With the weather finally cooling off, this weekend is the perfect opportunity to go explore St. Albert, and enjoy some fun in the community.
1. St. Albert Farmers Market
The St. Albert Farmers market is a staple of the community during the summer months. Known to be the biggest outdoors farmer market in Canada, it is full of local vendors.
It will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every Saturday until October. 12. Located at 5 St Anne St in St. Albert.
The farmers market is the perfect way to kick-start your weekend.
For access to the vendors list and map you can go to List of Vendors.
2. St. Albert Botanic Park
Come and smell the flowers. The St. Albert Botanical park is a great place to go and enjoy your weekend.
Located at 265 Sturgeon Road, the Park is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. all weekend and includes free admission.
The Sunday, July. 28, is Garden Day and to celebrate, the Botanic Park, has partnered with St. Albert Chambert Music Society. The celebration will include a brass ensemble that will be playing from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday.
For more information on the Garden Day celebration, you can go to Garden Day Celebration.
3. BAEL 18U Baseball Provincials
Calling all sports fans! This weekend the Baseball Alberta Elite League (BAEL) 18U provincial tournament is being hosted in St. Albert.
This tournament will feature the best baseball players and teams in the province. The host team, the St. Albert Cardinals, finished first in the regular season with a record of 26-7, and are the favourites to win Gold.
The tournament will take place from Thursday July. 25 to Sunday July. 28, with all games being played at Legion Memorial Ball Park.
For access to the tournament schedule you can go to Provincial's Schedule.
4. John E. Poole Wetlands
For all nature lovers, the John E. Poole Wetlands are the place to go to enjoy all that nature has to offer.
John E. Poole Wetlands has an established forest trail, wetland boardwalk, and critter dipping stations. Critter dipping is the act of using a smell net that is dipped into the water with the hope of scooping up small bugs and/or critters.
Open 24 hours a day, the wetlands are located along the east shore of Big Lake just outside of St. Albert.
For more information on the John E. Poole Wetlands you can go Wetlands Information.
