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Central PA Conservancy To Hold First Forest Festival October 15
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Come out and spend the day at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Cumberland County! As a new addition to the State Park’s Fall Festival this year, Forest Fest will celebrate all that our local forests have to offer!
This event is designed to bring recognition to the value our forests provide and build awareness of South Mountain’s Community Supported Forests. The event will promote our local forest products and services of the South Mountain Region for their economic, ecological and social values.
The Forest Festival will be taking place at the Ironmaster’s Mansion at Pine Grove Furnace State Park beginning at 10 a.m. and will include local wood product vendors, a full day of educational workshops including use of the Dept. of Agriculture’s Hardwood Development Council’s WoodMobile, and educational children’s activities.
This is a family event that is free and open to the public. The 2011 Forest Festival will be happening in conjunction with Pine Grove Furnace’s Fall Festival taking place throughout the entire park.
Stop by the booths of vendors and learn about wood-turning, locally produced millwork, woodlot ownership and habitat management, carved kitchenware, art pieces and many more.
Tour the WoodMobile! This is a 34-foot traveling exhibit and is a project of the Dept. of Agriculture's Hardwoods Development Council.
The truck is provided by 16 member companies of the PA Forest Products Association and the trailer is provided by Deer Park Lumber. After your tour be sure to stop with the kids by the children’s activities area for forest related fun!
Learn how to identify our local trees, weeds, insects, and diseases that affect our forests, how to landscape with native plants or how to properly sling a rope for tree climbing and pruning at one of our rotating educational workshops. Workshops are taking place throughout the day starting at 10am, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
“We are hoping that through the educational activities provided at this festival that residents of the South Mountain and surrounding regions will recognize the value of their forests and work to conserve their resources,” said Debra Bowman, Executive Director for the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy who is hosting the festival.
Be sure to stick around for the evening activities as well where the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy will host a community bonfire with hot chocolate and tours of the Ironmaster’s Mansion- remember to bring your own smores!
The event is FREE and open to the public. Lunch - $7 benefits Community Supported Forests - a CPC initiative
For more information contact Debra Bowman at 717-241-4360 or send email to: dbowman@centralpaconservancy.org.
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10/10/2011 |
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