Elaine Cramer
Hydrangea Festival Founder

The Parade Date for the Summer of 2007

Hydrangea Flowers FestivalDecorating Floats will begin on On Friday, Sept. 7th, 2007 at Garden Works, on 21st Ave., and 128th St., in S. Surrey
:: 3pm to 9pm! ::

Floral Parade will be on
Saturday, September 8th at 11am.
The Festival will be all day Saturday until 5pm.


Location: Crescent Park, 128th Street and 26B Avenue, South Surrey, BC.

Start the day right!
Enjoy the Kiwanis Club of White Rock's Pancake Breakfast, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, Sept. 8th, 2007.
The place: Ocean Park Community Hall, at 16th Ave., and 128th St., South Surrey, B.C.




WANTED: Hydrangea, and other floral clippings and yard greenery for decorating floats in
Canada's Only Floral Parade. Contact Elaine at (604) 538-0598

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"Canada's Only All-floral Parade
In 2007 this is what we will be doing in South Surrey"

FUN FOR EVERYONE
*Kiwanis Club of White Rock, Pancake breakfast
* Classic Car Show
* Help celebrate, enjoy and purchase arts and crafts
* Bring your own picnic lunch for a full day of enjoyment
* Come and take part in interactive festival fun
* Watch Little Miss Hydrangea Contestents show their talents
* Enjoy bands and musicians
* Enjoy floral exhibits, and plant give aways
* Children's Activities

Surrey Vancouver Hydrangea Society Festival Poster 2007

Treat the 9th Annual Hydrangea Festival like a garden party full of fun surprizes, international presentations, envirommental displays and celebrate life with many.




The Kiwanis Club of White Rock is going to be putting on a Pancake breakfast for up to 500 people at the start of the parade. They will set up at 128th St., and 16th Ave., at 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sept. 8th, 2007.

Then the parade begins at 11: a.m. It continues down to Crescent Park to end inside the park at 26B Ave., and 128th St.


Our Floral parade decorating workshops go on, Wed., Aug. 29th, 2007, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Place: Garden Works, at 21st Ave., and 128th St., S. Surrey, B.C. Free refreshments and fun workshops for all age groups. Learn how to decorate bikes, strollers, cars, trailers, floats, and even costumes, with real flowers and greenery.


On Friday, Sept. 7th, 2007
Floral float and parade decorating goes on at Garden Works, on 21st Ave., and 128th St., in S. Surrey from 3p.m. to 9p.m.

The public are welcome to view the decorating, and are invited to bring all types of flowers, cedar cuttings from hedges, ivy, and especially Hydrangea flowers. Bring the flower and greenery donations in garbage bags and boxes, for easy transporation. Free refreshments are provided to all volunteers and helpers. Phone 604-538-0598 for more info.


Anyone in schools, college, etc., wanting credit for volunteer hours, can find them in the first week of school by helping out at the Hydrangea Festival. People donating 6 hours or more of volunteer time will also get a new Festival T-Shirt, donated by Canadian Tire, of South Pointe Mall, in South Surrey. Please RSVP as soon as possible, in order to do the type of volunteering best suited to the volunteer. Call 604-538-0598.

CALL:
Surrey Tourism For More Information:
604-581-1415
This Family oriented festival is FREE!!

*Regular Rec Center fees apply to their services.

To enroll in parade and flower donations,
contact Elaine Cramer (604) 538-0598

The Surrey Hydrangea Festival's mission is to celebrate life by promoting floral festivals, to serve the community, and to contribute to the enhancement of tourism, education, health, and environmental concerns as a non-profit society.

It's main functions are:

1. To promote local tourism in British Columbia, focusing on the region hosting the Festival, this year the region is Whalley BC;
2. To become one of North America's leading floral attractions, next to: The Portland Rose Festival & the Rose Parade®;
3. To promote the growing of the Hydrangea plant for recreational and commercial purposes throughout BC and Canada;
4. To promote the advancement of knowledge and research of the Hydrangea plant;
5. To organize festivals, parades, exhibitions, seminars, and conferences on Hydrangeas, along with the environmental concerns for all plants and materials of nature.

For more information, volunteer opportunities, or donation of flowers for pre-parade float decorating in August, go to the website: www.fraservalleybc.com/hydrangeafestival/.


"We have the unique and different kinds of qualities within our festival
and population, to welcome the rest of the world to Surrey,
and all of B.C.
The Hydrangea Blossom Festival is promoting this beautiful city 
we want the rest of the world to know us."


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