Heritage Plant Sale at Ken Seiling Museum

Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum is holding its annual Heritage Plant Sale in Kitchener on Saturday, May 16, 2026, offering flower and vegetable varieties from the gardens at Doon Heritage Village. The sale is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to noon at 10 Huron Road, according to the museum’s event calendar. The event is set up in front of the greenhouse, with access through Gate 1 off Homer Watson Boulevard. The museum says no registration is required and sales run while supplies last. ### Which plants are being sold at the museum? Doon Heritage Village supplies the plants for the sale, according to the Waterloo Region museum calendar. The listing says buyers can choose from a selection of flower and vegetable varieties grown in the village’s gardens. The Region of Waterloo Museums and Archives website identifies Doon Heritage Village as a 60-acre living history museum that presents rural Waterloo Region as it was in 1914. The gardens tied to that site are part of the museum complex at the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum in Kitchener. ### Where does the sale take place on the property? The museum calendar says the plant sale takes place in front of the greenhouse. The listing directs visitors to enter through Gate 1 off Homer Watson Boulevard. Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum is located at 10 Huron Road in Kitchener, according to the Region of Waterloo Museums and Archives website. The same site lists the museum and Doon Heritage Village together as part of the regional museums system. ### Do visitors need tickets or registration? The event listing says no registration is required. The sale is described as free to attend, though plants are sold on site. Cash sales only, the museum calendar says. The listing also says plants are available while supplies last, indicating inventory may be limited over the course of the morning. ### Who benefits from the fundraiser? The museum calendar says the Heritage Plant Sale is a fundraising event for the FRIENDS of the Waterloo Region Museums. The listing does not specify a fundraising target or the number of plants available. Third-party event listings, including Eventbrite and local event calendars, repeat the same description, timing and location details posted by the museum. Those listings also identify the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum as the organizer or venue for the sale. ### How does this fit into the museum’s broader spring schedule? The Region of Waterloo Museums and Archives website lists the Heritage Plant Sale among spring programs at the museum site. The same events page shows other May activities, including Mini Museum Explorers and a Forest Walk program. An EngageWR page for Doon Heritage Village says the village is preparing for a summer 2026 reopening. The Region of Waterloo Museums and Archives website separately says the village is scheduled for a grand reopening on July 1, 2026. ### Where can people check details before going? The Waterloo Region museum calendar carries the full event listing with the time, address, access point and payment details. The Region of Waterloo Museums and Archives website also lists the museum’s main phone number as 519-748-1914. Saturday’s sale is scheduled to end at noon on May 16, 2026, according to the museum calendar. The next major milestone at the site is the planned July 1, 2026 grand reopening of Doon Heritage Village, the regional museums website says.