The 3rd gala “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party” is taking place on Sunday, November 1st .
from 2-4 p.m. at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay

Enjoy a selection of fabulous desserts, along with flavourful organic teas and coffees

Prizes for the best and most unique hats!

Featuring celebrity auctioneer Kel Kelly and special guests, Alice, the White Rabbit, Denman Islands fabulous Carmen Mirandas - and of course, the Mad Hatter himself!

Auction items include:

· a selected reading by Des Kennedy for you and your friends, served up with gourmet desserts in your home

· an exotic Indian dinner for 8

· a house party with Todd Butler – complete with pizza and beer!



A fundraising event for Fertile Ground’s work with farmers and small-scale tea growers in Assam, India.

Tickets $16 at Blue Heron Books (Comox), Home and Garden Gate (Courtenay and Cumberland), Bop City Records (Courtenay) and Abraxas Books (Denman Is.),



Fertile Ground is a registered charity based here in the Comox Valley that was established in 2003 to provide educational and technical support to farmers, small-scale tea growers and self-help groups in northeast India. Their resource centre and organic demonstration garden now provides full-time employment for 4 people from a small town in Assam. The project also offers volunteer opportunities for interested Canadians, including students from Camosun College’s Environmental Technology program, who have earned credits towards their degree by helping out in the garden and assisting with training and special events.

For more information about this event, or about Fertile Ground’s work in Assam,, visit www.fertile-ground.org, or call Peggy Carswell at 250 337-8348.