Art Walk, garden fair planned for Palmer Saturday

PALMER — This month’s Palmer Second Saturday Art Walk has combined with the annual Palmer Mid-Summer Garden and Art Faire from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., July 13. The annual garden faire will again feature plants from various local nurseries, art and food vendors.

To be eligible for this month’s prize raffle, walkers must visit 10 of the 20 stops and complete the Grow Palmer challenge along the way. The challenge involves identifying at least one plant at eight select Grow Palmer Edible Walk locations listed on the Art Walk map. As a bonus, complete the Museum Garden Bards’ task and earn an extra entry into the Art Walk raffle.

A slate of workshops, live music, a contra dance, a new event called the “Rhubarb Rumble” and a legendary scavenger hunt are planned Saturday throughout downtown Palmer.

Workshops are scheduled throughout the day at the Palmer Library, 655 S. Valley Way; Palmer Museum Garden, 723 S. Valley Way; Alaska Bible College Classrooms, 248 Elmwood Ave.; and Alaska Bible College Kitchen, 248 Elmwood Ave. See related story for a list of classes, times and locations.

During the Rhubarb Rumble from 2 to 4 p.m., walkers can visit any of the participating locations — Eagle Hotel, Palmer Bar, Non-Essentials, Hot Hot Chocolate, Turkey Red, Pizzaria Delphi, Humdinger’s or Rusty’s — and sample their rhubarb recipes.

Country Legends Scavenger Hunt is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and includes stops at The Gallery, Palmer Museum and Visitor Center, Palmer Bar, Garden Gate, Non-Essentials, Fireside Books, Stamp Cache, Sidekicks Gift Store, Valley Hotel, AK Cell Repair, Shane Lamb Studio and Humdinger’s.

‘Music on the Green’ offered Saturday

Palmer Second Saturday Art Walk and Mid-Summer Garden and Art Faire July 13 includes live music throughout the day. Here is a list of performers and their times on stage:

• 10 a.m. — Flute Ensemble

• 10:30 a.m. — Bell Choir

• 11 a.m. — Jerry Wessling

• 11:30 a.m. — PAC Youth Theater Improv Group

• Noon — Melanie Troust

• 1 p.m. — Dave Norman

• 2 p.m. — Carhartt Brothers

• 3 p.m. — PAC Youth Band

• 4 p.m. — Corey Bjerken

• 5 p.m. — Marching Band Solo

Gardening workshops offered Saturday

Here is a list of workshops offered during the annual Palmer Mid-Summer Garden and Art Faire July 13:

Palmer Museum Garden 723 S. Valley Way

• 10-11 a.m. — Photography, Richard Estelle

• Noon-1 p.m. — In the garden: A walking tour history of the Mat-Su • Agricultural Showcase Garden, Jaime Rodriguez

• 1-2 p.m. — Concrete Leaf art demonstration, Florene Carney

Alaska Bible College Kitchen 248 Elmwood Ave.

• 9 a.m. — Preparing blueberry sourdough pancakes and learning more about the care and feeding of sourdough with Denise Statz, $10

• 10:30 a.m. to noon — Make fresh yogurt, Julie Cascio (UAF Extension Service), $15

• 12:30-2:30 p.m. — Make Fresh Cheeses: Panir and Chenna, Julie Cascio (UAF Extension Service), $15

• 3-4 p.m. — Make your own homemade sauerkraut, Julie Cascio (UAF Extension Service), $15

Palmer Library 655 S. Valley Way

• 11-11:45 a.m. — Invasive Plants: Can’t we all just get along?, Jaime Rodriguez

• 12-12:45 p.m. — The Honey Bee and the Super Organism, Saunders McNeil

• 1-1:30 p.m. — Ask the Plant, Ellen Vande Vise

Alaska Bible College248 Elmwood Ave.

• 11-11:45 a.m. — Rain Gardens, Catherine Inman

• 12-12:45 p.m. — Dollars & Scents: Propagating plants from cuttings, Pat Ryan

• 1-1:45 p.m. — Backyard Chickens, Steve Brown

• 2-2:45 p.m. — Composting, Jodie Anderson

• 2-3 p.m. — Sketch & Walk in a Garden, Suzie Althens (Classroom 2)