Join us in Rabun County this Saturday for this unique celebration of nature, the written word, Appalachian folkways, and hearty local food and wineThe Georgia ForestWatch 2010 Wild & Woolly Native Plant Sale & Book
Festival
will be held 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, May 1, at
the Sheehan
Barn in the Persimmon Community of Rabun County. The site is nestled
along Persimmon Creek in a pastoral valley of striking
beauty.
This annual benefit will include hundreds of
native plants from Scott Creek Nursery, Jennie Branch Nursery, Jack Johnston
Natives and Mill Gap Farm; music by Celtic fiddler Marie Dunkle and Old-time Appalachian fiddler Kelly Smith; literary talks
and book signings by Dr. Barbara Duncan, Education Director of the Museum of the
Cherokee; poets Mildred Greear and Laurence Holden; the "Wild Gardener," Peter
Loewer, and wilderness and children's advocate, Melissa Walker of Atlanta.
Other regional authors also will be on hand to sign their books, including
Patricia Howell, Hoke Shirley, Charles Souther and
Fran Moeller Gatins.
Raffle items include a hand-woven basket from Jan Stansell, outdoor gear from
Patagonia, a framed photo by Lori Jenkins
and a signed, limited-edition photograph by Peter McIntosh.
Entrance fee is $20 per adult.
We'll see you there!
