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Garden Faire

2013 Garden Faire & Fall Festival

Saturday and Sunday,
September 28 and 29
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 

Family fun is in full swing at Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens’ 6th Annual Garden Faire scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29, 2013 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by The Mercer Society (TMS), this family festival takes place in the natural picnic area on the west side of Aldine Westfield Road.

 
Train Ride
 
Free Train Ride

This two-day event features a variety of entertainment and free activities for the kids including “Stan the Train Man” train rides around the picnic loop and a Kids’ Korner Activity Area sponsored by The Mercer Society.

For those looking for that one-of-a-kind gift for your favorite gardener, TMS will have a booth offering gift items sold in The Gift Shoppe. Other nature-related vendor booths will also be onsite with items such as:

  • Herbal soaps, local honey, and quirky yard art
  • Locally-made garden furniture and planting boxes
  • Original artwork, hand-made garden bags and aprons, photography, and pottery
  • Hair bows, sun catchers, jewelry, hand-made insects and garden totems.

Regional plant societies will be selling carnivorous plants, gingers, herbs, orchids, trees, shrubs, and more; pet rescue groups will have animals that are open for adoption; and a variety of concessions will be available for purchasing food or festival goers can pack a picnic.