Garden Journal

Posted on by Cecil Bothwell

Make it purty: The Buncombe County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will host a flower-arranging demonstration on Saturday, July 28, from 10 a.m. to noon at the WNC Ag Center Youth Building, gate #1. The demo, for individuals interested in entering the Mountain State Fair Flower and Garden Show, will include info on how to prepare displays, what judges look for, basic floral design and how to design a container water garden. To register for the class or for more info about the show call 255-5522.

Show us your squash: Madison County Farmers and Artisans Market at Mars Hill College will host a Squash Appreciation Day on Saturday, July 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vendors will offer samples of favorite squash recipes and Chef Michael Gentry from the Swannanoa School of Culinary Arts will be on site doing unusual and wondrous things with squash (zucchini canoes?). There will be an award for the farm with the biggest squash and a weight-guessing contest. The best guesser will win (what else?) a basket of squash. For more info, e-mail tcharles@madison.main.nc.us or call 649-3373.

Flapjack heaven: The Black Mountain Tailgate Market will host a pancake breakfast on Saturday, July 21, from 9 a.m. to noon. You can shop for local food and chow down on organic griddlecakes. Chef Shannon McConnaughy of the Green Light Café will be flipping pancakes, and assorted homemade toppings will be available, including locally grown jams, fruits and sorghum syrup. The market is held every Saturday morning in the yard of the Unitarian-Universalist Congregation at 500 Montreat Road (Hwy. 9) in Black Mountain. For more info, e-mail tailgate@main.nc.us or call 664-0060.

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About Cecil Bothwell
A writer for Mountain Xpress since three years before there WAS an MX--back in the days of GreenLine. Former managing editor of the paper, founding editor of the Warren Wilson College environmental journal, Heartstone, member of the national editorial board of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, publisher of Brave Ulysses Books, radio host of "Blows Against the Empire" on WPVM-LP 103.5 FM, co-author of the best selling guide Finding your way in Asheville. Lives with three cats, macs and cacti. His other car is a canoe. Paints, plays music and for the past five years has been researching and soon to publish a critical biography--Billy Graham: Prince of War:
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