Honey Bee Festival keeps it all LOCAL!

We all know that buying locally produced honey is the best way to go. The 5th Annual Honey Bee Festival at John’s Country Nursery on Saturday, Sept 21, takes ‘going local’ to a whole new level! The festival will feature not only great food, and live entertainment but over 70 local vendors. What exactly does that mean? Every vendor at the festival will be featuring handmade, homemade, or homegrown items! A great way to learn about our small businesses in the community and support them. Vendors will be selling items such as honey, maple syrup, jams and jellies, woodcraft items, clothing, stained glass, jewelry, yard decor, native plants, baked goods, and so much more! A great way to not only discover local crafters; but have resources for future purchases.

The festival itself is an educational experience highlighting the importance of our honeybees. Free educational seminars will be taking place all day long on a drop-in basis. These topics will include various topics including, making mead, herbs, gardening, and native plants & trees. Demonstrations will also include extracting your honey, stained glass work, and spinning and weaving fibers.

The festival will also feature a kids’ area, with entertainment, activities, and art projects. Live entertainment throughout the day will feature square dance demonstrations, and music by local musician John Gaul. Food trucks will be on site to offer a variety of everything from comfort foods, to barbecue, to sweet treats, and of course the ever-popular potato tornado!!!

A fairy garden competition will be held, with attendees voting for the people’s choice award. 50/50 raffles, Chinese auction, and some special giveaways will also be part of the day. The festival is family friendly, with free admission (minimal parking charge) and runs 10am to 5pm. John’s Country Nursery is located at 15808 Old State Road, Middlefield, just south of the Geauga County Airport which will also be holding their fall, Fly-In and Pancake Breakfast from 7am-11am. Two great events within a mile of one another, make for a great destination day out for the family! For more information visit johnscountry.net or call 440-632-0016.