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18 – Sunday, June 20, the public can come in to view the combined show for a minimal fee of $5, or entrance to the show is included in the ticket price of any event. Other ticketed events scheduled throughout the weekend include a Friday afternoon tea and fashion show featuring handcrafted fashions by members of the Southern Highlands Craftsmen Guild, whose headquarters are on the Parkway, along with fashions to be worn when hiking on the Parkway; and on Saturday, a photographic tour/lecture of the flora of the Blue Ridge Parkway by Dave Ellum, Professor
of Sustainable Forestry at Warren Wilson College. On both Friday (18th) and Saturday (19th) a tour of gardens in Black Mountain will be offered. This year’s tour features the gardens of artists, including sculptors, potters, wood turners, and painters. There will be local artists in the gardens, painting en plain air the scenes they find that day. On Sunday (20th) from noon - 4 p.m., these paintings will be for sale at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, on a floor adjacent to the Art in Bloom display. Tickets for the garden tour may be purchased in advance or the day of the tour, and maps for the self-guided tour will be available. Tickets holders will receive a 15 per-
cent discount for lunch on the tour day at their choice of several Black Mountain restaurants. For more information, visit www.blackmountain arts.org. (Right) Being the first viewers of the floral interpretations of fine art is a treat for the attendees of the Art in Bloom Preview Party, scheduled in 2010 on Thursday, June 17.
Photos by Mary Lounsbury
Local artist Ida O’Connell paints en plein air during the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Art in Bloom Garden Tour, held in June.