Kootenay Gardening

Castlegar Garden & Nature Fest

Saturday May 15, 2010

10am to 4 pm

Millennium Walkway/ Twin Rivers Park (110 5th St), Castlegar

Guidelines for Participants

Welcome to the first annual Castlegar Garden & Nature Fest. This is an event jointly sponsored by the Castlegar Garden Club and the Castlegar Communities in Bloom. We hope that this event will be informative, enjoyable, and lucrative for vendors, non-profit/educational groups and the public alike.
In order for this event to be a success, the organizers would like you to be aware of the following information.
This information applies equally to all participants.

  1. The festival is open to the public from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Set-up time: 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM. All vehicles must be removed from vendor area by 9:30 AM. Setting up before 7:00 AM is prohibited.
  2. All booths must be open for business between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. To keep things professional and ensure future success, no vendor or participant will begin disassembling booths before 4:00 PM.
  3. Spaces will be clearly marked and numbered. Organizers will be available to direct you to your assigned space. The organizers have assigned the spaces and the location is non-negotiable.
  4. In order to help make this event attractive to the public, participants are greatly encouraged to decorate their space highlighting the festival theme of Gardening and Nature.
  5. Toilets are located towards the green area at the back. Please help us keep them clean and functioning for this event.
  6. Parking for vendors and participants is only allowed on the gravel area. Please do not park on the paved area adjacent to the festival – this space is reserved for the public. Do not park on any of the grassed areas.
  7. All vendors and non-profit/educational groups are responsible for their own canopies, chairs, umbrellas, tables etc. None of these items are available from the organizers. Tailgate sales are not allowed at the festival.
  8. Electricity is extremely limited at this location. Available electricity is reserved solely for the food vendors.
  9. All spaces are 10 ft. x 10 ft. Spaces have been measured generously. In order to maintain adequate walkways and in consideration of your neighbors, please keep within your assigned space.
  10. Potable (city) water is available at this site: from the bathrooms and from (drinking safe) hoses set up by the organizers.
  11. There will be speaker events taking place at the Castlegar Library during the festival hours. These events are free to the public. The Library (1005 3rd St) is about a 2 minute drive from the festival, or a short walk. There will be approximately four speakers on topics of bees, bats, and gardening. More details to follow on this.

If there are any additional questions, please contact castlegargardenfest@shaw.ca  or phone 250-399-4439.

Thank you for your participation. We hope the 2010 Castlegar Garden & Nature Fest is a positive and enjoyable experience for everyone!

The CGNF Committee.