Calendar of Upcoming 2011 Events in Romney, WV

Sat, Oct 15^th – Paws-N-Effect Dog Show, Gazebo at noon

Sat, Oct 29^th – Fall Gourmet Tour of Romney, all day, free. Sugar Magnolias, Greenwood Florist, Dillon’s Country Treasures, BBelle’s Boutique & Anderson’s Corner

Fri, Sat, Sun, Nov 4,5,6 – Woman’s Club Christmas House at Romney Elementary and Autumn in Romney – Customer Appreciation Days at local participating businesses

Tuesday, Nov 22^nd 5pm Tree Lighting Ceremonies followed by the Romney Cookie Tour

Fri & Sat, Nov 25 & 26^th Black Friday Weekend Sales in Romney

Fri, Sat, Sun, Dec. 2,3,4 – Highland Arts Studio Tour (18 artists)

Sat Dec. 3^rd 1pm Musical Tribute to Christmas

Saturday, Dec. 10^th – Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Hall, Christmas Parade at 1pm, Shops offering Christmas in Romney Specials and Treats

Fri, Sat Dec. 16^th & 17^th – Santa Christmas Train sponsored by the Hamp. Co. Chamber of Commerce

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Romney Sunflower Fest 2011 Schedule

Romney Sunflower Fest 2011 Schedule

Sunflower Fest 2011 Schedule:

Garden Walk

Friday, July 22^nd 6-8pm

Saturday, July 23^rd 1-4pm

Garden Walk is free with an optional Wine Tasting at Valley View, the home of Bob & Kim Mayhew. Wine Tasting is $5 with all proceeds going to charity

Activities in the Downtown Area

Saturday, July 23^rd – 9am til 5pm

Activities at the Bottling Works

Saturday, July 23^rd – 4pm until ?

4pm Live Music, Auction Registration & BBQ

5pm Little Miss Sunshine Contest

6pm Sunflower Art Auction

7pm Best Sunflower Outfit Contest (ages 0-7)

8pm Sunflower Hat Contest (all ages)

Live Music & Dancing After Events are Completed

Sunflower Art Show will be on display during the entire month of July at The Bottling Works thanks to the efforts of the Hampshire County Arts Council. Contact Robin Pancake for inclusion in this Art Show.

The Sunflower Fest was organized by Romney ON TRAC to encourage and recognize the efforts of our community in enhancing the local landscape and providing a quality environment for our city. Romney ON TRAC has made a commitment to sustainable development and improving the visual environment.

Goals of Sunflower Fest 2011 include a Garden Walk, including Residential and Commercial Gardens as well as 3 new categories, Community/Neighborhood Gardens, Young Gardener and Best Kept Vegetable Garden. This is a great beautification project that gets the community working together to make this happen.

Another Goal of Sunflower Fest 2011 is to raise awareness for our local charities by raising funds for designated charities through our Sunflower Art Auction and giving these charities a chance to share information and recruit volunteers at our event. Sunflower Fest encourages a sense of community spirit by bringing such an interesting and varied group together in this worthwhile endeavor. Lastly, we want to provide an entertaining weekend of activities for the community as we meet these goals.

Sunflower Art Auction

Romney Sunflower Fest 2011

Sunflower Art Auction

to Benefit Local Charity of Your Choice

Romney ON TRAC Sunflower Fest, scheduled for July 22nd and 23rd, 2011, announces Annual Sunflower Art Auction. Individuals, businesses & organizations are asked to purchase a plywood sunflower. This sunflower will be decorated by the sponsoring entity and/or their artist of choice. It can be painted, use mosaics, etc. Be Creative! Then it will be hung outside and auctioned off to benefit your favorite charity during the Sunflower Festival. You, as a business owner or organization, should involve your charity in promoting "your sunflower." Your charity might even like to help decorate the sunflower.

