By Cathy Ingalls
Albany Democrat-Herald | Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:00 am
JEFFERSON - Main Street in downtown Jefferson will be filled with flowers during the "Festival of the Flowers: Celebrating the Timeless Beauty of the Garden" on Saturday, May 5.
The festival, which includes a myriad of activities, runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The day begins with an early pancake breakfast at the fire hall prepared by the Jefferson Fire Department. There will be bingo at the hall later during the day.
Hours for the pancake breakfast are 7 a.m. to noon and the cost is $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, and children under age 5 eat free.
Activities include a Maypole dance, a performance by the Jefferson Kids Choir, landscaping demonstrations, a style show and birdhouse building. Books, seeds, arts and crafts will be for sale.
Members of the Jefferson Garden Club will present the landscape demonstrations, and Master Gardener Marti Olsen-Haworth will be available to answer questions.
Olsen-Haworth and Ben Hickenlooper of Hickenlooper Farms have joined with other volunteers to improve the small yard in front of the home next to the Jefferson Community Center Building. Anyone interested in helping with the project is invited to do so.
The Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce is planning activities for children and for those who feel young, including building birdhouses and creating May Day baskets.
A number of events will take place in the Jefferson Community Center.
There will be a photo display by Marti Cheek and a style show from Diana's Gift Shop & Boutique, and the Jefferson Mint Cookbook will be for sale along with mint plants.
The Jefferson Thread Heads will be on hand to show off some of their quilts and to answer quilting questions.
Friends of the Library will sell books and flower seeds.
Artists and crafters selling in the Pioneer Gift and Gallery include: Charles Elkan of Silverton, small wooden boxes; Hector Santana of Lebanon, wooden chess boards; Evergreen Woodwork of Silverton, small wooden gifts; Glenn Burris of Jefferson, pottery; Jean Burris of Jefferson, basketry; and Raymond McLaughlin of Jefferson, burled clocks.
Others taking part are Ann Altman of Silverton, gift cards and pastel art; Tom Allen of Silverton, sculptural wood art and raised parquet; Ted Gaty of Salem, wooden gifts; Bill and Nan Bolstad of Jefferson, wooden boxes; and Gary Herron of Albany, paintings and woodcarvings.
For more information, contact Karen Wells, 327-2469.