Each April, Lebanon welcomes a whirlwind of activity to celebrate spring and the energy to get out in the yard, weed the flower bed, build a storage shed or get those plants in the ground.

The Heart of Kentucky Farm, Home & Garden Show is a three-time Kentucky Tourism Council Top 10 Spring Event honoree and features more than 100 exhibits from potted herbs and garlic jelly to birdhouses, burning rocks and cedar posts.

There are celebrity speakers, an area devoted to fun for the kids, food galore and demonstrations all day, each day. Best of all, parking and general admission are FREE!

It all happens 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday inside the Tobacco Services Inc. receiving station located at 801 W. Main St. in historic downtown Lebanon.

Celebrating its 22^nd  anniversary, the event is April 4-5 in 2009 and features exhibitors representing landscaping and nurseries, agriculture, livestock and farm equipment, cedar furniture, yard furniture, outdoor storage buildings, herb products, bird houses, handmade painted stained glass, a variety of arts and crafts, free trees, inside and outside home use products and Kentucky Proud products.

There were also demonstrations by, among others, horticulturist Jeneen Wiche and Allison Smith with the Kentucky Beef Council.

The Heart of Kentucky Farm, Home & Garden Show is a production of the Lebanon-Marion County Chamber of Commerce’s Agribusiness Committee.

For more information, contact the Chamber office at 270.692.9594 or e-mail lebanon@lebanon-ky.com.

Downloadable Farm, Home & Garden Flyer

2009 Heart of Kentucky Farm, Home & Garden Show Schedule

Sat., April 4

♥10 a.m. – Event is open to the public.

♥Three shows during the day - Timberworks Lumberjack Show, including crosscut sawing, axe throwing, chainsaw carving, log rolling, hot sawing, chopping, obstacle pole relay race & speed pole climbing.

♥11 a.m. – Ernie “The Turtle Man” Brown Jr. demonstration.

♥Noon – Jeneen Wiche, “Lesson from wind & ice: Assessment, pruning, selection siting & more.”

♥2 p.m. – George McCain, agriculture natural resource extension agent for Marion County, and Dennis Morgeson, Washington County horticulture agent, will discuss “Going Green In the Garden.”

♥2 p.m. – Ernie “The Turtle Man” Brown Jr. demonstration.

♥5 p.m. – Event closes.

Sun., April 5

♥11 a.m. – Event is open to the public.

♥1 p.m. – Allison Smith with the Kentucky Beef Council, cooking demonstration.

♥2 p.m. – Ernie “The Turtle Man” Brown Jr. demonstration.

♥4 p.m. – Event closes.

Directions…

►From Centre Square, drive one block south on KY 55/Spalding Ave. to light (Main St.).

►Turn right onto U.S. 68/Main St. and drive 2 miles.

►Tobacco Services Receiving Station is on the right just past Norby’s Farm Fleet.