FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 - or -
DAN CRANDALL - 216-635-3274
Discover the importance of fresh from dirt to dinner at
Cleveland Metroparks �Farm & Garden Day� event on Saturday,
June 2 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Garfield Park Nature Center in
Garfield Park Reservation in Garfield Heights.
�Farm & Garden Day� is a free event featuring the journey of
getting fresh food from dirt to the dinner table. Enjoy a day
�down-on-the-farm� with vendors and exhibitors, live farm animals
(including a petting area with rabbits and goats), farm equipment,
photo opportunities, and hay-wagon shuttles.
Local vendors will have products available from farmers and
other items that can be used in a garden, including a heirloom
plant sale and more. Plus, a local farmer's market will be
set-up.
Free, tasting stations and children's hands-on crafts and
activities will be going on all day, as well. And, kids can
enjoy jumping in a huge mound of straw and throwing fistfuls in the
air!
Visitors can also enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides for $2/person,
too.
And, refreshments will be available for purchase.
Garfield Park Nature Center is located off the Broadway Avenue
entrance of Garfield Park Reservation in Garfield Heights - north
of the I-480/Broadway Avenue exit.
For more information, call 216-341-3152 or visit
clevelandmetroparks.com.
Come get your hands dirty, get close to the animals, and have
some ole-fashioned fun at �Farm & Garden Day� in Cleveland
Metroparks - part of your life, naturally!
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