FARM FESTIVAL INFORMATION

Join us for Earthworks Gardens & Friends Farm Festival
to celebrate our Grand Opening.

Where? Earthworks Gardens, Corner of Golf Course Rd (cty 21) and Shanaska Creek Rd. (18)
Cty 21 runs between 22 South of St. Peter & 99 East of St. Peter
3 miles E-SE of St. Peter.

When? Sunday, August 23rd, from 11-4, (rain date of Sept. 13)

All the parking, entertainment, rides & kids games are FREE!

Entertainment: Bill Stanglers 10 piece band 'Rabbit Road' playing from 12-3.
We will also have activities/games for children
Kids can ride around the field in a barrel train.
HORSE & WAGON RIDES, pulled by a team of majestic Percherons!

Drawings for giveaways every hour, must be present to win. Giveaways include plants, 1 hr. landscape consultation (drawing at 3 pm) by Diane Selly (within 20 miles), goodies from the vendors, and featuring 5 beautiful matted floral prints by famed local St. Peter photograher Jon Smithers.

Come and tour our 10 acre plant farm and find out what we are all about! Get answers to the most often asked questions by our customers?
" WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON OUT HERE ALL THESE YEARS?"
" YOU LIVE NEXT DOOR, RIGHT?"
" ARE YOU THE CRAZY LADY THAT'S ALWAYS OUT HERE?"
" WHEN DID YOU START ALL THIS?"

We have invited other local producers and crafters to join us. Buy local, right? Hoping to introduce producers to customers. If you are a producer of some type of product, contact me if you are interested in joining us. I will add vendors to the list as they confirm. Anyone willing to help out and volunteer some time to asssit with the parking, trash, clean-up and other jobs let me know

VENDORS
1. Earthworks Gardens, selling perennial plants, vegetables, flower bouquets, and hopefully food sampling.

2. Joan's Pots, selling handpainted flower pots.

3. Thompson's Painted Hill Farm, smoked beef brisket sandwiches, pulled pork parfait, polish sausage, so plan to have lunch with us!!! Also they have frozen meats to take home. http://www.thompsonspaintedhillfarm.com/ Awesome stuff.

4. C's Bakery: Cookies and Ice Cream, selling what else...homemade cookies and homemade ice
creams, popcorn balls and other goodies! (personally tested some of these items)

5. Joann's Creations, selling handmade bags, cassarole cozies and homemade laundry soap.
Beautiful work.

6. Krenik's Kettle Corn

7. Val's Yard 'n Garden; Joe and Val from LeCenter, selling hostas, relishes and such.

8. The 'Watermelon Diva' Marie Drantell, selling melon slices, Maple syrup, hand sewn kids
dresses, hand crafted cards and more!

9. Karen Drummer, hand crafted pottery and spinning!

10. Stu's Workshop; Swedish handcrafted Tomtins and other items.

11. The Solid Sisters, Rhubarb leaf art-like bird baths, things for the yard/garden

Festival Suggestions:
1. Bring a lawn chair or blankets to sit on.
2. limited shade, so hats, suncreen, sunglasses all helpful
3. it is a field, so dress accordingly, high heels don't work well in the soil clods,but might be fun
to watch!
4. Be very careful entering and leaving our field, not the best intersection. Please be very careful driving thru the field as not to hurt plants or people!
5. Porta Pottys will be available.
6. If it is raining or has rained the day/night before, call before driving over or check this blog
spot, that is the only way you will know for sure.
For a live person call Diane @ 507-382-9337
For a recorded message on the 23rd, call 507-931-0882.

Festival Rules:
1. We are selling food and drink so please support our efforts and leave yours at home
2. Absolutely NO PETS AT ALL, not on leashes, in purses, and NOT left in you car to roast! =(
3. Children welcome, but must be directly supervised by parents (attentive) at all times.
No running thru the plants, that's our income.