Edible Ottawa

A Family Affair - Rideau Pines Farm

• Photo by Ben Welland

• At the heart of Rideau Pines Farm, Matt, Saundra and John are photographed on the century-old shed in the centre of the farm's outdoor dining and entertainment space.

• Father and son, John and Matt Vandenberg trim the haskap bushes in the early spring for a plentiful, but brief harvest, in late May and early June.

• A little game of "Follow the Leader" at Rideau Pines Farm.

• In 2016, the Vandenbergs purchased Ben Baird's original Streat Gourmet food truck, below, for a ready to- use kitchen for weddings and events hosted on the farm, 20 minutes from south of Ottawa, in North Gower.