Events
Upcoming Events
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how you can get involved to help GardenShare make a difference in our community!
Growing Together Summer Dinner Series
Please join GardenShare this summer as we celebrate local food and grow together as a community for our annual summer dinner series! Each event will have a unique feel and feature different aspects of our beautiful community. They will all be a showcase of delicious, local foods and beverages while also giving the community an opportunity to come together in support of GardenShare’s mission to combat food insecurity.
2025 Farmers Market Season
Who’s ready for the 2025 Farmers Market Season? GardenShare is!
St. Lawrence County Spring Farmers Markets are in full swing! Farmers Market Season is a fantastic time to get acquainted with the experience of eating with the seasons. The market is a fantastic opportunity to stock up on local produce, meats, maple syrup and farm fresh eggs, get transplants for your personal garden, or pick up some delicious baked goods! Our county’s Farmers Markets are also wonderful places to find gifts for your loved ones as well!
GardenShare is also excited to announce a $50/Day cost-sharing match for SNAP/EBT recipients! Visit the GardenShare booth for more information!
Orchard Adventure Fair
On September 20, 2025, join GardenShare for a fun-filled family event at Applewood Orchards!
GardenShare will be creating a veggie adventure walk and a storyboard walk through the orchard paths. For a full listing of what is included in this fun-filled event, visit gardeshare.org/orchard-adventure-fair!
The Local Food Music Series project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.
‘Sheparding’ the Land
Join us for a night of music, food, and regenerative farming! On October 3, 2025, GardenShare will be hosting a very special event and discussion about the importance of Regenerative Farming.
We are excited to partner with Healing Pastures and Canton Apples for an evening of music, food and regenerative farming. Mark Shepard of New Forest Farm, Wisconsin will be at the event sharing insights about his farming along with his musical talents. Mark is the CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises LLC, founder of Restoration Agriculture Development LLC, and award-winning author of the book, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers. He is most widely known as the founder of New Forest Farm, the 106-acre perennial agricultural savanna considered by many to be one of the most ambitious sustainable agriculture projects in the United States.
More details about tickets will be available soon.
If you are interested in sponsoring any of our upcoming events, please take a moment to read the information here. Our financial sponsors help GardenShare’s fundraising events to be even more successful, while also supporting the farmers and producers that assist us in making these events happen. We appreciate your time and consideration.
Growing Community Award
Each year, GardenShare recognizes an individual or organization whose efforts strengthen food security in northern New York with the Growing Community Award. Past recipients have included farmers, food service staff, a food bank, community groups and others. The award is presented at our Fight Hunger Fair in September that welcomes all interested in and passionate about working together to ensure a healthy local food system.
Past Events
2020 Celebration of Community Food Heros
In 2020, instead of a solo recipient of the Growing Community Award, we chose to celebrate multiple people and organizations that made huge impacts throughout our community.
Community members submitted videos and stories telling stories about their personal food heroes. We chose 10 of those heroes that best exemplified our mission. These awardees were presented from Monday, 1/18 to Friday 1/22 with videos highlighting their contributions.
Recipients: Anna Campbell / Canton CSD Cafeteria Staff / Canton UMC Free Will Dinner Team / Colton Churches / Flip Filippi / Jeanna Matthews / littleGrasse Foodworks / Peggy McConeghy / Michael Schuckers / Therese Baxter and the Parishville-Hopkinton Backpack Program
Fight Hunger Fair
GardenShare hosted the Fight Hunger Fair to bring together the community to remind us all that our friends and neighbors need our help to ensure that they have access to healthy, local food.
This fun and family-friendly community event brought awareness about food justice work in St. Lawrence County. Before, during and after the 5K run/walk, there were educational games and activities centered around food system awareness, a story walk, and music, as well as tabling of community partners who strive to alleviate local hunger and food insecurity.