with glossy brochures.

Please join us on Wednesday, May 10 when Doctor Schleifenbaum will figuratively escort us to 3 particularly odd countries that admit very, very few tourists:

• North Korea
• Eritrea
• El Salvador

Are you looking for a thoughtful and unique gift for Mother’s Day?Dress up in your best garden party outfit and join us in the gardens for gourmet savoury snacks, delicate desserts, and pastries with a selection of jams, all paired with your choice of our delicious loose leaf teas!

Enjoy live music, a photo booth, and a special take home treat. Reserve your tickets for Mother’s Day Tea and celebrate mom with a little bit of old fashioned English charm at Abbey Gardens! Saturday May 13th from 1-3pm. Tickets can be reserved at abbeygardens.ca under the events tab.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS We will be having our 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 on the May Long Weekend. The kick-off party to a great summer! Featuring our new summer menu, fishbowls, beer buckets, karaoke, live music, BBQ, prizes, and so much more! More details to come, you won’t want to miss it!

Friday May 19 – the biggest Karaoke Party in Cottage County

Saturday May 20 – Live music and Dance Party with Itchy N Scratchy

Sunday May 21 – Patio BBQ

MARK YOUR CALENDARS We will be having our 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 on the May Long Weekend. The kick-off party to a great summer! Featuring our new summer menu, fishbowls, beer buckets, karaoke, live music, BBQ, prizes, and so much more! More details to come, you won’t want to miss it!

Friday May 19 – the biggest Karaoke Party in Cottage County

Saturday May 20 – Live music and Dance Party with Itchy N Scratchy

Sunday May 21 – Patio BBQ

MARK YOUR CALENDARS We will be having our 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 on the May Long Weekend. The kick-off party to a great summer! Featuring our new summer menu, fishbowls, beer buckets, karaoke, live music, BBQ, prizes, and so much more! More details to come, you won’t want to miss it!

Friday May 19 – the biggest Karaoke Party in Cottage County

Saturday May 20 – Live music and Dance Party with Itchy N Scratchy

Sunday May 21 – Patio BBQ