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FARM DAY
Saturday, May 24, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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There is no charge for admission or participating in activities for this
annual event which features two well-known speakers, children’s crafts and
games, displays of quilting and other hand work done by Island artisans,
tours of the farm house, pea patch gardens, museum, and other farm buildings. The Historical Society’s Museum Gift Shop
kicks off its new season, featuring authors signing new Puget Sound
historical books including The Mosquito
Fleet and Anderson Island. Delicious homemade snacks and lunches will
be available, and the Plant Sale will have an impressive array of herbs,
vegetables, and flowering annuals and perennials.
Mary Robson, recently
retired from WSU Extension serving 8 years as coordinator of King County
Master Gardeners and 9 years as facility Horticulture Extension agent, will
speak on The Soul of the Garden. Mary
is Western Editor of MasterGardener magazine, has written gardening columns
for The Seattle Times and national publications, is a published book author,
and lectures for Master Gardener certification classes.
Don Ehlen of The Insect
Safari makes presentations at elementary schools, and regularly speaks at the
Pacific Science Center, Northwest Trek, The Burke Museum at UW, and library
summer reading programs throughout Western Washington. Don will display more than 2500 preserved
specimens as well as an assortment of live bugs, make a presentation about
them, and lead a safari on the farm property where participants can discover
insects and have him identify and share information about each one.
For questions or more
information email: aigardens@hotmail.com
CRAFTS
  
PLANTS
 
 
This year’s Plant Sale features:
Lumina and Magic Lantern Pumpkins, Bright Swiss Chard, Orient Express
Cucumber, Delicata Squash, Merlot Lettuce, and Sweet Basil to just name a few
of the 38 herbs and vegetables. We looked
for short seasoned varieties when possible.
Flowers include: Yarrow,
Digitalis, Colony Blue Lupine, Kniphopia, Mexican Feather Grass, Lavender and
Profusion Zinnias newly available in the last two years.
OLD-FASHIONED FUN AND FRIENDSHIP
 
 
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