The Friends of the Farm will be hosting a second kite flying event at the Farm Centre on Sunday October 4 from 2- 4pm. Come along and bring your friends. children and grandchildren. Admission is free .

Friends of the Farm

FARM CLEAN UP 

Saturday May 10, 2014 at 9 a.m.

Gather behind Ravenwood House, Experimental Farm

The Friends of the Farm will have the second annual Farm Cleanup morning.  Please come, bring family, friends or group for a pleasant walk around the Farm and pick up litter from the winter.

Garbage bags will be supplied courtesy of the Women’s Institute Roadside Cleanup which is also on May 10.

Comfortable shoes/boots and a pair of gloves are all you need to come join in.

Your help and support of this project of the Friends of the Farm is appreciated.

Contact information: Doug MacDonald demacdonald@pei.sympatico.ca, or norajenkins@pei.sympatico.ca

Reminder: If you have not renewed your membership for 2014, please find the membership renewal in the attached PDF file.

Farm Clean Up 2014    PDF File (Including membership renewal form)

Adam MacLean explains The Legacy Garden Project to the Friends of the Farm Board, February 2014. The Project covers 8 1/2 acres of land behind the Farm Centre. It will be planted with community gardens, orchards and varieties of grain developed on PEI. It connects people with sources of food as they garden and volunteer. The public will be welcome to education sessions and to observe the gardens which overlook the Experiemental Farm.

Members of the Friends of the Farm were saddened to learn of the passing of Lloyd MacLeod on October 9th, 2013.

Lloyd was the Director of the Canada Agriculture Research Station (Experimental Farm) in Charlottetown from 1970 – 1990.

During his time as Director of the Farm, Lloyd and his family resided at Ravenwood House located on the Farm property. The MacLeod family have been recognised as the last residents of Ravenwood.

Upon retirement, Lloyd’s interest in the Farm remained strong as he was instrumental in the establishment of the Friends of the Farm. As the founding Chair of the Friends of the Farm, Lloyd continued to advocate for the preservation of the Farm as a public green space. At the time of his passing, Lloyd was Honorary Chair of the Board of the Friends of the Farm and remained intently interested in the future of the Farm and in the work of the Friends of the Farm.

As we move forward in the days ahead, Lloyd’s leadership and dedication will serve as an inspiration to each and every one of us as we continue Lloyd’s work.

All members of The Friends of the Farm extend sincere condolences to Lloyd’s family during this time.