purveyors of gourmet foods, quality succulents, tasting evenings, Christmas & January bread + "spruce up your succulent bowl" classes, balsamics & olive oils, exotic spice blends, unique candy, Christmas decorations, giftware, sangria mixes, puzzles, pop-up cards, vintage tin toys and fresh ideas... but wait...there's more...

plus...PRIVATE PARTIES, TEAM BUILDING, MEETING SPACES & RETREATS at the acreage

We've had a lot of fun in the last month putting together our tasting evenings at Avalon. This Thursday come out to our last Tasting Evening before Christmas and sample everything you can!

Try our special dirty martinis (with pickled cocktail skewers from Spain), our new Christmas sangrias and tons of our food products and candy. It's a great chance to pick up some stocking stuffers and tasty foods for your Christmas holidays. Since we're so close to Christmas we're pulling out all the stops and sampling our wings and pizzas as well.

It's all complimentary! It's all good! It's a party! And EVERYTHING in-store is 10% off that night from 6 to 9 pm!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good TASTY night!

...and that's on Wednesday night in the Avalon shop. There's very few spaces left so register now by emailing us at solargardenclasses@gmail.com.

Click here for pricing and info.

It makes for a fantastic Christmas gift (and by that, we mean for yourself...and a friend of course haha!). OR, if you don't have time to make one, pick one up that's already planted. They make a very charming centrepiece for your holiday table.

In our Power of the Sun classes (aka "Spruce up your old and tired succulent bowl") you can bring in your old class bowl (or any succulent bowl for that matter) and we'll teach you how to get it looking as good as new. Then, we will look after it in our greenhouses until the end of April, when you can pick it up along with a flat of 72 new plants that you will have propagated from your old pot. The cost of the class works out to less than $1 per plant, PLUS you'll have a good-as-new rejuvenated succulent bowl.

A friendly reminder: If you are having trouble with any of your succulents at this point, be sure to text Roger (with a photo if possible) for some advice. His number is 306 280 2762. He'll help you if he can.

Or I guess we should say - learn to bake it here at the acreage, then reproduce it at home.

In January 2020 we're doing 2 bread classes: January 18 will be ciabatta __(formed 2 ways - you'll go home with 2 loaves) and the following Saturday will be the baguette class (you'll go home with 4 loaves). Both will include the MYOP and begin at 12:30 pm.

Cost for each (including the MYOP) lunch is $65.

Eat, then Bake...now that's our idea of a fun afternoon!

As our business grows and finds new directions, we like to look ahead at this time of year and let you know some of our plans.

As more and more exciting things seem to be happening all the time around Solar Gardens and our city shop, Solar Gardens at Avalon, we've decided not to do any garden or home shows this year, including Gardenscape at Prairieland Exhibition in Saskatoon nor the Canada Blooms Show in Toronto. However, the great news is, even though you may miss us at Gardenscape, we will be hosting our own event (probably the weekend before Gardenscape) at BOTH the acreage and the Avalon shop simultaneously. We've got lots planned. We'll reveal more details in the New Year.

We're really looking forward to planning special events in the Firestick Cafe and at the acreage this upcoming winter, spring, summer and fall. We have a number of large weddings booked in 2020 and other large private parties. If you're thinking you need a place to hold a special event such as a wedding or family reunion or treat some special clients or employees or a get-together for any reason (big or small), send us an email and we can start planning. Our acreage will be closed to the general public all year permanently now, which will allow us time to accommodate our growing event schedule, public classes and private pizza parties.

We're always on the hunt to bring new and unique items (food and otherwise) to the Avalon shop. We have some great new candy and food products coming in the new year that we have never seen in Canada. Our goal for our cute little shop is to offer products that you can't buy (or taste) anywhere else.

We're also very excited to get back to some serious gardening at the acreage. We have a number of different types of new gardens planned, including a formal English garden. Stay tuned as you will be invited to view them at different times throughout the summer, affiliated with a tour and pizza party. We'll keep you informed on Facebook and by email newsletters (just like this one).

And of course, we're looking forward to 2020 (and waaaay beyond) with our new puppies - Oliver, Petal and Bud, as well as our lovely old puppy - Dexter!

We'd like to thank you, thank you and thank you some more for your patronage and all the positive energy and support that we have received from such great people.

We wish you all the very best in health and happiness in 2020...and lots and lots of puppies!

Roger, Chris, Dexter, Oliver, Petal and Bud