Gardens on Spring Creek

Urban Gardening Festival

June 5 and 6, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Co-hosted by the Gardens on Spring Creek and City of Fort Collins Natural Resources
Admission: $4 suggested donation per adult and child over 12.

Make your garden... Take Root. Grow. Flourish.

See Display Gardens inspired by the theme "Gardens of the West"
Visit informational booths and talk with gardening experts.
Take part in educational workshops
Have fun with the kid's at the Kids' Zone
Enjoy live music
Bring your plastic nursery pots to be recycled
Get your plant questions answered at the Master Gardener Plant Clinic
Get your compost questions answered by a compost expert and see different ways to compost
Free 5-gallon bucket of compost (while supplies last)Courtesy of City of Fort Collins Natural Resources Department and A1 Organics. Bring your own bucket! One bucket per household, please.

Exhibitors:

Bath Garden Center
Best Composters
Bloomin' Designs
Ed Carroll Motors: Event Sponsor
City of Fort Collins Utilities: Fort Collins Conserves
City of Fort Collins Natural Resources: Event co-host
Clean Air Composting
Clean Air Lawncare
Colorado Vista Landscape Design, Inc.
Doug Weitzel, Inc.
Fort Collins Audubon Society
Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek
Fort Collins Nursery: Event Sponsor
Gallegos Sanitation
Garden Thyme
Good Earth Worms
Gulley Greenhouse & Garden Center
Heart and Hand Chiropractic
Hageman Earth Cycle
Jordan's Floral Gardens
Larimer County Extension Master Gardeners: Plant Clinic
Matter Bookstore/Wolverine Farm Publishing
Northern Colorado Beekeepers Association
Northern Colorado Daylily Club
Old Firehouse Books
Outpost Sunspot: Event Sponsor
Patio Plants Unlimited
Public Service Credit Union: Event Sponsor
Rabbit Shadow Greenhouse
Reader's Cove Bookstore
ReDirect Guide
Summit Lawn and Landscape
Timnath Community Gardens
Tomboy Tools
Wildbirds Unlimited
Wild Iris Living
Wyoming Prairie Rose Society
Zak George Landscaping

Thank you to our other event sponsors who will not be represented with a booth at the event.

Workshop Schedule:

Creating Stained Glass Stepping Stones

Saturday, June 5, 10:30 - 11:30 am
Create a piece of art for your garden! Donna Beard will demonstrate how to make glass mosaic stepping stones using concrete pavers and stained glass pieces.

Building a Jar Fountain for Your Patio or Garden

Saturday, June 5, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Learn how to build a simple, yet elegant, jar fountain to add interest and serenity to your patio or garden. Sherry Fuller will demonstrate how you can assemble a fountain in an hour or less with a pump, a large pot, and several other items. You'll also get tips on keeping outdoor fountains clean and adding plants to them.

Drip Irrigation Components: How to Fit Them All Together

Saturday, June 5, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Drip irrigation is The Way to water your roses, vegetable garden, perennials and even your container gardens. But what are all those little pieces and how do they fit together? Watch as Stephanie Selig, owner of Patio Plants Unlimited, puts together a miniature drip irrigation system and explains each of the components.

Fresh Flower Arranging

Sunday, June 6, 10:30 - 11:30 am
You can bring the colors and fragrances of your garden inside by creating fresh flower arrangements. Learn from Sara Hoff, Retail Manager at Jordan's Floral Gardens, how to cut fresh flowers and plantings for arranging. You'll also learn about the importance of focal points, and the best types of water and preservatives to keep your arrangement fresh.

Growing Vegetables in Containers

Sunday, June 6, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Containers aren't just for annuals anymore! Mary Miller, Community Garden Outreach Coordinator at the Gardens on Spring Creek, will show you how to plant an edible container while providing tips on the best soil mix and veggie varieties for containers, and how to water and fertilize so your vegetables will thrive.

Cooking with Spring Greens

Sunday, June 6, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Early greens are so welcome after our long winter! Linda Hoffman of Come Back to the Table will share some new ways with old favorites like spinach, chard, and baby lettuces. She'll also show you some tasty ways to prepare lesser-used greens like sorrel, watercress and arugula.

Music Schedule:

DokaJovi

Saturday, June 5, 11 am - 12:30 pm

Big South String Band

Saturday, June 5, 1 - 2:30 pm

Lindsey O'Brien Band

Sunday, June 6, 11 am - 12:30 pm

Blue Grama

Sunday, June 6, 1 - 2:30 pm