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Two Delicious Recipes To Try At Home This Spring Using Local Ingredients

Celebrate the spring harvest with a trip to your local farm market, grab your ingredients, and try these tasty bites by Chef Alex Page! Use the recipes below to recreate these delicious dishes at home.

Pound Cake with Whipped Ricotta and Maple Rhubarb Compote Ingredients (serves four to six):

• 250 mL (1 cup) Brooks Farms dark maple syrup

• 1 dried chipotle pepper

• 1 star anise pod

• 500 g (4 cups) Pingle’s rhubarb, cut into 2 cm pieces

• Zest and juice of 1 orange

• 500 g (2 cups) ricotta cheese

• 45 mL (3 tbsp) Sargent...

The Largest Tulip Festival In The GTA Is Coming To This Farm Near Toronto

Get ready to bloom with excitement! Experience1,000,000 stunning blooms, pick-your-own flower bouquets, photo-opps, live music, farm-to-fork food and drinks, wagon rides, and so much more at Pingle's Tulip Days!

This May, join Pingle’s Farm Marketfor a vibrant celebration of spring at the largest tulip experience in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)! Wander through the tulip fields for a breathtaking pick-your-own experience featuring 30 different varieties and more than half a million planted bulbs. This...

Egg-citing Things To Do On Easter Weekend In Durham Region

The Easter Bunny is hopping on down to Durham Region, and to celebrate, we've put together a list of egg-citing events to enjoy with family and friends. Experience the most sp-egg-tacular weekend of festivities with delicious treats, egg hunts, wagon rides, farm animals, and more fun! Check out this list for an egg-cellent Easter weekend in Durham Region. 

Brooks Farms Easter Fest

March 28 to 29 and April 3 to 6 | 122 Ashworth Road, Uxbridge

Visitors will get the best of both worlds on March 28 and 29, as BrooksF

Where To Pick The Perfect Blooms In Durham Region This Season

Photo: Century Home and Garden Greenhouses by Rachel Callan Photography

Spring has officially sprung, and after a long winter there's nothing more exciting than sunshine, spring blooms, and long warmer days! Here's just some of our favourite flower farms, florists and markets in Durham Region to get you ready for the season. We hope thistle encourage you to #ShopInDurham for all your flower needs. Please check hours before visiting as some locations are open by season only.

Garden Centres

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Maple Syrup Festivals And Events In Durham Region

Enjoy all things sweet at a Maple Syrup Festival in Durham Region! Tap into your inner child at a maple syrup demonstration, pour your heart out over pancakes, and make memories that are bound to stick. Each year, as winter winds down, the longer days and rising temperatures welcome the harvest of fresh maple syrup! Events kick off in March and run through May—giving families and friends ample time to discover the sweet taste of maple syrup. Enjoy fresh maple syrup taffy, stack-tacular pancake...