Ken Seiling Museum Heritage Plant Sale

Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum is running its annual Heritage Plant Sale on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at its site in Kitchener, Ontario, during the Victoria Day long weekend. The event features flower and vegetable varieties grown from the gardens at Doon Heritage Village, according to the museum’s event listing. The sale is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to noon and will run while supplies last. CBC also included the plant sale in its roundup of Waterloo Region and Guelph-area events for the holiday weekend. ### When and where is the plant sale happening? Saturday, May 16, is the date listed for the Heritage Plant Sale on both the museum calendar and the Eventbrite page for the event. The sale is set for 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Road in Kitchener. Eventbrite lists the event duration at two hours and 30 minutes and identifies the organizer as Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum. (calendar.waterlooregionmuseum.ca) Gate 1 off Homer Watson Boulevard is the access point named in the museum calendar listing. The sale takes place in front of the greenhouse, according to the same listing. ### What kinds of plants are being sold? Doon Heritage Village is the source of the plants being offered at the sale, the museum calendar says. (eventbrite.ca) The listing describes the inventory as “a selection of the flower and vegetable varieties” found in the village gardens. The museum’s broader site describes Doon Heritage Village as a living-history site within the Waterloo Region museum system. (calendar.waterlooregionmuseum.ca) The event materials do not provide a published plant-by-plant inventory in the sources reviewed. The museum listing says only that the plants are available while supplies last, indicating quantities may be limited on Saturday morning. ### Do visitors need tickets or registration? (calendar.waterlooregionmuseum.ca) No registration is required for the sale, according to the Waterloo Region Museum calendar. The same listing says purchases are cash only. Eventbrite also carries a page for the event, but the museum calendar states that no registration is required and notes that Eventbrite fees apply only where applicable for paid events. (calendar.waterlooregionmuseum.ca) Free is the listed fee on the museum calendar entry. That means visitors can attend without an admission charge for the sale itself, though the event notice frames the activity as a purchase opportunity for plants rather than a ticketed program. ### Who benefits from the sale? (eventbrite.ca) FRIENDS of the Waterloo Region Museums is the group named as the beneficiary in the museum calendar listing. The event is described there as a fundraising event for that organization. The Region of Waterloo Museums site identifies Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village as part of the regional museum system. (calendar.waterlooregionmuseum.ca) The event listing does not specify a fundraising target or expected proceeds. ### How does this fit into the Victoria Day weekend lineup? (calendar.waterlooregionmuseum.ca) CBC published its Waterloo Region and Guelph Victoria Day weekend roundup on May 16 and listed the Heritage Plant Sale among local options for the holiday period. CBC’s item says the annual sale runs Saturday morning from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum. (regionofwaterloomuseums.ca) Saturday’s sale begins at 9:30 a.m. at Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum and is scheduled to end at noon, according to the museum calendar. Visitors looking for details can find them on the Waterloo Region Museum events page and the Eventbrite listing for the Heritage Plant Sale. (eventbrite.ca) (cbc.ca)