Features: The children’s area will be blooming with activity featuring train rides, face painting and a balloon artist. Dallas Water utilities will be available to offer assistance to “Cease the Grease,” a program to inform residents on proper grease disposal in your home and Dallas Storm Water will teach residents how to keep pollution out of our local creeks and lakes. Planting and cultivating information will be available from local plant societies, including the Dallas Rose Society and the Bonsai Society of Dallas. Also on hand to prick your curiosity is the Kactus Korral selling cacti and other succulent plants. Ikebana International will demonstrate the art of Japanese flower arrangement while the Dallas Society of Master Gardeners will be there to teach you to be the master of your own garden. Musical entertainment will be provided by Tropical Sounds, a steel drum band, and to get your giddy-up there will be strolling entertainment with a classic western flair by Trigger Happy.

	Event: Dallas Farmers Market Farm & Flower Festival Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008 Location: Dallas Farmers Market 1010 S. Pearl Expressway Dallas, TX 75201-6022 Located at the corner of Marilla and Harwood Streets just south of downtown Dallas.		Admission: Open to the public; no charge for Farmers Market activities
	Special Guest: Guest speaker Joe Lamp’l, author of the recently released The Green Gardener’s Guide: simple, significant actions to protect and preserve the planet, will make two presentations to help gardeners take a ‘greener approach’ to their gardening activities. He also will sell and sign copies of his book. Joe Lamp’l is host of Garden SMART on PBS and Fresh from the Garden on Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Network. for additional information contact Contact: Liz Scoggin Phone 214-939-2242 e-mail: elizabeth.scoggin@dallasfarmersmarket.org