Close to Home: Holiday Food & Décor Fair
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, November 14

Get ready for the upcoming holidays while spending a fun day with friends during Close to Home: A Holiday Food & Décor Fair at Powell Gardens. This new event features gifts from the garden with an emphasis on locally produced fare and hands-on workshops.

Gather ideas for creating your own gifts during one of four demonstrations throughout the day. Shop a variety of vendors with all sorts of tempting products perfect for gift giving or preparing your own home for the holidays.

While you’re here, enjoy the new lunch menu at Café Thyme and the fall beauty of the gardens!

The schedule:
10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Vendor booths open
10:30 a.m.: Create a Fall Centerpiece demonstration by Anne Wildeboor
11 a.m.: Music by Silver Song Studio
11:30 a.m.: Herbal Infused Vinegars demonstration by Joyce Broughman
Noon: Music by Silver Song Studio
1:30 p.m.: Easy Holiday Appetizers demonstration by Meadowlark Acres' Suzanne Frisse
2:30 p.m.: Corn Husk Napkin Rings demonstration

The vendors:

• Barb’s Bees with honey, soaps and bee-themed gifts
• Good Earth Gifts with food, fruit and vegetable-themed kitchen ware, gift baskets
• Prairie Soap Co. with handmade soaps
• Mama Dida’s Gourmet Foods with locally made salsas
• All Good Gifts with hand-crafted quilted items
• SharMar LTD. with concrete leaf castings
• Meadowlark Acres with homemade pepper jellies and other gifts from the garden
• Baskets By Sandy with handmade baskets
• Feather Hill Arts with enameled metal jewelry
• Bee’s Handmade Stepping Stones
• Gypsy Gems with flame-worked glass beads