Gardening 101

Here's some information about an upcoming event taking place Downtown.

(Info copied from here.)

Gardening 101 Workshop

Saturday, October 20th, 9:00 am to 12 noon

Siloam Springs Parks & Recreation will be sponsoring another Gardening Workshop at our Community Building at 110 N Mt Olive in the historic downtown. Dawn Denton, owner of Gardens by You & Me, has arranged our fall workshop again this year with three speakers:  Jacob Hart, Susie Gilbert, and Doug Yoho.  Jacob Hart of NWA Plants, Inc., will speak on “What Plants Survived our Summer”.  Susie Gilbert’s topic will be “Iris I knew how to grow bulbs”.  Susie will have a demonstration on care and planting of bulbs.  Doug Yoho from the University of Arkansas Poultry Science Division, will be speaking on “Backyard Birds and Small Flock Owners.”    Door prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be served.  No registration is needed for this free event.  For more information, contact the Parks & Recreation office at 479 524-5779.

I think iris are pretty, and I've considered getting a few chickens...

I think I'll put this date on my calender and plan to attend!

I'll see you Downtown!

--Karyn

Grand Opening!

There's going to be a Grand Opening on Saturday.

Vintage Accents is opening their doors!  There shop on Broadway Street is almost ready for customers!

I'm excited to see what this new shop has to offer.

For more info, click here to follow them on facebook.

And click here to check out their blog.

I'll see you Downtown!

--Karyn

PS:  Rumor has it the table pictured above will be given away!  Come to the grand opening for more details.

New Kitchen

Have you stopped in at The Cafe On Broadway recently?

Their new kitchen looks great!

I even got a mini tour.

And then I had some of this.  :-)

Oh my!

Thanks to the new kitchen, there are tons of new treats to try.  YUM!

I'll see you Downtown!

--Karyn

Weekend Happenings

There's lots of stuff going on Downtown tomorrow morning.

First up is the One Heart for Justice event.  Activities begin at 8am in Twin Springs Park.  (Click here for more info.)  One of the activities taking place is Siloam Springs very first half-marathon!  I've got a couple of friends who will be running, so I'm planning on heading out to cheer them on.

Farmer's Market will be in full swing in City Park from 8am-1pm.  I'm eager to pick up some fall veggies to roast and put in soups!

Enjoy this fall-ish day!

I'll see you Downtown!

--Karyn

Farmer's Market

Do you follow Siloam Springs Farmer's Market on facebook?

It's a great way to find out what's happening at the market.

This week I learned John Brown University's campus newspaper featured an article about our Farmer's Market.

The link to the article can be found here.

And the link to Siloam Springs Farmer's Market's facebook wall can be found here.

The market is open today and rumor has it they've got pumpkins and apples and mums!

I'll see you Downtown!

--Karyn

Relaxing

After all that posting on the Downtown construction projects, I think it's time to relax. :-)

The other morning I grabbed a cup of coffee and sat on a bench near the Gazebo along the creek bank.  What a beautiful view!  And what a great way to spend a bit of time on a fall-ish morning.

I'll see you Downtown!

--Karyn

New Stairs

Pour Jon's is almost finished with their construction project.

(photo credit)

The stairs are now complete (this is an old picture--but isn't it a neat one?) and they're getting ready to spin records upstairs!

Grab a cup of coffee and see how things have progressed since this picture was taken.

I'll see you Downtown!

--Karyn