Arkansas Extension gardening expert Janet Carson is joining the lineup for the 4-H Fall Festival, an event to help raise funds for education activities for Arkansas youth.
The 4-H Fall Festival is being held at the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center in Ferndale, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Her presentation, “Fall Gardening with Janet Carson,” begins at 11 a.m. in Room 6 of the 4-H Center.
“We are thrilled to have Janet join us,” said Ewell Welch, executive director of the Arkansas 4-H Center. “Over her decades of work with the Cooperative Extension Service, she has become the face of gardening across Arkansas.”
The 4-H Fall Festival admission is free and the festival features free family friendly events, such as pumpkin decorating, canoeing, and even a chance to whip up a smoothie using a bicycle. There will also be a chili luncheon, archery and trap shoot events and a silent auction providing fund-raising opportunities to support the program.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Arkansas 4-H Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit group that funds the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center, the education programs offered at the center, as well as the more than $70,000 in scholarships offered every year to Arkansas 4-H members.
Details: http://www.arkansas4hfoundation.com/.
— Mary Hightower is director of Communication Services at the U of A Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.