UPCOMING EVENTS
Blossoms, Books, and Backrubs
Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:30 - 1:30 (9:00 for Friends)
The word has gotten out around the Valley about Westhampton’s annual spring event, and bargain-hunters have put the BBB on the plant sale map. One gardener has told us she plans her family trips from Long Island to coincide with the sale day. This year, the 11thannual Blossoms, Books and Backrubs event will be held May 17, 2008 indoors at the Westhampton Town Hall.
Once again, thousands of perennials, shrubs, fruit and ornamental trees donated and dug by volunteers from local gardens as well as a well-edited assortment of annuals, herbs and hanging planters will be for sale, as well as hundreds of books, CDs and DVDs. Try a chair massage for $5 donation, and on your way out, stop at the bake table for a piece of quiche, a cookie, or a sweet treat to bring to your potluck supper.
Come see what gardeners far and wide are talking about.
Also Saturday, May 17, 2008 (11:00-2:00)
America's Largest Gathering of Fancifully Transformed Plastic Pink Flamingos ...Get Involved!
On May 17, 2008 from 11:00 until 2:00, the Friends of the Westhampton Memorial Library will host Flock to the Library, "America’s
largest gathering of imaginatively decorated plastic pink flamingos.” The event, says organizer Laurie Sanders, is partly a fundraiser for Westhampton’s library campaign, but it’s also a way to “whimsically demonstrate that libraries play important roles in our communities – beyond lending books. They’re also places where art, culture and community-building come together,” she says.
Given the prospect of 600 fancifully-transformed pink flamingos in one place, including many submitted by professional artists, organizers expect the event to receive extensive media attention. What’s more, the day will also feature related activities: flamingo croquet, flamingo “egg” tosses,and a variety of pink foods.
Just across the street from the flock of flamingos will be the Friends of the Westhampton Memorial Library’s annual "Blossoms, Books, and Backrubs" event, a well-known and well-attended plant and book sale, where professional chair massage is available for weary gardeners.
Flock to the Library co-chair Renée Schultz says the organization is hoping to distribute upwards of 500 flamingos before the event. “We want people to have enough time to be creative and inventive,” she said. She has already heard lots of ideas, including one person’s plan to attach model rockets to his flamingo and fire it into air. “When it comes to transforming America’s
favorite lawn ornament, I guess the sky’s the limit,” said Schultz with a smile.
Business owners: Decorate it with your business logo or other creative idea.
Business Flamingo: $100
Individuals and Non-Profit Organizations: Make one for your own personal interest or for your entire family
Individual/NPO/Family Flamingo: $20
Professional Artists (no charge): Artists are asked to donate their flamingo(s) so that they can be
raffled at the end to help raise funds for the Westhampton Town Center
Library Project.
Public Libraries (no charge): Create a creature that expressed the unique character of your community
Public Libraries: Free email us to reserve yours
Other activities that special May day will include flamingo egg
rolling, flamingo croquet, a plant sale, and of course, a variety of
pink foods. Prizes for different age (kids/adults) categories too.
Click here for a printable flyer (pdf)
PAST EVENTS
Mardi Gras Party with the Gypsy Wranglers
Saturday, February 2, 2008
A wonderful time was had by all! Thanks to everyone who helped set up, clean up, and dance all night long in celebration of our work.
2nd Annual Fall Festival
October, 2007
Around 1,000 people passed through during the day to celebrate autumn in old country style.
Lounging for Literacy
June, 2007
We set a world record for the most people every reading together in lounge chairs!
1st Annual Fall Festival
October, 2006
Over
200 Westhamptonites gathered in the Town Center on Sunday, October 15
for the Fall Festival. This was a wonderful way to enjoy our town
center's open space and historic buildings. Highlights included squash
slinging via Andy Tracy's real life catapult (Trebuchet), homemade
donuts made fresh by the Montague family, a reading by Carol Weis of
her children's book When the Cows got Loose, a visual stake out of the
proposed new library building (and the locations of the septic systems
and tanks for the current library and Town Hall--not much room for
expansion there), an historical exhibit, Indian corn husking and tying
(boy are they beautiful), cider making, a scarecrow contest with over
20 entrants, an antique/vintage car show, free food grilled up by
Westhampton's grilling champions, the great pumpkin roll down stage
road (one pumpkin made it all the way past the horse barn at
Southampton Road), and music around a bonfire that lasted into the deep
dark of that beautifully chilly fall evening. Thanks to Janice Tracy
for spear heading this wonderful event. With everyone's support in
passing the Town Center Library Project, we can acquire the office
space we need, protect open land in the center of town, preserve the
historic character of our Town Center by securing the parsonage (a
building with a rich and worthy history), and make the Fall Festival an
annual event! Click here to see some pictures from the 2006 Fall Festival.
