The Wildbird General Store

Title: EHS Bench Show
Location: Fort Edmonton Park
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Description: The annual EHS Bench Show is an opportunity for local gardeners to show what they are able to produce in their own gardens.

The Edmonton Horticultural Society’s Bench Show, presented in partnership with Fort Edmonton Park, is the perfect way to celebrate the end of the growing season and your gardening successes. Come compete for prizes in vegetable, floral, fruit, creative and photography categories for both adults and children.

The Bench Show is an EHS tradition dating back to the early 1900s. Today, just as gardening is growing in popularity once again, the Bench Show is experiencing a revival, as well.

•Be an exhibitor and enter fruits, vegetables, flowers and photos
•Win prize money!
•Come see what others are growing and how they display their harvests
•Encourage your children and grandchildren to enter and attend
•Take pride in what you and others can grow
Date: 2010-08-29

Title: Painting Feir Skies in Oils
Location: The Wildbird General Store
Description: In a hands on workshop, the student will learn how to paint beautiful realistic skies which can have the appearance of transparency, with clouds that appear to move- from one of the instructor’s photographs.
There will be a break after priming the canvas with acrylic paints. A second break can be taken later as required.

Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2010-06-13
End Time: 16:00

Title: Identifying Wood Warblers
Location: In the Store
Description: Join Lu Carbyn for a talk about the Wood Warblers of Alberta. The store will be hosting a Wood Warblers of Alberta workshop on May 27 @ 7:00pm. This workshop is a primer for Rendezvous’10 participants (hosted by Paddle Alberta) but anyone can attend. Please RSVP.
Rendezvous ’10 is a festival of paddlers, hosted just outside Lac la Biche. This volunteer driven operation will be on the weekend of June 4, 5, and 6. For more details and to register, go to :
www.paddlealberta.org/rendezvous

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-05-27