The first ever major showcase of different businesses and non profits in Jacksonville which sell or promote a “green†product, service or lifestyle. Features include green building, organic foods and drinks, recycle drop off, low-emission transportation, solar energy companies, organic beer, coffee and wine tasting, classes and workshops, going green tips for your home, etc.
October 18, 2008, 10:00am – 6:00pm
www.jacksonvillegreenexpo.com
Arlington – Morocco Shrine Center
Admission: Ticketed
Find Your Way in the Corn Maze in Charleston, South Carolina
Get the family together to find your way in this challenging corn maze. The West Family’s 6-acre corn maze offers good old-fashioned fun. The maze features over 3 miles of trails in the shape of the Palmetto state.
When you arrive you will be given a map to help find your way, but will you will have to use your best map-reading skills to find all twelve checkpoints. Other activities include a farm zoo, hayrides, pumpkin patch, scarecrow alley, apple slingshot and more. For more information call 843-688-5453 or visit
www.westfarmcornmaze.com.
CoastFest 2008, Brunswick
Come to Coastfest for lots of fun and learning for the whole family. This event takes place at Georgia DNR Division Headquarters, right under Sidney Lanier Bridge on October 4, 2008 from 10am-4pm
For more information please call (912) 264-7218
Fall Festival at Boone Hall – Charleston
An animated talking pumpkin, amusements for the kids, hay rides, kettle corn, animals, and plenty of delicious food await your family at Boone Hall this fall. The Pumpkin Patch opens each year at the beginning of October and runs through the end of the month.
Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday 9am until 5pm and Sunday 1pm until 5pm throughout the month of October, from 10/01/2008 – 10/31/2008. Admission includes the playground area and the hayride. For more please call Boone Hall Plantation at 843-884-4371. www.boonehallplantation.com.
Georgia Birding Festival on Jekyll Island
Georgia’s coast is throbbing with thousands of feeding birds and butterflies and other unique coastal
wildlife. Experience this drama together with outdoors enthusiasts expected at Georgia’s Colonial Coast
Birding & Nature Festival held on Jekyll Island October 9-13, 2008. The sixth annual festival offers a variety of entertainment and educational activities including a keynote speech by Pete Dunne, internationally renowned birdwatcher and author of numerous birding guides. On Saturday, October 11, a Nature Day event is planned for youngsters and families. A variety of field trips and seminars will highlight coastal Georgia’s abundant natural beauty and wildlife. The Jekyll Island Convention Center will serve as the hub for festival activities, and field trip excursions will include many of the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources’ (DNR) Colonial Coast Birding Trail sites.
For more complete information visit the website www.coastalgeorgiabirding.org
or call 1-877-4JEKYLL.