 May 24 & 25, 2008
10:00am - 6:00 pm
Historic Downtown Hendersonville
(Sixth Avenue-Caswell Street)
The 15th Annual Garden Jubilee Festival is a spectacular two day festival that celebrates the growing season in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. This area provides a healthy environment for growing a vast variety of flowers and plants. The festival is held annually on Memorial Day weekend in Historic Downtown Hendersonville. Garden Jubilee is the ideal festival for garden lovers searching for the perfect plants and unique lawn & garden accessories and arts & crafts. Bring a wagon or cart to make transporting your plants easier.
Garden Jubilee offers over 100 vendors selling handmade arts and crafts, plants and items to enhance your outdoor living area. Nurseries selling many varieties of annuals, perennials, vegetables and hard to find plants will be located on every block of the festival. A great way to enhance the beauty of a garden is to add garden ornamentation. There will also be delicious food to satisfy any appetite. Vendors will be located on the wide sidewalks of Historic Downtown Hendersonville from Sixth Avenue to Second Avenue. Main Street will be closed to traffic from Second Avenue to Caswell Street, with vendors lining both sides of the street.
Back by popular demand is Southern Living Magazine's landscape & garden specialist Bill Slack. He will be giving clinics in the Lowe's lawn and garden tent located at the Visitors Information Center. Mr. Slack will offer three talks on Saturday, May 24 -11:00 AM "Creating a Southern Living Backyard," 1:00 PM "A Facelift for a Tired Landscape" and 3:00 PM "From Blah to Beautiful - Using Garden Color the Southern Living Way," Sunday, May 25 - 1:00 PM "Creating a Southern Living Backyard" and 3:00 PM. "A Facelift for a Tired Landscape." As gardening spokesman for Southern Living, he has made dozens of appearances on television and radio programs nationwide. He joined the faculty of the University of Georgia in 1979 and held the position of extension landscape architect for 13 years. He was named the Outstanding Extension Landscape Architect in the United States by the American Society of Landscape Architects. Bill has completed his 19th publication Southern Living Garden Guide to Landscaping. In between Mr. Slack's talks, product representatives from Stay Green, Spectracide, Pennington Lawn & Garden Products and Old Castle will give informative talks and helpful tips.
Located at the Visitors Information Center, 201 South Main Street will be the Lowe’s Expo offering garden clinics, plants, a hands-on kids clinic and beautiful displays. Nationally known lawn and garden product specialist will be giving one-on-one-advice. If you have a question or need advice about your garden or lawn, you've come to the right place. The Lowe's Kids Clinic located at the Visitors Information Center (both days) will offer fun hands-on projects for children ages 4-12.
New this year is a pre-event sponsored by the Hendersonville Garden Club, Rose Clinic & Ice Cream Social at the Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center on Main Street on Friday, May 23 from 2:00-4:00PM. Featuring speaker Paul Zimmerman, International Rose Specialist of Ashdown Roses from Campobella, SC and Ice Cream Social. Tickets are $20 and available at the Visitors Center. For information call 828-891-4429.
The Hendersonville Lions Club is sponsoring a fundraiser. Blind Ducky Racing features (rubber) ducks racing down the Patton Park creek at 5:00PM on Sunday, May 25. Visit their booth at the festival to adopt a duck. Please leave your pets comfortably at home as a Hendersonville City ordinance prohibits animals in the event area.
For information call Henderson County Travel & Tourism at (828) 693-9708 / 800-828-4244. For lodging or area information visit www.historichendersonville.org.
Garden Jubilee is coordinated, produced, and sponsored by Henderson County Travel & Tourism.
Sponsored by
"Lowe's - Let's build something together"
Murdoch Golf Cars & Specialty Vehicles,
Henderson County Travel & Tourism
Schedule
Friday, May 23 (pre-event)
2:00-4:00PM Rose Clinic & Ice Cream Social - Blue Ridge Performing Arts Center on Main Street. Featured Speaker: Paul Zimmerman, International Rose Specialist of Ashdown Roses, Campobella, SC and Ice Cream Social. Sponsored by the Hendersonville Garden Club. Tickets are $20 and available at the Visitors Center. For more information call 828-891-4429.
Saturday, May 24
10:00AM-6:00PM Street Festival (6th Ave. - Caswell St.) arts & crafts, plants and food
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lowe's Kids Clinic, Located at the Visitors Center
Lowe's Garden Clinics with Bill Slack at the Visitors Center:
11:00 AM "Creating a Southern Living Backyard"
1:00 PM "A Facelift for a Tired Landscape"
3:00 PM "From Blah to Beautiful - Using Garden Color the Southern Living Way"
Sunday, May 25
10:00AM-6:00PM Street Festival (6th Ave. - Caswell St.) arts & crafts, plants and food
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lowe's Kids Clinic, Located at the Visitors Center
Lowe's Garden Clinics with Bill Slack at the Visitors Center:
1:00 PM "Creating a Southern Living Backyard"
3:00 PM "A Facelift for a Tired Landscape"
5:00 PM Blind Ducky Racing - Patton Park (adopt a duck at their booth)
Sponsored by the Hendersonville Lions Club
Vendor Information
If you are interested in being a vendor at the Garden Jubilee Festival you must meet the following criteria and meet the requirements of the Garden Jubilee committee.
There are 3 categories of vendors: Crafts, Nursery and Food.
Craft Vendors: Merchandise must be garden related handmade arts & crafts or lawn & garden accessories.
Nursery Vendors: Annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, trees, strubs, hard to find plants and garden related merchandise
Food Vendors: Must have current insurance and meet The Health Department's temporary food vendor regulations.
To inquire about participating in the Garden Jubilee, email, call or mail a description of all of your merchandise.
SELECTION PROCESS:
PLEASE NOTE: We do not send applications in response to each request. Applicants work must meet the festival requirements and quality of items. Acceptance is at the discretion of the festival commitee.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Henderson County Travel & Tourism
Attn: Special Event Office
201 South Main Street
Hendersonville, NC 28792
800-828-4244 or 828-693-9708
Fax: 828-697-4996
festinfo@bellsouth.net
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