Garden of Weeds

EMC entertainment -Stittsville-based indie rock-group Garden of Weeds will open the main stage for Trooper during the Canada Day in Kanata event at Walter Baker Park, July 1. The four-piece band reapplied for the position after opening for Sloan in 2011, under the name Plush Garden, and nabbed the coveted time slot.

"For the Sloan show, we really liked the atmosphere, just being at that big festival," said Adam Traversy, who plays guitar and vocals. "Just the sea of people out there you're playing to is great."

The band - which also features Skyler Radmore on vocals and guitar, Shawn Baldwin on bass and vocals, and Greg Higgins on drums and vocals - is planning on giving the audience a great show.

"We're going to put on a high energy rock show, mixing a lot of well known covers with a lot of original songs on the album we're about to release," said Traversy. "We're excited to open for (Trooper)."

The band has a new album, Homemade Lemonade, which is set for a summer release and will be available at the Canada Day show. The title for the 10-track disc was chosen "because we made it all by ourselves," said Traversy.

Garden of Weeds can be found online at gardenofweeds.com, followed on Twitter @gardenofweeds1 and liked on Facebook.

BEST BAND Diane McNulty, program director and stage manager for Canada Day in Kanata, said the band was a favourite with the committee and with the members of Trooper, who have the final word about the opening youth band.

"They said they have absolutely no concerns," she said. "They're a great fit with our headliner."

Although the band has played the show before, they were chosen to open again because they had the best application - having stepped up their social media presence and stage performances.

"Out of all of them, they were the best band.

- EMC Kanata Kourier

Finally chosen to open for a headline act on the big stage! Canada Day in Kanata will give 30 to 40 thousand people a chance to enjoy our music. Nice :) - Kanata Courier

TRADEMARKED!
Popular Rockers Introduce New Name

Ottawa: Plush Garden was born when four years into their career, Canadian rockers The Weeds came to a fork in the road. Go left and get sued for trademark infringement, or go right and search for a new name. A seemingly easy choice; how hard could it possibly be to choose a new band name? Well, it turns out to be a lot harder than you might imagine. Even the most obscure name ideas get eliminated just as fast as you can Google, and weeks turn into months of frustration.
The proverbial silver lining in every cloud really does seem to exist however, because with a new album near completion and a tour in the works, the time for change was never better. After embracing the challenge and emerging refreshed and renewed the four musicians are now anxious for people to know the Plush Garden sound. The band has created a unique rock ’n’ roll vibe that will make anyone with even a passing sense of rock history enjoy Plush Garden. The websites and other social media are being switched around and the trademark applications are in, so with any luck Plush Garden will be a keeper.
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Check out the review that Jenn Higgs gave the band for the Lysten Music festival. She loved our LP and called us the real thing! Thanks Jenn! - Lysten.ca

Check out the review that Jenn Higgs gave the band for the Lysten Music festival. She loved our LP and called us the real thing! Thanks Jenn! - Lysten.ca

Fateema Sayani said the band produced a CD with a lot of muscle. We would add passion, creativity, talent, heart, soul, blood, good, bad, wierd and fantastic! - The Ottawa Citizen