The Plywood Sunflowers are exterior grade and come in 2 sizes. They are already cut out in the shape of sunflowers. The cost per sunflower is:
2 feet diameter sunflower, cost $ 35 & 1 foot diameter sunflower, cost $ 25

The business or organization who purchases this sunflower will:

• Choose a benefit charity for the proceeds from their auctioned sunflower.
• Paint or decorate their sunflower.
• Hang it in outside or display it and pass out literature to promote the Event.
• Get the benefit charity involved and excited about the Sunflower Art Auction.

The Auction will be held on Saturday evening at The Bottlings Works on July 23rd. At the evening event we will also announce the results of the Garden Walk, eat BBQ, enjoy contests and good music. For further information, please contact:

ON TRAC Sunflower Fest Committee

Patty Anderson, Chairman, 304.822.4285 Anderson's Corner

______________________________________________________________________________

I would like to purchase a Sunflower. ____ 2' x 2' at a cost of $35 each

____ 1' x 1' at a cost of $25 each

Business Name ______________________________________

Contact Person _____________________________________

Phone _____________________________________________

Email ______________________________________________

Benefit Charity ______________________________________

Sunflower Fest 2011 - Save the Date!

Romney ON TRAC announces the 3rd Annual Sunflower Fest! Get your garden spruced up for this year's Garden Walk!

2011 Garden Walk will take place:

Friday, July 22^nd from 6-8pm

Saturday, July 23^rd from 1-4pm

Winners will be announced on Saturday evening, July 23rd at the festivities at The Bottling Works.

Categories for the 2011 Garden Walk Include:

3 Categories for Private Residences

1. Patio, Deck or Container Garden
Residential - From balconies to containers gardens and everything in-between, all must be visible from a road or footpath.

2. Residential Landscape Front and/or Backyard Garden (Specify area)

3. Best Use of Sunflowers In a Residential Garden

Community/Neighborhood Garden
Communal areas, community centres, churches, parish offices and so on. If you are part of a winning team let us know!

Most Improved Greenspace done by a Non-profit Organization – Offering a Special award for this Category - Before and After Pictures please! This can include art, flowers, trees, benches, etc.

Commercial Gardens
Calling on all local businesses, pubs, shops, and offices to make the most of your outdoor spaces and gain some valuable publicity for your efforts! 2 Categories:

1. Commerical Yardscape or

2. Front Window Boxes or Container Garden

Young Gardener
If you’re a budding gardener then this is the one for you. Gardens have to be created by young people but can be any size, from a postage stamp sized patch to a whole landscape! You must be under 16.

Best Kept Vegetable Garden
Growing your own food is a great way to keep fit and healthy outdoors. If you are growing the seeds of success and you are enjoying the fruits of your labor, this is the chance to blossom!

Judging Criteria

Residential or Commercial Gardens

• Quality of floral display - Colour, form, composition, and horticultural practice.
• Quality of permanent planting - Variety, year-round interest, and scent.
• Quality of design and use of space - Imagination, use of color, and depth.
• Contribution to the visual environment - impact on streetscape.
• Environmental consideration - Use of native plants, planting is beneficial to wildlife, water conservation and energy conservation.

Best Kept Vegetable Garden

• Variety of crops/plants
• Quality of crops/plants
• Presentation of design and creativity
• Environmental sustainability

Young Gardener

• Quality of plants and planting.
• Concept, design and use of space.
• Horticultural knowledge and skill
• Environmental consideration
• Effort and enthusiasm

Gardens will be judged during the week before the 2011 Sunflower Fest.

Garden Walk Application

Entry Form:

Name__________________________________________

Address________________________________________

Phone____________________________________

Email___________________________________________

Category ( Limited to 1 Category for Judging) ______________________________________

Email entry form to:

Sally Lowndes, Garden Walk Co-Chair - slowndes@frontiernet.net

Or Bonnie Long, Garden Walk Co-Chair - 0507pdale@atlanticbb.net

A Confirmation will be sent to you. Thank you and look forward to seeing your garden!