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  • Saturday, May 18, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – 60th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair

    The 60th Annual First Parish Plant Fair on Saturday, May 18 from 10am – 3pm features a wide selection of Heritage Perennials from member’s gardens; specialty annuals, nursery-grown native plants alongside hearty locally-grown annuals and perennials. There is also a Grocery Garden with veggie 6-paks, tomato plants and herbs. Come early for the best plants and stay to check out the crafters’ booths, have lunch. There’s also an outstanding bake sale and live music. Rain date May 19. The Fair will take place at the First Parish on the Common, 75 The Great Road (Rtes 4/225) in Bedford, and is sponsored by First Parish.  To learn more, visit http://www.uubedford.org/plantfair or e-mail plantfair@uubedford.org.

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  • Saturday, May 14, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Bedford First Parish Annual Plant and Craft Fair

    The 58th Annual Plant & Craft Fair, to be held Saturday, May 14, from 10 – 3 at the First Parish on the Common, 75 The Great Road, (Route 4/225 Exit from Route 95/128) Bedford, Massachusetts, features a wide selection of heritage perennials from members’ gardens, specialty annuals, nursery-grown native plants along with hearty locally-grown annuals, perennials, veggie 6-packs and tomato plants, herbs for cooking or to enhance your garden, and shrubs. Come early for the best plants and stay on the Common to peruse the crafts and enjoy the day. You’ll also find more than fifty crafters on the Common as well as a traditional cook-out lunch, an outstanding bake sale and fun for the family: Live music by the Yankee Doodle Dixieland Band, a petting zoo featuring Bedford 4-H kids and their animals, professional face painting and a strolling Transcendentalist to round out the day.  Yes, we said a strolling Transcendentalist – try to find that in the parking lot at Home Depot!

    The Annual Plant & Craft Fair is a fundraiser for Bedford’s First Parish on the Common and its work in the community. Free.  For more information, log on to www.uubedford.org/plantfair, email plantfair@uubedford.org, or call 781-275-7994.

  • Saturday, May 15, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – 57th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair

    Whether your thumbs are green or not, we trust that you’ll want to visit Bedford Common on May 15 for the 57th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair.  You’ll find specialty annuals, heritage perennials from members’ gardens, crafts, activities for kids, cook out lunch, bake sale, live music, annuals, herbs and vegetables from Massachusetts growers, and more.

    The Fair features world-class Massachusetts-grown annuals and field-grown perennials, herbs and veggies along with a glorious selection of Heritage Perennials dug from our members’ gardens — in some cases by dividing plants that were originally purchased generations ago at First Parish sales.  There will also be crafters (more than 50 vendors are expected to grace Bedford’s Town Common), a cookout lunch, outstanding bake sale and live music by the Yankee Doodle Dixieland Band.

    To entertain the kids they’ll offer a professional face painter, a petting zoo sponsored by Bedford’s 4-H club, a games tent and a roving magician.  Come early to snag the best plants and stay around to enjoy the music, activities and lunch!  The Annual Plant & Craft Fair is a fundraiser for Bedford’s First Parish on the Common and its work in the community.

    The fair is held Saturday, May 15, from 10 – 3 at First Parish on the Common, 75 The Great Road, Routes 4/225, in Bedford.  Free.  Telephone 781-275-7994 for more information, or email plantfair@uubedford.org.

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