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HerbFest 2009 Schedule Of Events - Seminars, Live Entertainment, Duck Parades, Microbrewery Beers With Hops


        HerbFest 2009 Schedule of Events Held At Festival Park in Wake Forest, N.C. :


Duck Parade  Each Day at 10:30 a.m.  ( Kids love this and often so do the adults! (:)

Bring Lawn chair, blanket to enjoy  free performances and festivities during day ( No food or drink allowed )

HerbFest has food vendors and Beer Wagon furnished by Harris Wholesale featuring:

Lone Rider Brewery, local brewery across from Angus Barn Restaurant on Highway 70  - Microbrewery beers are -  "Shotgun Betty"  and " Dead Eye Jack"

Proceeds benefit the Graham Johnson Cultural Arts Endowment ( GJCAE)


  Thanks to our Grand Sponsors: The Cotton Company & MedFaxx

  Our Gold SponsorsEmbarq & North State Bank

Friday, April 17 -   Open from:   9 - 6 p.m.

2 p.m. - Alissa Bierma, Neuse Riverkeeper  "Importance of Maintaining The Health of The Neuse River"


Saturday, April 18 -  
Open from: 9 - 6 p.m. ( Come watch the Weekend Gardener & Browse from 8 a.m. - 9 a.m )


8 am. - 10 a.m. Weekend Garden Show : Live Remote from WPTF Radio, 680 AM, - 8 - 10 a.m.

10 - 11a.m. - Jerome "Bones" Zimmer -
Kids Learn How To Make Herbal Salads and Salad Dressings - Free Samples

 

 

11- 12 p.m.  - A Tangle of Tales by Grey Seal Puppets
                     (compliments Wake Forest Parks & Rec. Dept.)


1 - 2 p.m. - Franklin Academy Jazz Band

2- 3 p.m.  - Jerome "Bones" Zimmer - Kids Learn How To Make Herbal Salads and Salad Dressings - Free Samples

3 - 4 p.m. - Franklin Academy Jazz Band                                 
                                   


Sunday, April 19 -  Open from:  10 - 4 p.m.

12 - 1 p.m. - Carol Randaci - Oriental Medicine

1 - 2 p.m. -   Marilyn  Grolitzer, Ph.D. & Vickie Penninger - Healing With Reiki and Gemstones

2 - 3 pm -     Vickie Penninger - Clearing Sacred Space Using Herbs



3 - 4 p.m. -    Marilyn Grolitzer, Ph. D. - Aquatic Plants for Garden Ponds

                                                             



Monday, April 20 -  Open from:  10 - 6 p.m.

Tuesday, April 21- Open from:  10 - 6 p.m.

11- 12 p.m. - Elizabeth Johnson, How to Create A Terraium

1 - 2 p.m. - Carol Randaci - Garden Feng Shui

Wednesday, April 22 - Open from:  10 - 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 23 - Open from:  10 - 6 p.m.

Friday, April 24 - Open from:  9 - 6 p.m.

8:30 - 3:00 p.m. -  Bianca Howard - Conservation, Composting, Recycling - Demonstrations All Day

1 p.m - 2 p.m.    -  Milton Ganyard, Ph.D. - No Till Gardening

Saturday, April 25 - Open from:  9 - 6 p.m.

10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Bob Kellam - Organic Vegetable Gardening and Community Supported Agriculture

 

3 p.m. - 5 p.m. -  "9 Mile Road Band"  -  Great Music so bring a lawn chair and enjoy.


                                  

Sunday, April 26 - Open from:  10 - 4 p.m.

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