Cahaba Lily Festival

Cahaba Lily
Festival
WEST BLOCTON, ALABAMA
May 16
www.CahabaLily.com
Hosted by The West Blocton Improvement Committee in partnership with:
Bibb County Citizens for Wildflowers - George Wood Chapter, AWS
Morning
Program
Cahaba Lily Festival
May 16, 2015
Pre-program music by members of the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra
8:00 am Registration and displays by partner organizations
Native and other plants and nature related items available for sale
9:10 am Morning Program Starts with Crowning of Miss Cahaba Lily
Includes updates from Partners
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
Friends of the CRNWR
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
with Auntie Litter
George Wood Chapter,
Alabama Wildflower Society
Bibb County Citizens for Wildflowers
Living River – A Retreat on the Cahaba
Bibb County Cahaba River Authority
The Nature Conservancy
Cahaba River Society
Dr. Larry Davenport - "Romancing the Lily"
Dept. of Biology, Samford University
Lunch - Provided by the West Blocton Improvement Committee – Donations Welcomed
Afternoon
Activities
Field Trips to view the Lilies along the river or from a scenic overlook
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Canoe rentals by the Cahaba River Society $20
1:15 pm – 3:00 pm Tours of Historic Blocton Beehive Coke Ovens
3:15 pm
Story Telling & Musical Entertainment
Dr. Jim Day - Coal Mining in Bibb County
Aileen Kilgore Henderson - Eugene Allen Smith:
State Geologist in late 1800s
With music by: Cahaba Olde Tyme Music Society
For more information contact West Blocton City Hall: (205) 938-7622
or Myrtle Jones: (205) 938-7304 or Charles Allen: (205) 938-2479
or visit
www.CahabaLily.com
Cahaba Lily Center – 1012 Main Street - West Blocton, Alabama