| Celebrate Spring!
Baseball, birding, blossoms, biking…along the Blue Star Highway
Biking
Get tuned up for the fall Apple Cider Century bike tour in Three Oaks, by joining the Three Oaks Spokes Bicycle club—or just hit the trails at Love’s Creek Park in Berrien Center, Warren Dunes.
For more information: www.applecidercentury.com or www.applecidercentury.com for a Map of Trails
House of David Echoes Baseball Schedule
All home matches are played on Eastman Field, Mary's City of David, and Benton Harbor. This vintage base ball team plays historic games using pre-Civil War era (1858 rules). To launch the season: Echoes play the Blossomtime Royals April 26 at 3:30 PM.
For season schedule see: www.maryscityofdavid.org
Berrien Birding Club
Join the Berrien Birding Club, which sponsors regular outings. Scheduled field trips are open to all. So grab your binoculars and join us sometime!
www.berriencounty.org or call Love Creek County Park at 269.471.2617.
Blossomtime Grand Floral Parade on May 2, 1:00 pm
This year, Blossomtime will celebrate its 103rd year as Queens were crowned in 24 local communities and compete for the 2009 Miss Blossomtime crown. Held on the first Saturday in May in downtown St. Joseph & Benton Harbor, the Grand Floral Parade now lasts two hours and boasts over 125 units including floats, bands, clowns, costumed characters, antique cars and tractors and the famed Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Drill. The Blossomtime Festival is the oldest and largest multi-community festival in the state of Michigan. Go to www.blossomtimefestival.org for more information.
Bees and Botanical Gardens
Stop at Fernwood Botanical Gardens and Nature Preserve (13988 Range Line Road, Niles, MI 49120) for inspiration, relaxation, education, or shopping. There are bus tours, classes on birds, blooms, and yoga and much more.
Note: the herb Society Tea is April 24 and the 2009 spring plant sale is May 8-10.
For more information, see www.fernwoodbotanical.org or call 269.695.6491
Denise Perry Donavin is a contributing writer for Blue Star Highway. +home page article archive |