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UPCOMING EVENTS
Please Click Here for our 2008 printable event brochure (PDF - Adobe
Reader required). Event details are subject to change. Check the
listing below for the most up-to-date info on an event. Call the office at
814-734-6699 for more information or to register for a class.
MAY 2008
Tea and Music in the Garden - Friday, May 16, 2008 4 - 7
pm Free Admission (donations appreciated)
Once again, the Gardens team up with the Edinboro Highland Games & Scottish
Festival to offer a free musical event. Musical act Maidens IV. Visitors can
also sample traditional Scottish treats (while supplies last
Open Garden Day - Saturday, May
30, 2008 11 am - 5 pm Free Admission
(donations appreciated)
An open house featuring Swap and Shop:
Free to the General Public. Enjoy the beauty of the Gardens Azalea and
Rhododendron bloom while you shop for plants for your garden. Local
Nurseries and Garden Clubs will be on hand selling perennials and veggie
starts:
- Green Twig
- Scotland Yards
- Windover Farms
- Honeycuts Nursery
- B&R Greenhouse – heirloom veggie starts
- Waterford Garden Club
- Town and Country Garden Club
We will also have A.M. Leonard brand soil knives with cases & shear pruners
with cases for sale.
Bring an extra potted perennial from your own garden to "swap" with others if
you wish. Sale lasts until plants are gone. Plant swap contingent on number
of participants.
If your garden club would like
to participate please call Heather at our office, 814-734-6699.
JUNE 2008
- Tea Time Talks: Educational Programs
2nd and 4th Sundays $5.00 Nonmember, $3.00 - Members. Registration required.
Class sizes are limited. Tea/coffee
and scones provided.
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SOLD OUT! June 8th - Going Native: Wildflowers of Pennsylvania
3:00- 4:30 pm
Speaker:
Dr. Mary Joy Haywood of the Botanical Society of Western PA and
co-author of the Wildflowers of Pennsylvania guide book (available in
our Gift Shop).
- June 22nd - Summer Solstice Celebration
2:00- 5:00 pm
Featuring labyrinth walks (2-4:00 pm), Make-and-Take Container Gardening
with Jean Chapman of Scotland Yard Nursery (3:30-5:00). Plants provided;
please bring your own pot up to 18". Refreshments
by Nicks Place (2:30-4:30).
- A Little Night Music: Summer
Music Series
Held 2nd and 4th Fridays, 7:00- 9:00
pm.
Regular admission applies. Refreshments provided by Eclectic Etceteras
Coffee House. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and enjoy!
- June 13th Bob Rhodes – folk guitar
- June 27th
Grassfire – bluegrass
JULY 2008
- Tea Time Talks: Educational Programs
2nd and 4th Sundays $5.00 Nonmember, $3.00 - Members. Registration required.
Class sizes are limited. Tea/coffee
and scones provided.
- July 13th - Designing a Moon Garden
3:00- 4:30 pm
Learn about the new entry
gardens featuring various white flowers and other moonlight-reflective
plants designed by Penn State Master Gardeners Linda Stull & Margaret Corbin.
- July 27th - The Butterfly Habitat Garden
2:00- 5:00 pm
View the new Butterfly Garden at Goodell
Gardens and learn how to design your own with Master Gardeners (3:30-5:00).
There will also be a
Butterfly educational activity tent provided by Crawford Co. Master Gardeners (2:00-5:00).
Adults and Kids welcome.
- A Little Night Music: Summer
Music Series
Held 2nd and 4th Fridays, 7:00- 9:00
pm. Regular admission applies. Refreshments provided by Eclectic
Etceteras Coffee House. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and enjoy!
- July 11th Picks & Hammers –
playing traditional favorites.
- July 25th
Misery Bay Dulcimer Club – The Gardens welcome this crowd-favorite group back for another concert of Appalachian harmonies
AUGUST 2008
- Tea Time Talks: Educational Programs
2nd and 4th Sundays $5.00 Nonmember, $3.00 - Members. Registration required.
Class sizes are limited. Tea/coffee
and scones provided.
- Aug. 10th - From the Ground Up: Starting Trees from Seed
3:00- 4:30 pm.
Learn how to start growing trees from seeds during this talk given by
Gardens' Board President, Randy Walker.
- Aug. 24th - 5th Anniversary Appreciation Day
11:00am - 5:00 pm. FREE ADMISSION. NO SIZE LIMIT. Refreshments served
from noon to 2 pm. Tamarack Animal Rehabilitation Center- Birds of Prey Display (3:00-4:00).
Influential Female Landscapers talk by Penn State Master Gardener
Chris Troutman (2:00 PM).
- A Little Night Music: Summer
Music Series
Held 2nd and 4th Fridays, 7:00- 9:00
pm. Regular admission applies. Refreshments provided by Eclectic
Etceteras Coffee House. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket and enjoy!
- Aug. 8th Salmon Frank - acoustic folk duo
- Aug. 22nd Conneaut Creek String Band - folk dance
music
SEPTEMBER 2008
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- Tea Time Talks: Educational Programs
2nd and 4th Sundays $5.00 Nonmember, $3.00 - Members. Registration required.
Class size is limited. Tea/coffee
and scones provided.
- Sept.14th - Fabulous Franklinia
3:00- 4:30 pm
Learn about the unique Franklinia alatamaha with Goodell Gardens’
Program Coordinator, Heather Zimmerman.
Sept. 21st - Homegrown Harvest Festival 12:00- 5:00 PM
FREE ADMISSION
(donations appreciated)
Celebrate the Gardens Heritage at this annual event. Kids activities, music, food and more. to the general public.
More info TBA.
PAST EVENTS
2nd Annual Homegrown Harvest Festival - October 6,
2007 noon - 5 PM
Over 200 people came to help
us celebrate the farming heritage of the Goodell Homestead at this
fun-for-the-whole-family event that featured:
- Farmer's Market with honey and maple products (including
maple cotton candy), Herbs, mums, pumpkins, squash and perennials.
- Traditional crafts
- Antique Quilt and Farm Equipment displays
- Kid's Activities (mini pumpkin decorating and games)
- Live Music and Hay rides
- Buffalo burgers and Chili from Wooden Nickel
Buffalo Farm
We
are already planning for 2008's Harvest Festival!
Tea and Music in the Garden - Friday, May 18, 2007 4 - 7 PM
Free Admission
Once again, the Gardens teamed up with the Edinboro Highland Games & Scottish Festival
to offer a free musical event. This event saw the return of Celtic
music group Fieldstone.
Visitors also sampled traditional Scottish treats like Cock-a-Leekie
soup and shortbread cookies.
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