Bernheim Forest invites area residents to celebrate spring at their annual BloomFest, taking place this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“BloomFest is a day of fun and nature that welcomes families and anyone that’s young at heart to explore the season, creativity, and discovery,” said Bernheim Forest Director of Marketing and Communications Lynette Cox. “We’re going to enjoy hands-on activities like arts and crafts, you can build garden fairy houses, enjoy naturalist-led discovery stations, and live musical entertainment from Mr. Dan, our Jolly Green Giant.”
One of the forest’s longest-running events, BloomFest is a day of fun, fantasy, and flowers. One of the highlights of the day is the Faerie and Gnome Parade, so participants are welcome to dress accordingly.
“We get a lot of kids coming out and dressing up as fairies and gnomes, and then we have a little parade at one o’clock, the Faerie and Gnome Parade,” Cox said. “We have a costume-lending tent where the kids can borrow the wings if they didn’t bring them, and they can borrow little gnome hats, and it’s just a great, fun, whimsical day in the forest.”
BloomFest also coincides with Bernheim’s spring plant sale, which runs Friday and Saturday.
“We’ve got a lot of great perennials, trees, shrubs, and native plants that are great for those pollinators to attract to your backyard and great for your landscaping,” Cox said. “Whether you have a shady area or a sunny spot, we’ve got the perfect plant to fill that for you.”
BloomFest is free, but donations are accepted at the forest’s gate. Visit www.bernheim.org or the Bernheim Forest Facebook page for more information.
