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FORSYTHIA IN FORSYTH
Kick off Spring with the annual Forsythia Festival held the second weekend in March on the historic Courthouse Square in Forsyth, Georgia. This free family centered event features a 2-day arts & crafts show, children's fair, a 5k run, sporting tournaments, live entertainment, a dance, chili cook-off, and much more. Feast your eyes on beautiful hand crafted items, hand-woven baskets and thousands of unique gifts. Enjoy homemade goodies, savory mouth-watering foods and a fun time for the entire family.
What is Forsythia?
The brightly blooming Forsythia shrub thrives in our Middle Georgia region. Forsythia shrubs consist of seven varieties of ornamental shrubs, (genus: Forsythia), whose roots lie in the olive family, strangely enough. Forsythia are native to East Europe and East Asia. The eye-catching, yellow blooms appear in early spring, before leaves sprout along its branches. The narrow leaves of forsythia often have three parts; while, the beautifule star-shaped flowers we see in and around Forsyth each spring, have four parts. The forsythia shrub was named for Scottish horticulterist, William Forsyth, (1737-1804).
Tom
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