BULB FESTIVAL 2010
April 17 and 18
The Planning Committee for the 2010 Festival is working toward an even bigger and better event. Plans include expansion of our refreshment choices, improvements in accommodations, and the addition of a Vintage Car Exhibit by the Shawnee Auto Club. We will post details here as soon as they come into being. Meanwhile, to convey the flavor of this event, we are providing below the information form the 2009 Festival.
Hollandia Botanical Gardens Bulb Festival ʻ09
FESTIVAL '09 WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS! THE EVENT ATTRACTED MORE THAN 1700 PEOPLE TO THE GARDEN SITE, ALMOST DOUBLING LAST YEAR'S TOTAL. WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THIS SHOWING OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND GRATEFUL TO THE SPONSORS, SUPPORTERS, AND VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE OUR SUCCESS POSSIBLE. SO THAT VISITORS TO THE WEB SITE CAN SENSE THE CHARACTER OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT, WE ARE LEAVING IN PLACE THE INFORMATION POSTED IN APRIL.
The Bulb Festival is a preview of the planned public Garden that is to arise on our 11-acre site (map). Festival hours are Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Over a four-year period, HBG volunteers have planted 18,000 bulbs plus three sets of supplemental bulbs in twenty-four beds. Our goal is that the blooms will provide a glimpse of the much more extensive displays you will encounter at the site once the Garden is built. To see the plan for the Garden, including artist conceptions of selected portions, go to the Master Plan Pictures section.
In addition to the array of blooms, the Festival includes a variety of activities for adults and children as well as the opportunity to purchase high quality bulbs, other plants, and other interesting items for your home and garden. See the Event Schedule below. For a readily printable version, click the download schedule link just beneath the heading.
Principal Festival Sponsors
(Click on logo for sponsor's website)  | The Della Selsor Trust |  |
Festival Leaders, Patrons, and Partners: CIRES Electrical Contractors, Garrigan’s Office Plus, David E. Garrett Jewelers, Harding Road Pharmacy, Home City Tent and Awning, MeadowView Growers, Schneider's Florist, Security National Bank, Charles Swaney--Attorney, Turner Landscaping, George Varghese, and Vince Refuse Service, Inc.
We also gratefully acknowledge generous providers of goods and services for the Festival: Arts Interface, Burpee Seed Co., Clark County Recycling Center, Clark County Waste Management, Frame Haven, Mike Frey, Gurnsey's Seed & Nursery Co., Mad River Topsoil, Monrovia Growers, National Trail Parks and Recreation, Tina Pavlatos, the PRIDE group--Clark County Sheriff's Department, Scarff’s Landscaping and Nursery, Studebaker Wholesale Nurseries, and Thompson & Morgan Seed Co.
HBG also thanks the presenters and performers who freely share their talents for our event and the many volunteers whose generous efforts make the Festival possible.
Major HBG operating support for 2009 is provided by the Springfield Foundation and the Turner Foundation.
Event Schedule*
| Saturday, April 18 | Sunday, April 19 |
11:00-12:00 Speaker "This Century in U.S. Garden Design" Ed Mickelson - NBBJ Landscape Architects | 12:00-1:00 Performance WittFree Rock Band |
12:00-1:00 Performance Springfield Youth Symphony Ensembles | 1:00-2:00 Speaker "Container Gardening" Carolyn Allen - OSU Extension/Master Gardeners |
1:00-2:00 Speaker "Year 'Round Gardening With Flowerbulbs" Henk Berbee - Leo Berbee Bulb Co. | 1:15-2:15 Performance Gary Geis Dance Troupe |
1:15-2:15 Performance Tyler Detrick: Fiddles & Pipes | 2:30-3:30 Performance Just Eve - Wittenberg Women's Acapella Group |
2:30-3:30 Performance Julie Garrigan: Harpist | 3:45-4:45 Speaker "Color in the Garden" Paulette Thomas - HBG |
3:00-4:00 Speaker "The Benefits of Composting and Recycling" Steve Schlather - Clark Co. Waste Mgt | |
| *Festival events and attractions are subject to change. |
Master Plan Presentation. Between scheduled events, Executive Director Paul Parlato will make a brief visual presentation highlighting the plan for construction of the Garden.
Purchase plants for your home garden. In addition to viewing the blooms in the Hollandia Botanical Garden site, you have the opportunity to purchase high quality bulbs (summer and spring blooming varieties), vegetables
NEW!, annuals
NEW!, perenials
NEW!, trees and shrubs
NEW!, and implements. All the things you need to make your home the beautiful and sustaining place you want it to be. Help the HBG project by helping yourself.
Vendors: A wide variety of items and services is offered for sale. These include: hand-poured soaps, African skin products, baked goods, henna and jewelry items, outdoor wood furniture, organic papermaking supplies, original art painting and associated items, hand-made jewelry, and even training for power equipment repair and maintenance.
Food Choices: Sample from Rudy's Smokehouse barbeque selections and HBG hot dogs, brats, and chips. Also make sure to stop by the fantastic Herbal Tea and Dessert Shop tent,NEW! serving the official HBG tea! You can also take home signature teas and herb plants.
Children's Activities available throughout the event in our KidSpace area will include take-home pansy planting, "magic noodle" color sculpting, flower shape coloring, and a "Flower Face" photo board. Joining us will be balloon sculptor Diamond the Jester.
Parking: The main entrance for Festival '09 is the Sherman Avenue entrance, a few steps west of the new Sherman Avenue Bridge. Convenient parking is located at the Sherman Avenue Playground lot--directly across the street, the Clark County Recycling Center lot—just across the bridge (north side), and HBG’s large Phase Seven area—also just across the bridge (south side). Visitors may also use curb parking on nearby streets. Golf cart service is available for visitors with mobility concerns. Although visitors are free to walk through the west entrance at Warder and Water Streets, know that the activity area is at the Sherman Avenue (east) end of the site, a walk of about 1/3 mile up the Bike Path.
Driving: See the Directions section for an overview of the HBG site and street map. Once you reach the Water Street entrance, our signs will direct you to the Sherman Avenue entrance. OR, consider one of these direct shortcuts to Sherman. 1) From East McCreight Ave./Mitchell Blvd. head south on Murray Street (opposite Fellowes Terrace apartments on Odd Fellows Home property) six blocks to Sherman. 2) From North Limestone Street, head east on Chestnut (Hickory Inn, just north of the end of the overpass from downtown) three blocks to Murray; proceed left one block to Sherman.
QUESTIONS? Contact the HBG Office: 322-3122 or
hbg@att.net.