Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Longwood Gardens - Chrysanthemum Festival (Oct. 29 - Nov. 20)
During the Chrysanthemum Festival, October 29–November 20, see the largest chrysanthemum in North America, the Thousand Bloom Mum, with more than 1,000 blooms. Find out more about Longwood's largest-ever thousand bloom chrysanthemum.
See the YouTube video about the making of Longwood's 2009 thousand bloom chrysanthemum. Tens of thousands of colorful, blooming chrysanthemums flourish in the palatial Conservatory.
Source: http://www.longwoodgardens.org/AutumnsColors.html
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Will giant pumpkin pursuit produce big payoff?
By Dana M. Nichols
Record Staff Writer
PALOMA - Move over Linus.
A Paloma man says a giant pumpkin is giving his life passion and purpose. And Lloyd Holt, 47, has already spent far more hours in his pumpkin patch than the fictional Peanuts character ever did waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Another difference is that Holt isn't just waiting. He works hours every day to make sure his pumpkin achieves its potential: managing irrigation, spraying foliar fertilizers, burying vines, pinching off unauthorized blossoms and carefully measuring growth rate. "If I get a big enough pumpkin, I can sell it at the weigh-off and buy a vehicle," said Holt, referring to the Giant Pumpkin Festival of Elk Grove on Oct. 3, where last year's top pumpkin won its grower more than $9,000 in prizes. Read more>
Record Staff Writer
PALOMA - Move over Linus.
A Paloma man says a giant pumpkin is giving his life passion and purpose. And Lloyd Holt, 47, has already spent far more hours in his pumpkin patch than the fictional Peanuts character ever did waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Another difference is that Holt isn't just waiting. He works hours every day to make sure his pumpkin achieves its potential: managing irrigation, spraying foliar fertilizers, burying vines, pinching off unauthorized blossoms and carefully measuring growth rate. "If I get a big enough pumpkin, I can sell it at the weigh-off and buy a vehicle," said Holt, referring to the Giant Pumpkin Festival of Elk Grove on Oct. 3, where last year's top pumpkin won its grower more than $9,000 in prizes. Read more>
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Video: Urasa Chrysanthemum Festival
Approximately 1,500 of the carefully nurtured chrysanthemum flowers are gathered at Fuko Temple by enthusiasts from Uonuma city, Tokamachi city, Ojiya city and far as Nagaoka city for the flower show.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tranquil Lake Festival - Gardening - Gardening tips, questions, and more - Boston.com
| On Saturday July 18th, Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth holds its 18th Annual Open House and Summer Garden Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. free to the public. This is really one of the best free gardening events of the summer in all New England. Tranquil Lake Nursery is the largest grower of Daylilies and Siberian and Japanese Iris in the northeastern United States. To celebrate peak daylily bloom, he nursery will offer free lectures and demonstration, free daylily tasting, cool drinks and a diverse assortment of garden activities and garden vendors all day long. Read more: | |
| Tranquil Lake Festival - Gardening - Gardening tips, questions, and more - Boston.com Source: boston.com | |
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Bamboo Festival coming to Arboretum
www.citizen-times.com
Dale Neal • June 30, 2009 12:15 AM
BENT CREEK — The American Bamboo Society’s Southeastern Chapter hosts the third annual Bamboo Festival at The North Carolina Arboretum on July 11 and July 12.
The fastest-growing plant in the world, bamboo, has gained popularity for its use in the sustainable design movement and as a renewable source material. Of the more than 1,000 recorded bamboo species, some specimens have been recorded to grow up to 121 centimeters a day.
Visitors will learn about the artistic value and functionality of this remarkable grass during the third annual Bamboo Festival, which features lectures, demonstrations, crafts, plant sales and a raffle.
The festival is free with the parking fee of $6 per personal motor vehicle; parking is always free for North Carolina Arboretum Society members.
The American Bamboo Society’s Southeast Chapter promotes knowledge of and interest in Bamboo through educational programs, meetings, classes and publications. The chapter encourages the growth and propagation of bamboo by botanical gardens, assists in the importation and quarantine of bamboo according to USDA guidelines, provides access to pertinent information about bamboo, and engages in and encourages projects and research that meets its mission and advances interest in the knowledge of bamboo. For more information, visit www.sec-bamboo.org.
