Harvest Show beckons gardeners
The 2005 Harvest Show will be today through Sunday at Echter’s Garden Center, 5051 Garrison St., in Arvada.
Sponsored by the Colorado State University Extension Service master gardeners, the show will have 11 horticultural divisions for competition and display. Two new categories from last year – photography and scarecrows – will be expanded.
Setup is scheduled for today, and judging will occur Saturday morning. Exhibits then will be displayed to the public until 5 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
For information, call 303-271-6620.
Take to the air at balloon festival
The Sixth Annual Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival begins this morning at 6:45 with a mass ascension of more than 55 hot-air balloons at Chatfield State Park.
Activities run through Sunday, including vintage aircraft flights, paragliders and a balloon illumination at 7:15 p.m. Saturday.
All events are free, although vehicles must have an annual parks pass or pay $6 admission to the park, which is on South Wadsworth Boulevard just south of C-470.
For more information, visit www.rocky mountainballoonfestival.com.
Jeffco foothills will be hoppin’
The foothills in Jefferson County come alive this weekend with two events – the 39th annual Evergreen Arts Festival and Conifair.
Dozens of local and national artists will showcase their work at the fine-arts festival at Heritage Grove Park at the Hiwan Homestead east of downtown Evergreen.
The festival, sponsored by the Evergreen Artists’ Association, runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. There also will be food and music.
In the neighboring community of Conifer, local songstress Lannie Garrett headlines live music on two stages at Conifair, to be held at Beaver Ranch on Foxton Road, just south of U.S. 285.
The free event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, also includes more than 100 vendors, food and beverages.
Schools’ reading list available
The Jefferson County Schools’ proposed list of elementary-school books is available through Tuesday at nine county public library branches and the information desk at the district’s main building, 1829 Denver West Drive, Building 27, in Golden.
The list includes fiction, reference, nonfiction and professional texts chosen by a community and district team.
