| AUGUST 13th & 14th |
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CARP FARMERS' MARKET
Garlic Festival 2011 We're very pleased to present our 12th annual edition of the Garlic Festival, featuring more garlic in one place than you can imagine. Fresh garlic bulbs, garlic braids and decorations, garlic concoctions, garlic braiding demonstrations, garlic cooking demonstrations, a garlic contest, garlic tasting, and wonderful garlic aromas. 
108 Booths Free Admission Free Parking on the Fairgrounds Wheel Chair Accessible
There will be 40 booths inside the Exhibit Hall, and more than 60 booths outside in a large square beside the building. About 30 outside booths will be selling many different varieties of fresh garlic, and several more will have garlic products such as garlic spreads, garlic dressings, garlic baskets, and pottery garlic holders.
In the centre of the square you will find two large tents housing all of the garlic events, demonstrations and information sessions. Here you will also find a map of the site with all vendors listed, and a handy Festival Program to carry with you.  Demonstration Tent We will also have two separate food courts, each with its own under-cover seating. There will also be several picnic tables scattered throughout the site. If its entertainment you're after, you will enjoy the various buskers around the grounds. Garlic Festival Schedule |
Garlic Bulbs 
Garlic Greenhouse  Boxed Garlic
| Saturday, August 13
8:30 A.M. The Best Garlic Contest Judged by Grant Dobson. Garlic growers vie for the Red Ribbon in six categories. Visitors can view the garlic entries at the Events Tent. 10:00 A.M. Garlic Tasting Event Back by popular demand, participants can taste and rate different varieties of garlic for their strength. This event will be located in the Events Tent and continues on over the course of the Festival. 10:30 A.M. All Tied Up - Garlic String Braid Demonstration The "Gramma's and Grampa's Garlic" folks will demonstrate three different ways to braid garlic. 11:00 A.M. Celebrity Chef - Josh Gillard, Executice Chef and owner of the Nepean Sailing Club Featuring Garlic and the foods from the Carp Farmers' Market. This theme will be continued at the restaurant this evening. 1:00 P.M. The Jim Craig Award for the Best Booth Jim Craig will do the judging and then reveal the winner. Award winners will have their names engraved on a plaque and take home a Golden Garlic Award donated by Christine and Eric Brackenbury. 1:30 P.M. Growing Great Garlic. Want to learn something about growing great garlic? Ask John Moore of Wolfgrove Garlic. 2:00 P.M. Garlic Scapes are a Special Treat What are they? How do you use them? The Carp Farmers' Market's own garlic guru, Donna Davidson from Glengyle Garlic, will be your guide. Ask Donna. 3:00 P.M. The Market is closed for the day. See you tomorrow. |
 Garlic Braids
Garlic Decoration
| Sunday, August 14
10:00 A.M Growing Great Garlic Want to learn something about growing great garlic? Ask John Moore. 11:00 A.M. Celebrity Chef Dustin from the Cheshire Cat Restaurant on Carp Road at Richardson Side Road. Dustin will also talk about the uses of garlic. 1:00 P.M. All Tied Up - Garlic String Braid Demonstration Ask the expert. John Moore from Wolfgrove Garlic will be your guide. 2:00 P.M. Garlic Scapes are a Special Treat What are they? How do you use them? The Carp Farmers' Market's own garlic guru, Donna Davidson from Glengyle Garlic, will be your guide. Ask Donna. 3:00 P.M. The Festival is over. See you at the Festival next year or, better yet, at the market next Saturday from 8 A.M. to 1 P.M., and every Saturday until October 29th. |
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Acorn Creek Farm - 108 Arabesque Pottery - 16 Ashton Station Garlic - 81 Ata's Fries - 3 Bacon on a Bun - 1 Barberry Ridge Ranch - 89 Battle Creek Gardens - 83 Battle River Bison Co. - 47 Bearbrook Farm - 101 Berch Design and Display - 35 Bergeron Gardens and Greenhouses - 103 Best Berry Farm - 75 Bitten Cookie Company- 14 Bousfield Nursery - 98 Carp Valley Farms - 46 Chamomile Desjardin - 19 Cheff Fields Farm - 77 Connaught Nursery - 93 De Boer's Dutch Poffertjes - 5 Denise Atkinson - 29 Dirty Dog Gourmet Baking - 100 Dobson's Grass-fed Beef - 58 Doll and Sewing Lady - 25 Donaldson Flowers - 82 Embrun Pottery - 78 Elk Ranch - 13 English Pie Shop - 54 Eric and Christine Brackenbury - 56 Farm Experience School Crafts - 42 Fieldstone Gardens - 104 Forest Creek Clothing - 51 Fork 'n Things - 45 Foxglove Farm - 80 Ginger's Sweets and Treats - 33 Gino's Garlic Farm - 87 Girl With the Most Cake - 20 Glasgow Honey and Garlic Farm - 73 Glengyle Garlic - 60, 91 Grampa and Gramma's - 85 Hall's Apple Market - 102 Harvest Moon Orchard - 9 Heather Sherratt Handweaving - 52 Hedgeview Farm Organics - 17 Herb Garden - 69 Home Sweet Hom - 7 Hudson's Corn - 72 Jewellery With a Flair - 31 Jonny Lamb Farm - 74 Kathleen's Kitchen - 8 Kidstuff - 10 Kym's Old Fashion Bakery - 24 |
L'esprit du jardin - 95 Lacelle's Apiary - 15 Laughing Winds Farm - 107 Lemon - 6 Lorraine Wade Quilts - 26 Luvrocks - 92 Mains de Mariposa - 68 Mali's Eggrolls - 2 Mali's Garlic - 70 Maple Holme Sugar Bush - 22 Margaret Hobbs - 62 Master Gardeners of Ontario - 39 Matheson Woodworking - 61 McGregor's Produce - 99 Micki Renehan Photography - 43 Morrison's Fudge - 11 Needham's Market Garden - 84 Nonna's - 21 Opeongo Mountain Meadow Soap - 63 Organic Growers of Ontario - 37 Pat's Sweet Temptations - 53, 94 Patricia Books - 65 Pine Ridge Studio - 50 Pork of Yore - 59 Pretty-Fours - 23 Railway Creek Farms - 79 Rainbow Heritage Garden - 18 Rideau Nursery - 76 Riverside Garden - 90 Rockfield Farm - 67 Russell's Honey - 49 Sausage-on-a-Bun - 4 Saved by a Cupcake - 38 Savoury Pursuits - 97 Scratch Kitchen - 12 Senior Farms - 36 Servi-Pro Farm - 106 Shepherd's Walk Farm - 66 Simply Fresh Roastery - 48 Take Charge Tea - 64 Tarnished Angel - 41 Terpe-Wear - 32 Tricots Jeanne Knits - 40 Triple A Farm (Emu and You) - 105 Upper Canada Cranberries - 88 Wee Knits - 57 Wildrose Country Homestead - 30 Willow Memories - 28 Willow Ridge Crafts - 27 Wolfgrove Garlic - 86 Wood and Stuff - 55 Woodline Creations - 34 |
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