Spokane Dahlia Festival

Dahlia Festival

If you live in Spokane or the Inland Northwest, you owe it to yourself to go to the Spokane Dahlia Festival! It takes place on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Rosarium Garden Center.

There will be free presentations, vendors, workshops, food trucks, and, of course, the beautiful setting of Rosarium Garden Center. Guest speakers from the Inland Empire Dahlia Society will give presentations and don’t miss the dahlia display as well as the dahlia tuber sale!

Here is a link to all of the details: Spokane Dahlia Festival.

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be giving a presentation on “Organic Control of Flower Garden Insect Pests” at 10 a.m. in the white tent. Afterwards, I’ll be selling and signing my books. Be sure to stop by and say hello!

Here is the schedule of events (note that there is a fee for some workshops, which needs to be paid for in advance of the date. Go to the Rosarium website for details.):

9:00 am – Dahlia display, vendors, and tuber ordering opens

10:00 am – White Tent – Susan Mulvihill, Author“Organic Control of Flower Garden Insect Pests” 

11:00 am – Make a Dahlia Bouquet Class / Pumpkin Succulent Class (Morning)

12:00 pm – White Tent – Dahlia Society Speakers“All Things Dahlias”

2:00 pm – White Tent – Amanda Thiessen, Owner of Sunset Highway Farm“Medicinal Herbs”

3:00 pm – Design a Trio of Bud Vases Class / Pumpkin Succulent Class (Afternoon)

3:00 – 6:00 pm – Live Music with Shawn Stratte, pianist and singer-songwriter

Activities:

DAHLIA GUEST SPEAKERS FROM INLAND EMPIRE DAHLIA SOCIETY

DAHLIA TUBER SALES + INDOOR DAHLIA DISPLAY

CREATE YOUR OWN FLOWER CROWNS, BY SUE HINES FLORAL AND SNAPDRAGON FLOWER FARM

TOUR OF THE DYE GARDEN, BY SNAPDRAGON FLOWER FARM

WALK THE DAHLIA DISPLAY GARDEN 

GIZMO MAKER SPACE FOR KIDS

DAHLIA BOUQUET CLASS MORNING, TAUGHT BY SULLIVAN FAMILY FARMS (fee)

DESIGN A TRIO OF BUD VASES CLASS, TAUGHT BY GRACEY’S FLOWER FARM (fee)

PUMPKIN SUCCULENT CLASS MORNING, TAUGHT BY THE ROSARIUM (fee)

PUMPKIN SUCCULENT CLASS AFTERNOON, TAUGHT BY THE ROSARIUM (fee)