What do Big Wheels, apples and mulch have in common? They’ll all be topics of discussion at fall festivals in and around Chattanooga this weekend.
Big Wheel races are among an array of family activities as the city of East Ridge celebrates its centennial on Saturday with 90 vendors, six bands and five breweries offering concessions and entertainment.
Mulch is a mainstay at the Fall Garden Festival, also Saturday. Master Gardeners of Hamilton County planned the fall event after the success of a spring show in May.
It will feature “a variety of vendors with plants [trees, shrubs and perennials], hand-crafted foods and yard art, along with Master Gardener demos and exhibits plus fun activities for children,” said the group’s president, Suzanne Ford. “People can learn about bees, bluebirds, composting, fall vegetables, grow buckets, herbs, mulching, native plants and pollinators, rain barrels, raised beds and trees.”
The show is also meant to take the sting out of the cancellation of the Hamilton County Fair, which would have been this weekend, Ford said.