Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Neighbourhood Festival

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Every year the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto puts on a free outdoor art sale over the weekend. To make the event even better, many of the neighbourhood residents take advantage of the increased pedestrian traffic to put on yard sales. It seems like there are five or more yard sales on each block.

The Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts sale hosts artists from all over Canada. Although there were many painters with their amazing works, there were also jewellers, felters, woodworkers, musicians and confectioners, among others. I didn’t end up buying any pieces, but I wrote down names of artists whom I admire, and Kiku Corner will showcase some of their works over the next few months.

The Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto is so named because it used to be a very poor area and the residents used to grow cabbages in their front yards out of necessity. It is the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian houses in all of North America and the residents take great pride in their neighbourhood –  the vast majority of houses are immaculately maintained and preserved, and the gardens are landscaped beauties. My mom and I love to stroll down the residential streets and admire the historical houses and lush gardens.

Acknowledging their past, Cabbagetown community members even have their own flag: a green Canada flag where the maple leaf is replaced – by what else – a cabbage.