| AUGUST 11th & 12th |
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CARP FARMERS' MARKET
Garlic Festival 2012 We're very pleased to present our 13th 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. 
102 Booths Free Admission Free Parking on the Fairgrounds Wheel Chair Accessible
There will be 33 booths inside the Exhibit Hall, and more than 69 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 the Schedule of Events and a map of the site with all vendors listed.  Demonstration Tent We will also have two separate food courts, front and back, each with its own under-cover seating. There will also be lots of picnic tables scattered throughout the site. If its entertainment you're after, you will enjoy the various buskers around the grounds. And if it's Garlic that you came for, you've come to the right place. There will be over 60 varieties of garlic on sale from more than 30 vendors, and 11 of the varieties will be available for tasting in our Garlic Tasting Booth. You can also rate them for strength. Taste and Rate these 11 Varieties
Garlic Festival Schedule
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Garlic Bulbs 
Garlic Greenhouse  Boxed Garlic
| Saturday, August 11
9:30 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 over the course of the Festival. 10:00 A.M. Celebrity Chef - Nick, from Alice's Café in Carp Featuring Garlic and the foods from the Carp Farmers' Market. 10:30 A.M. How to Deal with Pests Attacking Garlic Crops Peter Mason of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will describe the leek moth and neamatode problems affecting garlic and ways the average gardener can deal with them. 12:30 P.M. The Jim Craig Award for the Best Booth at the Festival Jim Craig will 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. 1:00 P.M. Celebrity Chef/Owner - Mandy Mimms from Bistro 54 at Amberwood Village Golf Club Featuring Garlic and the foods from the Carp Farmers' Market. Click here for Mandy's Recipe. 1:30 P.M. Three Different Ways to Braid Garlic. Barb Wilson and Candice Granlund from Gramma's & Grampa's Garlic Will give a demonstration and answer questions. 2:00 P.M. Garlic Scapes are a Special Treat The Carp Farmers' Market's own garlic guru, Donna Davidson from Glengyle Garlic, will be your guide. What are they? How do you use them? Ask Donna. 3:00 P.M. The Festival closes for the day. See you tomorrow. |
 Garlic Braids
Garlic Decoration
| Sunday, August 12
10:30 A.M Growing Great Garlic Want to learn something about growing great garlic? Ask John Moore. 11:30 P.M. All Tied Up - Garlic String Braid Demonstration Teron James from Wolf Grove Garlic and Battlecreek Farms will be your guide. 1:00 P.M. Celebrity Chef - Juniper Kitchen and Wine Bar 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 27th. |