31st Annual Garden Open House

The Arvada Community Garden is celebrating their 59th year of service to the Arvada community.  They will be holding their 31st Annual Open House on Saturday August 15th from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. at the Community Garden.

Schedule:

11:00 a.m.       Opening and first garden tour begins and then about every 30 minutes

11:30 a.m.       First door prize drawing and then about every 30 - 45 minutes

12:00 p.m.       Lunch will be served.

1:30 p.m.         Final door prizes, put-n-take table, ballots  and tours

This year’s gardeners will be bringing in their favorite dish made from items grown in their gardens to share with the public.  The PUT-N-TAKE Table will be open – you bring something from your garden to PUT on the table and/or then TAKE something that someone else has left.  The garden will supply drinks, hot dogs and brats, corn-on-the-cob, tours of the community garden, and advice on gardening in Arvada’s climate.  There will be a contest to select the best looking garden plot for the Gold, Silver, Bronze and New Gardener Shovel Awards.  Local merchants have donated items to be given out as gate (door) prizes and there will be free gifts for the kids, a scavenger hunt and if you can answer a gardening question you will receive free vegetable and flower seeds from the seed library and/or free herb or flower plants grown in the greenhouse.   More info.   www.arvadagardeners.org