Munsinger Clemens Gardens Art Fair Is This Thursday

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- The Art Fair in the Gardens is this week. The Munsinger Clemens Botanical Society's annual event runs from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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Co-Chair Jill Florek says they have just over 60 artists coming, including several new vendors.

We've got jewelry, paintings, there's pottery, stained glass, there's clay, there's authors there, so a variety of different things.

You'll also hear three different musicians roaming through the gardens. And, if you're hungry, they'll have food trucks parked on Riverside Drive between the upper and lower gardens.

Florek says the day is designed for you to come and spend some time there.

There are a lot of benches here and there.  We're going to have picnic tables out for you to sit.  So basically, you can wander around, you can sit and relax, people watch, look at art.  Make your way through all of it.

Florek says they host the event every year as a way to bring awareness to the gardens.

That's what we do, we try and get people there to see it, to see the beauty, to actually want to give to the gardens right here in our local community.

The Art Fair is free to attend, but the Munsinger Clemens Botanical Society will have a donation box at the information table for anyone who wants to help support the daily upkeep of the gardens.

The next Music in the Gardens event is on Sunday, July 26th, with the band Harper's Chord. That's the annual Butterfly Release with Quiet Oaks Hospice House.