In September, 2008, the first Mary Eagan Garden in Canada was opened within the 4.5 acre Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park in Ottawa, Ontario. Click here to see and read of the "Stones of Hope" from the garden.

Up ahead will be three Healing Garden Music Fests in Ontario; Kitchener-Waterloo (Sep 26), Renfrew (Oct 2), and Wakefield, QC (Oct 3).

Tickets will be available for all three events by September 5th, and the outlets listed in the Events page. Here are the upcoming lineups to support the hospitals and foundations listed too :

Sunday, September 26, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Maureen Forrester Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
Third Annual K-W Healing Garden Music Fest, Grand River Regional Cancer Centre.
Headliners will be J.P. Cormier , Katherine Wheatley, The Laws, and The Cindy Thompson Butineau Trio. "First Chair Fiddler" Don Reed will provide masterful accompaniment, and James Gordon will make a special guest appearance. James, Katherine, and John & Michele Law will perform the world premier of their jointly-penned Healing Garden Waltz.

Saturday, Oct 2nd, 8:00 PM - 12:00 MN, Renfrew, Ontario
2nd Annual Country Music Show and Dance. Renfrew-Victoria Hospital.
One of the featured headlining groups will be Kelli Trottier with The Mushy Peas. Rest of lineup and ticket info coming soon.

Sunday, October 3rd, 4:00 PM - 7:00PM, The Blacksheep, Wakefield, QC
6th Annual Ottawa HG Music Fest. Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation & the Queensway-Carleton Hospital Foundation.
Showcasers for this event will include Kelli Trottier w/ Geoff Horrocks, Katherine Wheatley, The Laws, and Keith Glass & Erin Driscoll. Once again, "1st Chair" Don Reed will be bowing his magic for all.

For all who couldn't attend the Oct 25th, 2009, Healing Garden Music Fest at the Blacksheep in Wakefield, QC (25 minutes north of Ottawa), CBC Radio was there to record it, and they have placed a 75-minute segment from the show for your listening pleasure at their CBC Concerts on Demand site.

Click on the Events page for more info on events past and future.

The Grand Opening of the Irving Greenberg Cancer Centre took place on the campus of the Queensway-Carleton Hospital Campus. Yes indeed, amidst the Minto Courtyard will reside the second Mary Eagan Garden in Ottawa; yay! Pictures to come after the snow thaws and the fountain is in place.