Camden Daffodil Festival

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15th Annual
Daffodil Festival
March 7th & 8th, 2008

Daffodil Festival
Special Events:

5 K Run/Walk
Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
(Camden Fairview Middle School)
Acres of Daffodil Gardens
Confederate Cemetery Walk
Civil War Re-enactors
Arts & crafts, Art Show /Sale
Live Music in two locations
Children's Activities
Antique Collectibles
Food Vendors
Championship Steak
Cook-off
Quilt Show

Tours

Historic Home /
Log Cabin tours

Adults, $5.00 each home
Children 6-12 $2.00
under 6 free

Daffodil Garden Tours /Confederate Cemetery Bus Tour

Includes 3 self guided gardens, two drive bys, and the
Cemetery Walk
Adults $15.00
Children 6-12 $10.00
under 6 free

GRACE HILL ESTATES

Old Wire Rd.
"Dine in the Daffodils"
Lunch $6.00 Adults
Under 12 $4.00
Friday and Saturday

8th Annual Championship Steak Cook-off

Sat., March 8th

Entertainment by
David Dubois Group

Downtown on the Riverfront
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

14oz Angus Beef Rib Eyes
with all the trimmings $15.00
Dine-in / carryout

Live entertainment all day!
Great food and loads of fun!

Celebrity Judges !!!

Rock Climbing Competition

For all ages!
Sat., March 8th, two climbs $5.00

Special competitions welcome!

Antique Dealer Malls
Downtown-open daily

Music
Saturday, March 8th
4:00-6:00p.m.
Steak Cook-off
Entertainment by
David Dubois Group
from Dallas, Texas
No charge

Oakland Confederate Cemetery Walk

Tour historic Oakland Cemetery
Hear the stories of
early settlers as told by costumed re-enactors

See Confederate troop flag ceremonies daily.

$5.00

Westside UMC

2211 Maul Rd.
(across the street from
Daniels Garden)

Great home cooked lunch from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Adults $6.00 , Under 12 $4.00 Friday and Saturday

Civil War Re-Enactors Encampment

See re-enactors downtown
at the River Park

Flag ceremonies at
Confederate Cemetery

Martial Arts
Demonstration

Daniels Gardens,
Japanese Garden Area

Friday and Saturday

Live Music in two locations

Art Show/Sale &
Quilt Show

UMC family Life center
March 7-8
9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

No charge.

SPECIAL TOUR PACKAGE $25.00
($40.00 Value)

Children 6-12 $15.00, under 6 free

Includes all homes, log cabin village,
gardens,and cemetery walk

Daniel's Garden

Available only from downtown ticket booth
Buses available for tours departing every half hour
Last pickup returning to town at 4:30 pm.

NOTE:
Admission to the Gardens via bus tours only from downtown area
No admittance other than from designated buses

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION call
(870) 836-6426 or (870) 835-0023.

For Tour Group Information call
(870) 836-8319 or

Email: parkerc333@aol.com

Festival Website: www.camdenfestival.com

Festival Email: cfreeland@cablelynx.com

We hope you'll join us!

Welcome spring in a south Arkansas town and see millions of daffodils spreading over many acres of four large daffodil gardens.See our stagecoach museum, winding river, antebellum homes lovingly restored, walk in our historic cemetery with costumed actors enchanting you with the real stories of early settlers who rest there. You can travel by vans from location to location and leave the driving and stories to us.

When you tour our museums and homes, costumed performers will weave their stories, and you might get lucky and see the ghost in our stagecoach museum.

Begin your adventure in the Great Hall of the United First Methodist Church smack in the middle of town with the festival banners flying! Inside, coffee and cookies are offered you by smiling volunteers who show you where to buy the various tickets you’ll need. It’s all located in a room that will also be showing off our antique quilt show and juried art show and sale.

Outside, lining our streets, you can view our wonderful murals covering our colorful history. There will be food and craft vendors, live music, and children’s activities which include rock climbing and train rides and games.

Murals by Camden Artist Terry Mashaw

Antique stores will be open and showing all their wares including collectibles from local industries such as Camark Pottery and Grapette memorabilia.

When you board the vans, you will see and hear our stories, visit and tour the eight authentic log cabins restored and preserved by Dr. Ralph and Patsy Hale.

Everywhere you go, daffodils line the church yards and parks to guide your way as you travel from one garden to another and the historic homes and museums.

Families enjoy the daffodil gardens!

One of the gardens also has a large Japanese Garden where martial arts will be viewed and demonstrated.

Getting hungry? We have a variety of food offered all over town or stop on your tour and lunch at a church offering good home cooked food and hospitality while you sit and rest.

As the day moves on, leave if you must, but we hope you‘ll stay the week-end to enjoy our whole family oriented, reasonably priced varieties of entertainment.

Saturday dawns and you will have the choice of participating in the 5K Run/Walk. Then breakfast with the Kiwanis Club doing the cooking at Camden Fairview Middle School. Begin your day early and enjoy!

Or back to town for more music, arts/crafts, sightseeing, or just walk around looking at the Civil War Reenactors at the river park where they are cooking, firing their cannons and giving a lesson in living history …some on horseback.

Then, Saturday evening stay around for the 8^th Annual Steak Cook-Off featuring 14 oz. angus beef rib eyes with all the trimmings-$15.00. Eat well and enjoy the music presented by David Dubois, a former Camden graduate, and his group from Dallas, Texas, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. – no charge – dance in the streets, enjoy our community, and you are most welcome at any of our churches for Sunday morning services.

David Dubois Group

We hope you will come and bring cameras, casual clothing, happy hearts, and your dancing shoes! Our festival was founded by local citizens and gardeners who wanted to share our charm and give the money to local charities. We have emergency vehicles on hand and lots of security so come visit us, relax, have a good time knowing your money goes for a good cause.