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Posted in Event, Family Friendly, Food, Outdoors on Mar 28th, 2012
Way back in the day, before grocery stores and shopping malls, people would grow their own fruits and vegetables. Anything they didn’t grow themselves they would trade for or buy at the local farmers market. The Sherway Gardens Farmers Market is like taking a step back in time, sort of, to the good old days. [...]
It seems as if there is a farmers’ market occurring every day in Etobicoke. If it happens to be Saturday, it’s the Etobicoke Civic Centre Farmers Market. And boy is it busy. The Etobicoke Civic Centre Farmers Market occurs every Saturday from 8am to 2pm running from early June to early November. What you’ll find [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Family Friendly, Learning on Aug 5th, 2010
When you think of landmarks, Paris’ Eiffel Tower and Rome’s Colosseum come to mind. Etobicoke? We have the historical Montgomery’s Inn. While not world-famous as the previously mentioned landmarks, it is still culturally significant to Etobicoke. Built in 1832 by Thomas and Margaret Montgomery, the inn served as a meeting place for the community and offered [...]
Posted in Event, Family Friendly, Food, Outdoors on Jun 28th, 2010
One thing we have no shortage of in Etobicoke is farmers markets. The freshest of foods at a fraction of grocery store prices. The Stonegate Farmers’ Market opened last Tuesday and runs to October. On June 29th the market will host the Etobicoke Master Gardeners’ Advice Clinic where you can speak with horticultural experts that [...]
