Federal Way Festival Blooms May 10-11 (Continued)

Federal Way's Buds to Blooms will run Saturday, May 10 from 9:00 am - 3:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 11 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Shuttle bus transportation is available to all locations. Other festival guests include: Richie Steffen, Jeanine Smith, Hayley Howell, Jim Day, Cesar Medel, Mr. Darby, Rumples the Clown and Master Gardeners.

Select from your choice of optional activities: tour of the Barker Cabin, Bee Keeping, Ikebana display, blue grass music, banjo band, guitar music, pancake breakfast, storytelling, face painting, free wildflower seeds,wildflower coloring book, crafts and much more.

Festival locations featured during this year's show include:

• Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, 2525 S. 336th Street, 253-927-6960 Featuring 10,000 specimens on 22 acres of land!
• Weyerhaeuser-Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, 35663 Weyerhaeuser Wy, 253-942-5206. Promoters describe this collection of award-winning bonsai as unrivaled!
• Powell's Wood Gardens, 430 Dash Point Road, 253-529-1620. Three acres of beautiful trees, shrubs and plants native to our Pacific Northwest!
• West Hylebos Wetlands Park, South 348th Street, 253-874-2005. Newly-renovated wetlands reserve and wildlife refuge.
• Farmers Market at The Commons, South 320 & Pacifc Highway S., 253-261-8157. Be part of the crowd on the first day of the 2008 market season! Saturday only.

During the festival no admission will be levied at the Weyerhaeuser Bonsai Collection and West Hylebos Wetlands Park. The Rhododendron Species Garden will admit mothers and children only for at no addional cost. Powell's Wood will charge adults who visit the site a regular admission fee. Powell's Wood will not charge an admission fee for children under 12 years of age. Please be aware there is no charge at any time to enjoy the annual Federal Way Farmers Market.

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