2011 Fall Flower & Garden Fest
Recycling - Make Mississippi Green

Festival logoThe 2011 Fall Flower & Garden Fest will be held Friday and Saturday, October 21 & 22, at the Truck Crops Experiment Station in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. Crystal Springs is about 25 miles south of Jackson. Hours are from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. both days and food vendors will have food and drinks available.

This is the largest home gardening show in the Southeast. Average attendance is 6,000 people over the two-day event. Admission and parking are free. The garden, grounds, seminars, and one of the tour wagons are handicapped accessible.

Let's go walkin' logo Let's Go Walkin' Mississippi will be on site to kickoff the 2011 Fall Flower and Garden Fest with a one-mile fun walk at 9:30 a.m. Friday, October 21. Be sure to visit their exhibit under the Main Tent.

FOOD - There will lots to choose from -- ribeye steak sandwiches, catfish, BBQ plates, chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, pistolets, and more. For dessert, there will be cookies, cakes, and sweetpotato sweets. The Chautauqua Garden Club will be selling homemade ice cream, including muscadine, blueberry, strawberry, and peach, vanilla, plus a couple of "nutty" offerings. Be sure to visit the Copiah County 4-H Tent for hot and cold drinks all day.

For more information contact your local Mississippi County Extension office, or call (601) 892-3731.

Other Information
For more information contact Dr. Rick Snyder (601) 892-3731 • ricks@ext.msstate.edu
     
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