Ed Lawrence Kicks Off MERA Tree Festival

Oct 05, 2022

The MERA Arts Circle is proud to announce that Ed Lawrence, the former CBC radio gardening guru, will be offering his insight into trees at the Trees 4 Life Festival at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 15th in McDonald’s Corners.

Mr. Lawrence has recently retired from his CBC radio phone-in show on gardening but he has agreed to come to MERA as one of his first post-retirement presentations.  As well, Ed was employed by the National Capital Commission, and eventually working at Rideau Hall, the Governor General’s residence and grounds.

The Trees 4 Life Festival is running the entire month of October with an art show focused on trees in the MERA Schoolhouse in McDonald’s Corners. However, the focus will be on Saturday, October 15 when tree related activities will fill the former schoolyard and the Schoolhouse.

There will be a presentation by local woodsman and raconteur Bill Barrett at 10:00 am, tree art activities for children,, master gardener workshops, woodworking displays, and an official tree planting ceremony in the afternoon. A chilli lunch will be available at noon. There is no admission charge.

The MERA Schoolhouse is located at 974 Dalhousie Concession 9A, right in McDonald’s Corners.