October 15: Wildflower Festival!

The Wildflower festival is super awesome! It is like Arbor Day in terms of fun! The petting zoo is usually Marsha's Petting Zoo, which is my favorite portable petting zoo. Try to go at a non peak time, like when they open or before they close.

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From: ENeighbor

The Woodlands Wildflower Festival to Bloom October 15 at Rob Fleming Park

The Woodlands Development Company (TWDC) and The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau have stepped up as presenting sponsors for The Woodlands Wildflower Festival, an annual tradition set for Saturday, October 15 from 10 am until 2 pm at Rob Fleming Park in the Village of Creekside Park, according to Susan Vreeland-Wendt, Director of Marketing for TWDC.  The Brickman Group, Ltd., a professional landscape service company with a branch office in The Woodlands, is the participating sponsor.

Residents will be able to collect 12 varieties of free wildflower seeds, distributed by local businesses in The Woodlands, while enjoying displays of native plants, environmental exhibits and booths with nature-related gift items for sale.  Children will enjoy free giant inflatable rides, a free petting zoo, pony rides, face painting and balloon artists. Lovable mascot of The Woodlands, Puffy Pine Cone, will pose for free photographs with children from 11 am until 12 noon.

The official Wildflower Festival poster and tee-shirt, selected from the annual Wildflower Festival contest, will be on sale at the booth of The Woodlands Lions Club. Proceeds from the event benefit Lions Club charities.  The Lions Club provides services for the blind and visually impaired, and assists youth and senior citizen programs.

For more information about The Woodlands Wildflower Festival, visit www.thewoodlands.net.