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Mushroom Festival
& Plant Sale
October 25, 2009
10 am - 5 pm
Huge Mushroom Exhibit - Live Music - Kids' Activities - Great Food &
Wine - Arts, Crafts, & Books - Free Parking & Shuttle - NO DOGS
Suggested Donation: $5 per person, children under 12 free.
Take exit 189 off I-5, just south of Eugene-Springfield.
For more information, call (541) 747-3817 or email mtpisgah@efn.org
Cascade Mycological Society presents guest mushroom expert, David Arora!
We’re excited by how well the Mushroom Festival is coming together for this Sunday, October 25! We’ve just received news from the Cascade Mycological Society about an exciting special guest that they’re bringing to the festival: David Arora, the author of Mushrooms Demystified and All the Rain Promises and More. These two field guides to fungus of North America are indispensable reference books for mushroom hunters, especially since Arora’s west-coast expertise lets him include local species that aren’t always discussed in other guides. We’re thrilled to be able to welcome this legendary mycologist to Mount Pisgah Arboretum.
Read more about David Arora’s work here: http://www.davidarora.com/
Read more about the Cascade Mycological Society here:
http://cascademyco.org
What is the Mushroom Festival?
Don’t miss our annual fall celebration of mushrooms and the harvest season, co-presented by Mount Pisgah Arboretum, the Cascade Mycological Society and Lane Community College. This event is one of the largest mushroom displays on the West Coast! Hundreds of locally-collected wild fungi will be on display, with experts on hand to answer questions and identify any specimens that visitors bring in. You don't have to be a nature nut to have a great time: the festival also features a huge plant sale, a scarecrow contest, children’s activities, hayrides, craft vendors, incredible mushroom-inspired food, fresh cider, great music, wine, and much more.
Put on your dancing shoes! The following performers will be at the Wildflower Festival:
10 am - Molasses
11 am - Colin Spring
Noon - Guitar Recovery Project
1 pm - The Harmed Brothers
2 pm - The Slow Ponies
3 pm - Hot Club Eugene
4 pm - Scott Huckabay
Scarecrow Contest at the Mushroom Festival
Sunday October 25, Judging at 3pm. Join the fun at this years Mushroom Festival. Get creative, have some fun, and enter the Scarecrow contest. It’s a fun, friendly competition for all levels of artistry and experience. Build your scarecrow from any materials (except invasive species) and set it up in the Arboretum’s Scarecrow Alley on Saturday October 24. Festival visitors vote for the Funniest, Most Original, Most likely to Scare a Crow, Most Beautiful, Best Youth Entry and Best Overall. Contest entry fee/$10. Call 747-1504 for more information.
Food
Bring your appetite to the festival! Delicious food and drink will be available from:
* Chateau Lorane
* Espresso on the Move
* Pizza Research Institute
* Holy Cow
* LCC Culinary Arts
* Townshends Tea Co.
* Field to Table Catering
* Crossroads Farms
Edible Mushrooms
Come shop for edible mushrooms, either pre-picked or in grow-your-own kits!
* Rainforest Mushrooms
* Rob Miller
Plants
Looking to spruce up your garden? A wide variety of plants will be offered by:
* Buggy Crazy
* Friends of Buford Park
* Northwest Natives
* Mount Pisgah Arboretum plant booth
Arts, Crafts, & Books
This year's vendors of gorgeous cultural artifacts will include:
* Erika Beyer
* Ian Beyer
* Charting Nature
* Sasquatch Designs
* Peter & Loraine Karassik
* Paula Fong Illustrations
* Sparhawk Farms
* Sweet Pea Silks
* Blackfire Glassworks
* Timeless Arts
* Mount Pisgah Arboretum book booth
Non-Profit Oranizations
Meet the folks who are making a difference in our community! Stop and visit the booths of:
* Cascadia Wildlands Project
* Travel Lane County
* Eugene Tree Foundation
* Friends of Hendricks Park
* McKenzie River Trust
* Museum of Natural History
* Friends of Buford Park
* Oregon Wild
* School Garden Project
* City of Eugene Composting
* North American Butterfly Association
* Natural History Society
* Nearby Nature
* Native Plant Society of Oregon
* Wallama Restsoration Project
* WREN/West Eugene Wetlands
Mount Pisgah Arboretum's annual Mushroom Festival is made possible by hundreds of wonderful volunteers. Do you have a couple hours to share? Here is an overview of the many roles available!
Before the Festival:
* Put up posters around town to promote the event. (This will be starting soon, call now to sign up for a route!)
* Help set up booths and tables on Saturday, October 24th.
* Set up the spread of donated food for all the Saturday volunteers.
* Cook up some wonderful treats for the bake sale! (We can't take anything that needs refrigeration, such as custards or whipped cream, but cookies, brownies, cupcakes, muffins, breads are all perfect--why not host a baking party with your friends? Bring all contributions to the booth on the day of the festival)
* Donate plants for the plant sale! (We can't accept invasive species; call Laramie at 541-343-6536 if you're unsure.)
On Festival Day:
* Keeping the traffic flowing smoothly in the parking lots--a great job for a group or a club.
* Greeting visitors, renewing people's memberships, collecting donations, counting heads and stamping hands as folks first come into the festival.
* Signing in your fellow volunteers and showing them how to get to their positions.
* Selling festival t-shirts & posters, nature books & field guides, and monitoring the free raffle.
* Leading nature crafts for kids, helping children use microscopes, and handing out goodies as the "pocket lady."
* The ever-popular plant sale! Answering questions as folks shop for plants; adding up purchases or taking money as a cashier; supervising the plant holding booth; and helping folks carry plants out to their cars.
* Delicious bake sale! Arrange and sell all the donated baked goods, or add up the totals and make change.
After the Festival:
* Take down canopies and tables on Monday, Oct. 26.
Please call Katura at (541) 747-3817 or email mtpisgah@efn.org to find out more or to sign up for your position. Volunteers get free entrance to the festival, a souvenir poster, and the fun of working with a great team to host one of the best parties that autumn has to offer!
The Wildflower Festival is co-hosted by the Cacade Mycological Society and Lane Community College. Special thanks to our generous sponsors:
