Home And Garden Show Returns This Weekend
The Mountrail County Garden Club and NDSU Extension Service Mountrail County are bringing the tenth annual home and garden show back to the Mountrail County South Complex this weekend. The event will be held over two days again, with the change made after the first year due to the overwhelming participation from the public and vendors.
Events will start at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 24 and run until 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 25 will start at 9:00 a.m. and run through 2:00 p.m. Both days will be filled with vendors for both home and garden projects, as well as direct sales and craft/homemade items. Vendor booths will fill the building and the outdoor area.
There will be a number of workshops scheduled during the Home and Garden show for both adults and kids.
On Friday, there will be a workshop from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. on hands on horticulture. From 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. you can learn about insects and the difference between pest or pollinator.
On Saturday, from 10 to 11 a.m., sessions start with Building a Resilient Kitchen learning how to use your food well from the garden, farm or store. Fermentation Fun will run from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. teaching you how to make things from sauerkraut to hot sauce.
Returning this year will be the 4-H Project Expo and Clothing Revue on Saturday, starting at 9:30 a.m. The Project Expo gives 4-H’ers a chance to show off their informational skills. The 4-H Clothing Revue starts at 10 a.m. and features participants who are judged on their choices of what they have either made themselves or bought and improved.
Many vendors have signed up for this year’s show. There will be some home-based businesses, as well as homemade items. There will be lawn equipment, landscaping, woodwork, furniture, windows and siding, garden art and outside gardening items, and more. There will be food served as well.
This Home and Garden Show is just one of the projects the Mountrail County Garden Club helps with throughout the community. Those include a community garden, the Main Street flower barrel plantings, landscaping around the Stanley Signs, the Butterfly Garden south of the Fair Building and the Farmer’s Market.
Whether you have just a couple of hours to spend or you want to be there for the full two days, the Mountrail County Home and Garden Show has something for everyone. Be sure to check it out. For more information you can contact the NDSU Extension Service Mountrail County at 628-2835.
(Pictured are scenes from last year’s Home and Garden Show.)