By the Gazette-Times | Posted: Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:00 am
The 22nd annual Corvallis Spring Garden Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Arts Center Plaza, 700 S.W. Madison Ave. at Central Park. This event features 45 vendors with annuals, perennials, roses, orchids, flower baskets and garden art.
The Benton County Master Gardeners will host a plant clinic, as well as workshops on food preservation, seed saving, xeriscaping, companion planting, succession planting, container gardening, edible landscaping and "herbin renewal."
Entertainment will be provided by the Ancient Ways Community Marimba Ensemble, the Oregon Tuba Ensemble, the Maypole Dance and the Old Time Fiddlers.
The Spring Garden Festival is co-sponsored by the Madison Avenue Task Force, the Arts Center, the Corvallis Parks and Recreation Department and the Benton County Master Gardeners.