Spring Garden Fair

Spring Garden Fair

JOSEPHINE COUNTY
MASTER GARDENER
GRANTS PASS FAIRGROUNDS
Saturday, April 21, 2012 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday, April 22, 2012 10 am – 4 pm

YOU ASKED FOR IT !! YOU GOT IT !!
New, exciting, expanded Spring Garden Fair features your favorite returning vendors PLUS
we’ve added 50+ new vendors that have never been featured at our event !! We are so excited
to have been able to add these new vendors this year.

The event now comprises of THREE buildings; the Commercial Building, the Floral Building,
and the Pepsi Pavilion.

The Master Gardener plant sale takes up over 4000 sq ft of space in the Pepsi Pavilion
and will feature annuals, veggie starts, perennials, native plants and trees, along with our Plant Clinic,
Education classroom and Raffle Booth.

Our Plant Clinic will be manned during both days of the event, so stop by with your questions on plant
diseases and plant insect infestations. Bring samples if you have them – be it plant material or bugs!
Our trained Master Gardeners will be waiting to assist you and answer your questions.

We also plan to run several Education Mini-classes for both adults and children. The classes are free to
all attendees, and the times and subject matter will be posted at a later date when our schedule has been
completed.

In addition to the Master Gardener’s plant sales, we have another 42 booth spaces designated for specialty
plant nurseries that are featured in both the Commercial Building and the Floral Building. These nurseries
are bringing us an abundance of specialties as listed below:

Vegetables
Rare Perennials, Shrubs and Trees
Tropical Plants
Sedum Gardens
Clumping Bamboos and Ornamental Grasses
Unique trees
Dahlias
Alpine Native Plants
Herbs

(just to name a few)
We have added lots and lots of unique garden yard art. Here are a few of the types of yard art that
you can expect to see featured during our event:

Whimsical Metal Art
Recycled Metal Art
(some using those old worn out garden tools to make unique birds, animals, etc)
Handcrafted Wooden Yard Art
Bird Houses ( metal & wood & painted)
Wire benches, Planters, Garden Stakes

Hand-painted Yard Signs, Mailboxes, Potting Chairs, Ladders, Stools, Wheelbarrows, etc Metal Plant Stands, Custom Fire Pits
Trellises, Metal Garden Plant Cages
Colorful Hand-blown Glass Yard Art
Cement Garden Statuary
Bird Baths and Bird Feeders
(and the list goes on)

Other vendors, having unusual wares, can also be found in all three buildings. Here are a few samples of these specialty booths:
Outdoor Custom Wood Furniture Accents
Landscaping Professionals
African Baskets & Wrapped Baskets
Native American Style Art
Garden Paintings on Barn Doors
Local Award-Winning Watercolor Artist
Gourds
Wheel-Thrown/ Hand-Built Stoneware Pottery
Wood Crafting Artists
Unique Jewelry Made Out of Natural Elements

The event will also have Midway Displays created by local businesses. For an example, we plan to have a water feature with displays of plants and pavers done by Leave Your Mark. Another display is planned by the Grange Co-Op. The Shed Guys will be on hand with some garden sheds and greenhouse information and Runaway Tractor Farm will have tractors and equipment on display. Representatives of these and other displays will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

FOOD VENDORS will be on site for your dining pleasure with varied menus to choose from. The Rogue Coffee Roasters will have a “coffee café” in the Commercial Building, where you can actually take a break, order some organic coffee, and sit and enjoy it! Shopping is such hard work, isn’t it?

VENDOR INFORMATION: Anyone having questions about booth availability or rental information are asked to contact one of the Vendor Coordinators listed below:

Skeeter Guardione Karen Zoufal
(541) 472-9382 (541) 956-8949
skeeterg1@msn.com

Free Parking
$2.00 Admission
Children under 15 Free
WE ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

FOR
APRIL 21–22, 2012

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