For information about the Bamboo Festival or The North Carolina Arboretum, call 828.665.2492 or visit www.ncarboretum.org.
Dale Neal • June 30, 2009 12:15 AM
BENT CREEK — The American Bamboo Society’s Southeastern Chapter hosts the third annual Bamboo Festival at The North Carolina Arboretum on July 11 and July 12.
The fastest-growing plant in the world, bamboo, has gained popularity for its use in the sustainable design movement and as a renewable source material. Of the more than 1,000 recorded bamboo species, some specimens have been recorded to grow up to 121 centimeters a day.
Visitors will learn about the artistic value and functionality of this remarkable grass during the third annual Bamboo Festival, which features lectures, demonstrations, crafts, plant sales and a raffle.
The festival is free with the parking fee of $6 per personal motor vehicle; parking is always free for North Carolina Arboretum Society members.
The American Bamboo Society’s Southeast Chapter promotes knowledge of and interest in Bamboo through educational programs, meetings, classes and publications. The chapter encourages the growth and propagation of bamboo by botanical gardens, assists in the importation and quarantine of bamboo according to USDA guidelines, provides access to pertinent information about bamboo, and engages in and encourages projects and research that meets its mission and advances interest in the knowledge of bamboo. For more information, visit www.sec-bamboo.org.
For information about the Bamboo Festival or The North Carolina Arboretum, call 828.665.2492 or visit www.ncarboretum.org.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Lompoc Pops kicks off Flower Festival on Monday
By Staff
The Lompoc Pops Orchestra invites patrons and fans alike to attend its fourth and final concert of the season, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 22, at the First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St.
Tickets cost $15 for adults, and $5 for children 12 and younger and for all full-time students of all ages, with school ID.
In partnership with the Flower Festival, each year the Pops Orchestra schedules the concert to kick off the annual event. Entitled an evening of fun and fantasy, this year’s repertoire will include favorites from Disney movies alongside “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” “March of the Toys,” “Over the Rainbow” and a Gay Nineties Medley.
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The Lompoc Pops Orchestra invites patrons and fans alike to attend its fourth and final concert of the season, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 22, at the First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St.
Tickets cost $15 for adults, and $5 for children 12 and younger and for all full-time students of all ages, with school ID.
In partnership with the Flower Festival, each year the Pops Orchestra schedules the concert to kick off the annual event. Entitled an evening of fun and fantasy, this year’s repertoire will include favorites from Disney movies alongside “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” “March of the Toys,” “Over the Rainbow” and a Gay Nineties Medley.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Flower Festival kicks off Wednesday
By Bo Poertner/Managing Editor
It’s been a tough year for the Flower Festival Association, but the show will go on.
The 57th annual Flower Festival opens Wednesday and runs through Sunday at Ryon Park, highlighted by the festival parade Saturday morning, the midway carnival, and the Flower Show on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 at the Anderson Recreation Center, 125 W. Walnut Ave.
“I’m hoping for a fantastic festival, in spite of everything,” said association President Sue Beltran. “ I hope everybody supports us.”Last year, with the economy collapsing around it, the association was forced to battle another war when it discovered more than $60,000 missing from the till. Office Manager Lacey Porter allegedly admitted to police that she took the money, but pleaded innocent to the embezzlement charge. She is expected to appear in court again soon after the Flower Festival ends.A successful festival would help ease the association’s pain, but won’t solve all its problems, Beltran said.
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It’s been a tough year for the Flower Festival Association, but the show will go on.
The 57th annual Flower Festival opens Wednesday and runs through Sunday at Ryon Park, highlighted by the festival parade Saturday morning, the midway carnival, and the Flower Show on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 at the Anderson Recreation Center, 125 W. Walnut Ave.
“I’m hoping for a fantastic festival, in spite of everything,” said association President Sue Beltran. “ I hope everybody supports us.”Last year, with the economy collapsing around it, the association was forced to battle another war when it discovered more than $60,000 missing from the till. Office Manager Lacey Porter allegedly admitted to police that she took the money, but pleaded innocent to the embezzlement charge. She is expected to appear in court again soon after the Flower Festival ends.A successful festival would help ease the association’s pain, but won’t solve all its problems, Beltran said.
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