I posted this event on the calendar, but they only allow a total of 500 characters, so am also including it here so you can get the entire description. I hope that gardeners here who live in the North Central Texas area can attend this event. It is going to be a lot of fun - for adults and kiddos!

ALLEN TO CELEBRATE A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE APRIL 10

Full day of family activities scheduled for Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm and Connemara Meadow Preserve

ALLEN -- The public is invited to join nonprofit organizations from across Allen and throughout

North Texas who will gather April 10 at Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm and the Connemara Meadow Preserve for a daylong festival filled with outdoor activities for the entire family.

Hosted by Watters Creek, "earthfest 2010 - A Celebration of Nature, Health and Community"

will offer adults and children a chance to learn more about the wonders of nature while spending a day enjoying the great outdoors. The family friendly festival begins at 10 a.m. and features:

- dozens of booths featuring hands-on environmental activities for the entire family

- cooking demonstrations

- nature walks and bird watching

- kayaking and canoeing demonstrations

- a book signing with author, photographer, and landscape designer Rick Darke

- musical performances by area students

- presentations by the Heard Museum and the Backland Prairie Raptor Center

- and much, much more

Prior to the start of festivities, Keep Allen Beautiful will sponsor a community clean-up of

Watters Branch, the creek that flows alongside the Watters Creek lifestyle center.

The event is collaboration between ALLen Reads, Alliance for a Healthier Allen (Allen Chamber

of Commerce, ACO, Keep Allen Beautiful, Urban Extreme Nutrition, Texas Health Presbyterian

Allen, City of Allen and Allen ISD), and a community based Environmental/Ecological

Consortium (Keep Allen Beautiful, Allen Garden Club, Ecoliteracy Project, Montgomery Farm

and the Connemara Conservancy).

Earthfest 2010 is hosted by Watters Creek, a resort-style mixed-use center recently named the

Best New Shopping Center by D Home magazine that is part of the 600-acre Montgomery Farm conservation development at the southwest corner of Bethany and Central Expressway.

Confirmed participants include:

Allen Fire Dept.

Allen Garden Club

Allen Parks Foundation

Allen Parks & Recreation

Allen Yoga

Blackland Prairie Raptor Center

Boon Elementary Environmental Club

Camp Gladiator

City of Allen Water Conservation Division

Collin County Master Gardeners

Connemara Conservancy

Ecoliteracy Project @ Olson Elementary

Friends of the Library

The Magic Genie

Informational Booth

KayakPower, Inc.

Keep Allen Beautiful

Luke's Locker

Montgomery Farm Gardens

Norton Elementary EE Club

Pet Care Naturally

REI

Tangerine Salon

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital

Texas Master Naturalists, Blackland Prairie Chapter

Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas Pure Products

The Heard Museum & Widllife Sanctuary

Vaughan Elementary Environmental Club

YMCA, Collin County Adventure Camp

More information is available at http://www.watterscreek.com/.

Editors and producers: For more information or photos, contact Harold Dull at 972-747-8000

Watters Creek is located at the SW corner of Highway 75 and Bethany Road in Allen. Stop by the Allen Garden Club booth and say hello - That's where I'll be!