Local Foods Festival

The Junior League of Denver has planted the seed for a great new event with the Denver Botanic Gardens --- The Local Foods Festival at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. This exciting new fundraising event will highlight local, fresh, sustainable food/products focusing on Colorado’s agricultural heritage and culinary diversity. It will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2010 and Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 11am to 4pm both days.

The Local Foods Festival provides a fun, energetic, and inspiring atmosphere for families to learn more about Colorado food resources. Producers of local fruits/vegetables, meat, prepared foods, culinary gifts, and other items will be featured; as well as chefs from local restaurants and area farmers.

If that doesn’t sound tasty enough, the Local Foods Festival will coincide with the opening of the very popular Botanic Gardens Corn Maze, the largest of its kind in the country.

We’re nurturing some fun-filled activities and events including:

A farmer’s market of approximately 50 vendors featuring local food, produce and homegrown gifts
Samplings from local restaurants and chefs at the market
A chili cook-off, featuring “amateur chefs” and local professional chefs
An exclusive VIP evening event, Rhinestone Rodeo, where casual style never looked so glamorous
A series of educational events focusing on how to prepare foods using fresh ingredients
….And Much Much More! Great events are cropping up all the time!