Encinitas Garden Festival press release

Title: Encinitas Garden Festival press release
 
Media contact: Cynthia Jones
cjcom@cableone.net
619-204-4231-cell

New Encinitas Garden Festival Premiers Saturday, May 21

Cottonwood Creek Park and Encinitas Highlands, 10 AM to 4 PM

Featuring Walking Tours, Garden Merchants and the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective

ENCINITAS CA - MARCH 14, 2005 - The first of its kind, The Encinitas Garden Festival will take place on Saturday, May 21 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Headquartered in Cottonwood Creek Park, the festival will include walking tours of nearly 30 gardens in nearby Encinitas Highlands, the neighborhood just uphill from downtown Encinitas. Visitors will be transported to the garden tour area on double-decker buses, departing from the park throughout the day.

The day-long celebration of gardens, community and the horticultural heritage of Encinitas also features a Gardeners' Marketplace at Cottonwood Creek Park (Vulcan St. and Encinitas Boulevard), where merchants will offer the latest in great plants, tools, garden products, and more. Also performing at various sites throughout the day is the Patricia Rincon Dance Collective, an innovative San Diego institution for more than 23 years. See http://www.rincondance.org for more information.

According to organizing committee member and Encintas resident Heather Callahan, the day will have "lots of wonderful gardens to see, lots of great garden products to buy and lots of community spirit!"  The event is sponsored by the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce, the City of Encinitas, Bumble Bee Seafoods, the Downtown Encinitas MainStreet Association, and Ecke Ranch.
While the Gardeners' Marketplace will be open to the public, garden tours are by ticket only. Garden tour buses will depart from the Cottonwood Creek Park at Vulcan St. and Encinitas Boulevard throughout the day. Adult tickets (ages 13 and older) are $12 on or before May 10, $15 after May 10. Children's tickets (ages 6 - 12) are $5 on or before May 10, $7 after May 10.  Children under 6 are free. With every paid admission, Quail Botanical Gardens is offering one free admission to the Quail, redeemable through the end of the year. 

Tickets are on sale now at the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce, 138 Encinitas Blvd - Encinitas, CA 92024,  Phone (760) 753-6041, Grangettos Farm and Garden Supply, 189 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd.m  Encinitas, CA 92024,  (760) 944-5777, and Cedros Gardens, 330 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach, CA, 92075-1919 (858) 792-8640.

There are still spots open in the marketplace and some sponsorship opportunities available. For more information, please go to http://www.EncinitasChamber.com and click the Encinitas Garden Festival link at the bottom of the page, or email GardenTour@PlantSoup.com.

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Nan Sterman                     Plant Soup (TM)
PO Box 231034
Encinitas, CA 92023             760.634.2902 (voice)   
Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com     760.634.2957 (fax)

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Nan Sterman                     Plant Soup (TM)
PO Box 231034
Encinitas, CA 92023             760.634.2902 (voice)   
Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com     760.634.2957 (fax)

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