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[Garden Calendar Coordinator]

Share your local garden events with other gardeners from your neck of the woods. Find out about cool happenings right where you live, including garden tours, plant sales, nature walks, classes, workshops, and more! Scroll through the posts below to find events in your area – or just click the “reply to this post” button below to let other gardeners know about events going on near you!

[karlinann1]

Hey it's very soggy here in the CSRA.  It's been raining steady all day.  Ok, here's what's happening:  Saturday, 10-5, Sunday 10-4 @ The Living History Park in N. Augusta, Colonial Times:  A Day to Remember.  Living History Park, 299 W. Spring Grove Ave.; free 803-279-7560

Saturday, Oct. 24: 6-9 pm; Spirits of hallowed Eve; Living History Park, 299 W. Spring Grove Ave.; $5 reservation fee, refunded at check-in; (803-279-7560. There will be 5 or more storytellers at this event. Horse & wagon tours will take guests into the park to hear ghost stories.  The tours will begin at 6 pm and will leave every 15 minutes. Participants who would like to go on the tour must pre-register.  The Spring House Tavern will be serving refreshments and there will be games to play.  The grand finale will take place in front of the tavern about 8:15 pm.  If You Go:  There is a wine & spirits dinner at 6:30 pm on Oct. 23rd at the Spring House Tavern at Living History Park, 299 W. Spring Grove Ave.  Cost is $50, includes dinner with three entrees and entertainment.  You can check them out at www.colonialtimes.us.

Saturday: 9 am to 1 pm.; Brick Yard Market with live music; Hammond's Ferry, 89 Crystal Lake Drive; (803-613-1641).

Georgia-Carolina State Fair:  Friday, Oct. 25; open 5 pm.  Monday-Friday, noon Saturday-Sunday; 301 Hale St., Augusta. GA.  Go to georgiacarolinastatefair.com; advance tickets $6 admission only, or $16 admission and rides; purchase advance tickets at tixonline.com or call 803-278-4849; for fair info call 706-722-0202.

CSRA Wine Festival: 1-4 pm Saturday; sample more than 200 wines, various cheeses, bread and tapas; the Augusta Rose Society will present the 47 annual Rose Show; music provided by Garden City Jazz; Savannah Rapids Pavilion, 3300 Evans to Lock Road, Martinez; $30 before Oct. 15, $35 at the door; designated driver tickets are $15; LocalWineEvents.com.

[karlinann1]

It's starting to cool down with cool mornings and nights, but it's still in the 70's here.  The farmers markets will be open until the 1st of November.  If you are looking for gourds go to the market at the light on Hwy 25 towards Edgefield.  He has the biggest selection I've ever seen.

The Hallowed Eve event is this weekend at Living History Park in North Augusta.  Go to: www.colonialtimes.us and check it out.  That place is awesome.  Take some empty jugs and fill them with pure spring water.  Yes, they have a natural spring on site and it is the best drinking water I've ever tasted. 

[crandall26]

February 1, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:     Rebecca Oppenheimer

                        404-367-2773

                      2010 Mountains in Bloom Garden Festival at The Bascom

                      12th annual nature-themed festival to raise money for art center

WHO:            More than 1,000 home and garden enthusiasts attend The Bascom’s Mountains in

Bloom Festival each year in the resort community of Highlands, N.C.  The festival is comprised of a variety of events that benefit The Bascom.

WHAT:          Garden tour and lunch – tour majestic gardens in the Bowery Road area of Highlands, including the Linda and Tom Gunnigle Garden (Highlands); the Cindy and John Rooker Garden (Highlands & Atlanta), the Ruth and Sanford Cohn Garden (Highlands & Atlanta) and several others

Flower show – enjoy this year’s show, including horticultural, artistic and photography divisions

Flower-themed lecture and demonstration – learn tips from New Orleans author, designer and magazine editor, Beverly Reese Church

Home and garden market – browse and purchase the best in live plant material and

unusual and distinctive items for the garden, porch, patio and home

Benefactors’ party – sip on cocktails and dine overlooking dramatic mountain views at the rustic Tudor-style Fisher estate

A photography competition and temporary collection, “Heroes of Horticulture,” will also be featured as part of the festival.

WHEN:          July 8 – 11, 2010

WHERE:     The Bascom

                   323 Franklin Road

                   Highlands, N.C.  28741

                   828-526-4949

Hi-res images from last year’s festival available upon request. Visit www.mountainsinbloom.com for more information on this year’s festival.

ABOUT THE BASCOM

The Bascom is a nonprofit center for the visual arts in the Western North Carolina resort community of Highlands. The Bascom occupies a state-of-the-art six-acre campus with more than 30,000 square feet of exhibition, studio and instructional space -- including a fully equipped pottery studio and firing barn -- where artists and non-artists can enjoy world-class cultural experiences and in-depth workshops with leading practitioners. Through the support of more than 25,000 participants; students of all ages; members, friends and visitors; as well as more than 1,100 capital campaign donors, The Bascom (www.thebascom.org) is now thriving as an outstanding destination and resource for Highlands, Cashiers and the surrounding region. Children benefit especially from The Bascom's art and craft classes and age-appropriate instruction. Hands-on education in all media is offered year-round with special outreach to and considerations for local populations and home-schooled children. 

The Bascom offers a respite from the demands of day-to-day life, an escape. For more information visit www.mountainsinbloom.com and www.thebascom.org.  

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