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Overview and Schedule - 2024


"April Showers Bring May Flowers" - This year is the 53rd Annual Carmel Valley Garden Club's Spectacular Garden Show.  

The show features beautiful plant and floral displays with accredited judging and demonstrations.  The hand-picked vendors and artists at our marketplace present plants, products and advice that can enhance your garden and your life. Again this year we will have our Photography Contest, and the Garden Cafe will serve food, wine and beer.  Buzzy's  Garden will offer activities for children preschool to upper elementary. Our Silent Auction will offer art, experiences, and artisanal products focused on the best our region has to offer.  This is one event that should not be missed.  Free admission, parking by donation ($1 suggested minimum); parking at Hidden Valley as usual this year.  Here is a site map of Hidden Valley and the Show.

Thursday, May 9 - Photography Contest Registration and Entry Submission

3:00- 7:00 PM - IMPORTANT CHANGE: this year, registration and photo drop-off will be at the Carmel Valley Community Youth Center at 25 Ford Road, not Hidden Valley on Thursday, May 9,  between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM.  No late entries will be accepted.  Experienced photography people will be on hand to help categorize and prepare your entries.  For convenience when registering, please see detailed rules and categories to determine your entry description at  Rules on web site.

Friday, May 10 - Flower and Plant Contest Registration and Entry Submission

Rules and Registration Card 2024 are available on the website and at the Carmel Valley library by mid-April.

3:30 - 6:30 PM - Bring all flower and plant entries to Hidden Valley Theater.  Informed plant people will be on hand to help identify and prepare your entries.
5:00 - 8:00 PM - Photography judging begins, winners are determined and awards placed.


ONGOING WEEKEND ACTIVITIES


Silent Auction (Saturday ONLY in 2024)

A huge collection of quality items at bargain prices: wine, vintage garden items, restaurant certificates, paintings, jewelry, and charming gifts. 

 

Buzzy’s Garden Activities

Express yourself!  Face painting, catch a tadpole, or pet a ladybug.  And don’t forget the treats and lemonade stand!


DETAILED SCHEDULE


Saturday, May 11


10:00 - 4:00 - Event begins: Silent Auction, Buzzy's Garden, Photography Contest and Gallery, Market Place Vendors/Artists, Café, and more!

8:00 AM - The flower, plant and arrangement judges arrive, and judging begins. The theater is closed while winners are determined and awards placed.

10:00 AM - The photography exhibit in the Hidden Valley dance studio opens. Visit to view the marvelous pictures and check to see if you’ve won an award.

10:00 AM - Browse the intriguing Vendor Shops, the CVGC Plant Corral, and the Silent Auction.

10:00 AM - Children of all ages can enjoy Buzzy’s Garden for face painting and all manner of gardening activities for the young and young at heart – try the lemonade as well.

10:00 AM - Visit the Garden Café for luscious refreshments (by Tim Wood of Woody's) and the Garden Wine and Beer Bar for your favorite libation – sit and enjoy with new and old friends among the surroundings of Hidden Valley.

11:30 AM - The flower, plant and arrangement judging are complete, and the theater opens to visitors. Docents are on hand to give background on the club and exhibits and answer any gardening related questions. Exhibitors can now see if their entry is judged to be an award winner.
1:00 PM - First daily raffle closes and winner is announced.  Presence not required to win.

3:30 PM - Silent Auction closes for the day and items are picked up

4:00 PM - Show closes for the day.

Sunday, May 12

10:00 - 4:00 - Event day two: Buzzy's Garden, Photography and Plant Gallery, Market Place Vendors/Artists, Café, and more!
10:00 AM - Visit the photography exhibit in the Hidden Valley Dance Studio.

10:00 AM - Browse the intriguing Vendor Shops, and the CVGC Plant Corral. Find last minute bargains.

10:00 AM - Children of all ages can enjoy Buzzy’s Garden for face painting and all manner of gardening activities for the young and young at heart – try the lemonade as well.

10:00 AM - Visit the Garden Café for luscious refreshments (by Tim Wood of Woody's) and the Garden Wine and Beer Bar for your favorite libation – sit and enjoy with new and old friends among the surroundings of Hidden Valley.
10:00 AM - Pick up Silent Auction won items at Garden Art area
4:00 PM - Show closes

3:30 - 5:00 - Photo pick-up at the Dance Studio
4:00 - 5:00 - Flower and Plant exhibit pick-up (no earlier pick-up will be permitted)









 



   


2024-25
   Event Schedule
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Theme for 2024:
"April Showers Bring May Flowers"


Club Meeting 10/10/24
Organic Farming
UCSC Guest Speaker


Club Meeting 11/14/24
Landscaping With Plant Communities
Speaker Alan Wheat



Thank You
  Garden Show 2024
 Sponsors

Grandiforal Level


Griggs Nursery




Floribunda Level

Pat & Bart Burrows

Alex & Pat Gray

Dean Hatfield & Karolyn Stone



Peninsula Septic Tank Service



Magniflora Level


Ceramic Pro

Hatten Plumbing

Kathy's Little Kitchen

Martin Electric & Solar

M. J. Murphy
Lumber & Hardware



Polaris Consulting


Regency Construction Company

 

         Carmel Valley Garden Club                                                             P.O. Box 72 Carmel Valley, CA  93924
 www.cvgardenclub.org