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Arts events for kids: Pottery Workshop at Giles House
By Clara Metzmeier

The Giles Society will host the annual pottery workshops for young people ages 7 - 12 years of age on June 20, 2009 at Giles House on Spout Springs Road in Knifley, KY.

There will be two classes. One class is 10:00am-12:00pmCT (11-1 ET). The other class is 1:00pm-3:00pmCT (2-4:00pmET)

Each student will be charged a $10 fee for art supplies. Students must register before September 13, 2009.

Click here to read more of this item at ColumbiaMagazine.com Posted on 2009-06-07 03:34:28


Plant swap is May 9, 2009, at Giles House
By Clara Metzmeier

There will be a plant swap or plant exchange sponsored by the Giles Society, from 11:00amCT to 1pmCT, Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the Giles House, on Spout Springs Road, off Elkhorn Road, Knifley, KY.

A plant swap or plant exchange is for all people who love to garden. It is an opportunity for gardeners to get together to swap plants and garden stories. It is a fun time.

This time of the year flower gardens are being cleaned up and many plants need to be thinned out. Bring unwanted plants labeled and potted in a peat pot or clay or plastic pot or even a cottage cheese container. You swap your plants for new plants for your garden.

For more information call Clara Metzmeier at (270)465-6104 or email claram@kyol.net. -Submitted by Sue Stivers, Executive Director, Columbia-Adair County Tourism Commission.

There is no more text for this item. Posted on 2009-04-26 04:55:13


March 2009 is membership month for Giles Society
Program schedule for 2009 is below

By Clara Metzmeier

To honor Janice Holt Giles' and Henry Giles' literary and architectural legacy, The Giles Society was formed in 1996. To carry out the goals of the Society, it established itself as a nonprofit organization and placed the Giles' log home on the National Register of Historic Homes.

Click here to read more of this item at ColumbiaMagazine.com Posted on 2009-03-03 16:38:49



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