Eating Area located near the Lake Anna Gazebo

Eating Area located near the Mum Gardens

Mums are sold in the NE corner of the lake, near the Mum Gardens

The Kids Area is located behind the gazebo, near 6th St. NE

For the safety of the pet and our patrons, animals are not allowed at the festival unless it is identified as a service animal.

1. Leaving the mums intact in the gardens after the festival gives the public the opportunity to enjoy the mums for several additional weeks.
2. Bus groups continue to visit the mum gardens after the festival weekend is over. This provides additional income for the program.
3. During a time when the mums were dug up and sold  following the festival, the topsoil had been depleted in the flower beds. As a result it was necessary to purchase top soil and soil  amendments to bring the beds back up to level to insure adequate drainage.
4. We cannot practice crop rotation since we have no other area in which to rotate. Without rotating the crop some isolated soil borne disease problems will develop. A full scale prevention program is used in the gardens from the first day of planting. We choose not to introduce this limited risk into your home  garden.
5. Even if we choose to provide a mum that has been dug up (bare root) the product and time is working against you. The Mum Fest is held the last weekend in September. The mum sale would not take place until early October. That gives you limited time to get a bare root system sufficiently established to  be able to survive the winter.
6. As a result the city supplies containerized garden mums with well developed and protected root systems. They are easier to establish if you mulch them and keep them well watered all the way until the first hard freeze.

Please contact Tammy Simmons at 330-861-7118.

If you are a handmade crafter, please email kwalsh@cityofbarberton.com

If you are a business or food vendor, please contact tsimmons@cityofbarberton.com