Images from earlier First Parish Plant & Craft Fairs

The First Parish Plant & Craft Fair is a visual delight. Hope you enjoy these images of plants from past fairs.

To learn more about the 60th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair, click here to visit our web page

In the home stretch!

To learn more about the 60th First Parish Plant & Craft Fair, click here to read the recent article about the fair  in The Bedford Citizen

Seven days and counting!

This time next Saturday, May 18, Bedford Common will be abuzz with activity as we put the final touches on the plant area, help the more than 50 crafters unload their wares and launch their tents,  listen to the first of our live music entertainers, serve morning coffee and donuts to the workers and the first customers waiting for the plant area to open when the clock strikes 10.

Click to check our website for details!

Plant Fair Lyceum at First Parish last Sunday

Marty Schaefer and Jan Sacks with samples of the blooms in their garden last weekend

First Parish Plant Fair stalwarts Marty Schaefer and Jan Sacks of Joe Pye Weed’s Garden were among the participants at last week’s Lyceum. They brought a selection of blossoms from their garden – daffodils, one with a bloom the size of a shirt button; hellebores; and flowering twigs – to spark enthusiasm among the gathered gardeners.

We’re just four weeks out from the fair — if you have heritage perennials to share from your garden, pot them up now and keep them watered until you bring them to the Common.

The 60th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair will take place on Bedford Common from 10 am until 3 pm on Saturday, May 18.

First Parish Lyceum to feature Plant Fair at 10 am tomorrow

If you’re around and about Bedford tomorrow morning (Sunday, April 21), you’re invited to join us as we talk plants and gardening at the First Parish Lyceum.

It begins at 10 am in Room 202; use the Elm Street entrance, where the elevator offers complete accessibility.

The First Parish Plant & Craft Fair on Pinterest!

Thanks to the excellent detective work and initiative of Plant Fair maven Christine Bennett, the fair has its own Pinterest board with dozens of great ideas: http://pinterest.com/xinie/plant-and-craft-fair/

If you have pins you’d like to share, please join the fun!

It’s time: The 2013 Plant Fair Season begins!

Will you be on Bedford Common at 10 am on Saturday, May 18, to snag the best and brightest blooms?

Will you stay to enjoy the festivities? There will be wonderful artisans’ booths, music, lunch and bake sale, a petting zoo and other delights!

Not much longer now: We’re counting the days.