Richards Fruit Market
6410 Middle Road
Middletown, VA 22645
Driving Directions The Virginia Lovers' Gourd Society is proud to host their 7th Annual Gourd Festival. This is a unique marketplace for anyone enjoying folk art and learning from the artisans themselves how to create gourd art! For more information, see our website.
Special attractions include a Silent Auction of Gourd Art benefiting a Virginia youth agriculture program; gourd crafting classes at a very reasonable price of $25.00 each (sign up in advance if possible); a place to buy craft-ready gourds from several raw gourd suppliers; a place to buy completed original gourd art; a opportunity to hear comedy hillbilly quartet Ricochet (Saturday) and a folk band (Sunday); and, held at a farm market, where all food is made from produce grown or raised within 500 feet of the market.
Admission is FREE! Adequate parking for buses.
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Date/Hours: Saturday, November 07, 2009 - Sunday, November 08, 2009 (9:00 AM-5:00 PM)
Children Welcome Pets Welcome Telephone: Richard's Market Phone (Festival Site): (540) 869-6340
Richard's Market Phone (Festival Site): (540) 869-1455
Website: americangourdsociety.org/virginia/index.htm