Spring Garden Fair

This is the information from the 2010 Fair. Updated information for 2011 will be posted as we get closer to the Fair.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the 26th annual Clackamas County Master Gardeners SPRING GARDEN FAIR.. coming up on May 1st and 2nd, 2010, held always at the Clackamas County Event Center (Fairgrounds). The Event Center charges $3.00 for admission for all persons 16 and over. Look for your favorite vendors and some new exciting additions!

Come and shop over 185 of the best of the Northwest nurseries, planting accessories, unique artisan quality garden art and other garden delights. Free Plant Check will make your shopping fun and easy. The Potting Station will pot your new plant in one of the many pots they offer for sale. Plant Taxi's are available along with New Plant Introductions, Master Gardener Clinics, Soil Testing, and the ever popular 10 Minute University. A late addition to raffle is a Special Raffle separate from Plant Raffle will be a chance to win a Snapper Mini Cultivator. Raffles, plant auction and lots of good food at the new Good Thyme Food Court ensures fun for all.

Parking is Free and admission to the Event Center is $3 with children 15 and under free

2010 Spring Garden Fair Brochure, this is the same one that will be given to you when entering but print it now and make your plans.

The instructions below will help you avoid the long traffic jams on Hwy 99E in Canby turning into the grounds.

Vendors, to help you advertise we offer you both fliers and postcards which you can post, handout or mail to your clients. Click to see the 2010 Flyer and the 2010 Postcard.

If you are a vendor interested in future Spring Garden Fairs or have questions please email us.

The Clackamas County Master Gardener Spring Garden Fair is probably the largest show of it's kind in the Northwest and maybe beyond!

After visiting several vendors you will need our plant check which is a free service for you so that your hands are free to purchase more plants. It's located beyond raffle and 10-Minute University™ only a few steps. If you drop off your plants there you can drive up to pick them up without any hassle.

Along with the traditional favorites of hamburgers, hot dogs and polish sausages, look for fun additions to our expanded food court this year. Choose from yakisoba noodles, chicken teriyaki, barbecued beans, pulled pork sandwiches, apple fries, fresh-flavored lemonade and Italian Ice. Of course espresso and kettle corn will be back.

Consider a "Lunch and Learn" option ... grab a bite to eat while you sit in on a 10-Minute University session.

We will test soil samples taken from your garden for proper pH and make recommendations how to correct low or high pH. Please bring to us in a plastic baggies about 1/2 cup of your soil. Mark each bag the location from which it was collected. Such as blueberries, vegetables, perennials etc. You may collect and bring to us several samples from various places of the garden.

Please get your soil samples to the "testers" one hour before the days quitting time. We need an hour to do the process.Our hours are Saturday 9 - 4 and Sunday 9 - 3.

Please refer to this handout from 10 Minute University™ about Testing Soil pH.

Bring your home and garden plant or pest question to us and we will give you researched based answers and advice.

Back again is the 10-Minute University where classes are short but fact filled with great gardening information. It will also allow you time to sit and rest the legs, get information about caring for your plants and go shopping again.

	May 1 Saturday	May 2 Sunday
10:00	Pruning Trees and Shrubs	No Class
10:30	Raised Bed Gardening	No Class
11:00	Growing Tomato's	Pruning Trees and Shrubs
11:30	Container Planting	Container Planting
12:00	Hanging Baskets	Hanging Baskets
12:30	Growing Berries Strawberries Blueberries	Growing Tomato's
1:00	Planting Tips	Growing Berries Strawberries Blueberries
1:30	Growing Herbs	Planting Tips
2:00	Growing Annuals and Perennials	Growing Herbs
2:30	Edible Landscaping	Vegetable Sampler
3:00	Vegetable Sampler	No Class

Come into the New Plant Introduction and Silent Auction tent to view some plants that have not yet been or just recently released for sale. The silent auction is a fun way to bid on a new plant.

Get your raffle tickets which are four for a $1 and get in on the fun. We draw several times daily and have many donated plants from our vendors. Thanks vendors!

Clint Seymore of Molalla won the Snapper Mini Cultivator given by Clarks Lawn and Garden Equipment, Oregon City, Oregon .. Thanks, Clarks!

For tips and donations we have several youth groups to help you shop. Contact a group at the main (Red) gate and secure a wagon which will be pulled by your personal wagon driver. They will be your patient hauler of plants giving you time to shop keeping the hands and arms free.

If you come to the Spring Garden Fair short on money to purchase your treasured finds you will find the ATM machine on the asphalt between the 4-H Building and the vendor field in a small building near the outside picnic tables.

For information about the Clackamas County Event Center which formally was known as the Clackamas County Fairgrounds.

They are now the Clackamas County Event Center. The name change better reflects our business as an event center hosting hundreds of thousands of guests each year 52 weeks of the year. The annual Clackamas County Fair is just one of the many events we host throughout the year.

In 1985 the Clackamas County Master Gardeners put on the first Spring Garden Fair with a fuchsia sale. Today the vendors number over 175 and are the regions largest kickoff sale for spring planting. It takes over 300 Master Gardener volunteers to put this sale on.

The proceeds from this sale support two scholarships at Clackamas Community College for Horticulture students and the Clackamas County Master Gardener Horticulture Endowment at Clackamas Community College. We also support OSU Extension, local tri-county Master Gardener Program and other community projects.

If you are a Master Gardener and need volunteer hours and have a very fulfilling time please visit the Members Only page to see what jobs and hours are available.

Master Gardeners are Oregon State University Extension trained volunteers providing research based home horticulture information.

Contact Jordis Yost at 503-650-3118 Ext 0 or email jordis.yost@oregonstate.edu to get into a training class which is conducted from January through March every year.