Events
2010
More information will be posted as it becomes available
Farmers Markets
Alba Farmers Market - Wednesday and Saturday mornings through the summer. Held on the square at Alba. Starts at 8 AM and closes when they sell out. Alba is north of Mineola on Hwy 69. The square is just to the east at the light in Alba.
East Texas State Fair Farmers Market - 7 AM - 1 PM Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 2112 W. Front Street.
Longview Farmers Market - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings until August at the Longview Fairgrounds. Farmers from all over East Texas make their way to the market, selling everything from watermelons to fresh tomatoes.
Tyler Farmers Market - 7 AM - 4 PM Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday under the tent at 4850 Old Bullard Hwy (at the Sears end of Broadway Square Mall) in Tyler.
Winnsboro's Farmers Market - 9AM until sold out every Saturday through October. Held at the Jack Cross Pavilion at the Winnsboro City Park. All items are home grown or home made.
Festivals and Fairs
September 25 Alba Fair - Wood County Master Gardeners will have a booth set up there to answer questions and give out gardening information.
September 28-October 1 East Texas State Fair at the fair grounds on Front street in Tyler. Be sure to visit the Secret Garden, a project of the Smith County MGs. Kids can explore the wonders of the great outdoors in this educational area devoted to agriculture and its influences on each of us.
October 8 & 9 Winnsboro Autumn Trails kicks off Friday at 6 PM with an antique tractor pull. Events continue all day Saturday.
October 9 Hawkins Oil festival. Wood County Master Gardeners will have a booth set up there to answer questions and give out gardening information.
October 25 Golden Sweet Potato Festival. The Golden community is just off Hwy 69 north of Mineola at the crossroads of 779 and 1799. It will kick off on Saturday with a parade at 10 a.m. that includes bands, tractors, horses, fire engines and all the rest of the normal festival parade vehicles. If you bring kids be sure to bring plastics bags for them to gather candy. The Master Gardeners will have a booth set up at this festival, also.
Other Events
1st Tuesday in the Garden – Smith County Master Gardener sponsored series of workshops held in the IDEA Garden (southeast corner of the Tyler Rose Garden) 12:00 - 1:00 PM.
September 7 Scale, Lace Bugs, Spider Mites (Identify & Take Action on these E. Texas Pests)
October 5 It's Time to Plant Cool Season Annuals
November 2 Shrubs That Add Winter Interest
October 7-10 The Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) presents Symposium 2010, an environmental education event, at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. NPSOT invites the general public to attend the symposium themed $ave Texas One Landscape at a Time: Our Native Plants Light the Future. Click here for a link to the NPSOT information site.
October 9 - Fall Garden Conference & Bulb/Plant Sale, Harvey Convention Center, Tyler . Doors open for registration at 8:00 a.m. The conference will be from 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM. The Bulb Sale will follow from
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM. This event includes an educational program along with an opportunity to purchase heirloom and unusual bulbs not normally found at local nurseries and retail stores. Greg Grant will offer landscaping advice and ideas with a presentation titled “Right Plant, Right Place, Home Landscaping 101.”
October 9 Starting at 9 a.m. the Friends of the Arboretum will have their annual Fall Plant Sale at the Gov. Hogg Park in Quitman.