Spring Awakening Festival: A Celebration of Gardens, Music & Connection
The days are stretching longer, gardens are bursting into life, and the air carries that unmistakable feeling that summer is close. Seedlings are growing fast, birdsong fills the mornings, and the earth seems to hum with possibility.
This is the season of abundance — of getting our hands in the soil, sharing food, learning from one another, and gathering in celebration.
Join us for Spring Awakening Festival, a day devoted to nature, community, edible landscapes, local food, inspiring conversation, and an unforgettable live performance by internationally celebrated world-fusion artist Eric Mandala.
Whether you come to deepen your growing knowledge, wander among plants, enjoy good food, or dance beneath the spring sky, this day was created to nourish both soil and soul.
📅 Event Details
Spring Awakening Festival
Date: Saturday, May 23
Location: Gaia Organics – 399 River Rd, Ottawa, Ontario
A full day featuring:
🌿 Educational workshops
🌭 Farm-to-table food
🌱 Plant browsing & inspiration
🎵 Live world-fusion concert experience
💃 Celebration, community & conscious connection
🌻 Begin the Day with Edible Landscapes & Growing Wisdom
Edible Landscapes Workshop with Telsing Andrews
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Gardens can nourish more than our bodies — they shape how we live, gather, and connect with the earth.
Join Telsing Andrews, whose years of practical experience and deep respect for living systems offer inspiration for gardeners of every level.
You’ll explore:
- Practical growing knowledge for the season ahead
- Designing productive and beautiful edible landscapes
- Ideas for integrating food production into everyday spaces
- Connection with others passionate about growing and stewardship
Whether you have acres of land or a small backyard, this workshop offers insight into cultivating abundance.
🐑 Enjoy Local Food from Flat Earth Farm
Delicious Sheep Sausages | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Spend the afternoon wandering through diverse plants and gardens while enjoying wholesome sheep sausages lovingly prepared by Flat Earth Farm.
Expect:
✔ Locally prepared food
✔ Time to browse plants and gardens
✔ Conversation and community
✔ A relaxed spring atmosphere
🎶 Experience Eric Mandala Live — Music Without Borders
Eric Mandala Spring Concert
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
As afternoon shifts toward evening, celebration begins.
Internationally renowned musician Eric Mandala brings an immersive live performance blending ancient traditions with modern rhythms through:
- Live looping & improvisation
- Vocals and world instruments
- African harps (Kora & Kamale N’goni)
- Tribal, sacred, electronic & ecstatic dance influences
- Over 100 instruments from around the world
Eric has performed across 6 continents and appeared at globally recognized gatherings including:
- Burning Man
- Boom Festival
- Ozora Festival
- Envision Costa Rica
- Tribal Gathering Panama
- Earthdance
- Oregon Eclipse Festival
His performances create experiences designed to uplift, inspire, move, and reconnect people through rhythm and sound.
Expect music that invites both reflection and movement.
A concert for:
✨ Dancers
✨ Dreamers
✨ Music lovers
✨ Conscious community seekers
✨ Anyone needing joy, inspiration, and renewal
Why We Created This Gathering
We feel it in the returning birdsong, warmer sunlight, and the softening soil beneath our feet:
Spring is arriving.
This festival was created as a celebration of:
- Growth
- Renewal
- Gardens & food sovereignty
- Community resilience
- Creativity
- Music
- Abundance
- The simple joy of gathering together
The world asks us to move quickly. This day invites something different:
To slow down.
To connect.
To create.
To celebrate.
🌞 Join Us for a Day of Spring Awakening
Come grow, connect, learn, eat, dance, and celebrate with us.
RSVP & Eric Mandala concert tickets available here:
Reserve Tickets – Eric Mandala Spring Concert
Event Summary
📍 Location: Gaia Organics, 399 River Rd, Ottawa, Ontario
📅 Date: Saturday, May 23
Schedule
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM → Flat Earth Farm food experience
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM → Edible Landscapes Workshop with Telsing Andrews
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM → Eric Mandala Live Concert
Spring Awakening Festival is more than an event — it is a celebration of soil, seeds, music, and the dreams waiting to grow.
We hope to see you there. 🌱