U-pick dinner tonight

Dinner tonight will be extra-special with fresh – the freshest – vegetables around. And all your favourites too – but that’s not a coincidence, you picked them yourself at Prairie Gardens u-pick veggie patch. U-pick something different Even though we’re just coming to the end of strawberry season, we still have lots – and I mean lots – of veggies and …

Company picnics on the farm

There’s the same old meeting at the regular old office: Blah blah blah, we’re putting cover sheets on all our TPS reports, blah blah, did you see the memo, blah, oh man, I really miss that donut from this morning – wait, did I say that out loud? My shoes are too tight. Or there’s your meeting at Prairie Gardens: …

Dilly Garlic Roasted Baby Potatoes

Potatoes are amazing vegetables – they are the world’s fourth largest food crop, there are 5,000 different kinds and you can even use it to make a potato battery. Plus they contain almost every nutrient you need and they are ready to dig up at Prairie Gardens’ u-dig potato patch. Dig our baby potatoes, baby This is one of our …

11 ways to play at the Fairy Berry Festival

At Prairie Gardens, we love our strawberries so much that we throw them a big party every year. Join us on Aug 3, 4 & 5 to eat strawberries, dress-up like pirates, knights and fairies, play games, eat more strawberries, dance, sing, run and did I say eat strawberries yet? Here are 11 ways to play at this year’s Fairy …

Birthday party ABCs

All Aboard for your party, it’s your Birthday at last You’ve come to the farm, where you’ll have a real blast There’s a Campfire, presents and Dogs, as in hot And your mom brought a cake, she sure loves you a lot Every one of your Friends will have Fun on your day And there’s plenty of room to run every …

What I know about growing vegetables

Each Sunday now, our family heads out to the farm to collect a basket of herbs, veg and yummy homemade biscuits. (And there’s also usually fudge, but I secretly eat it all, so shhh…) Since we joined Prairie Gardens’ Community Supported Agriculture program, we have eaten a lot of delicious new foods and I have learned a whole bunch about growing …

Eat local food where it grows

On July 14, Prairie Gardens will host a very special celebration of local food (as in grown right here local) prepared by local chef Blair Lebsack. He’ll use all the tasty herbs, fruit and veg growing on the farm to create a sophisticated five-course dinner. Forget the 100 mile diet – this local food goes from field to fork in about …

How kids play at Prairie Gardens

Kids play best when there’s lots of room to run and climb and jump and slide and Prairie Gardens has some of the best outdoor play areas around. (Plus ice cream, mud puddles and pirate dress-up days.) Mommy, I just need to run! I know it’s a good weekend for the farm when I start hearing: “Mommy, I just need …

Your Outdoor Country Wedding

Fall brides on the farm It’s a beautiful fall day for an outdoor country wedding – the sky is blue, the clouds are at their fluffiest and tall cornstalks wave in the fresh breeze. Your guests arrive to the field on a bright red train (one day, you’ll have a little boy and that’ll be his favourite part) and mingle …