Last Saturday, LOUA had its Third Annual Pawpaw Festival. This event is always nerve-wracking for me; it’s like having a party at your home, and as the time for the party to start gets closer, you wonder if anyone is going to show up…And each year, I worry for nothing. We had seven vendors and a food truck, and everyone was very happy with how their sales went. And the people! So many people stopped by to buy things, including pawpaw fruit. I’ve never acquired a taste for pawpaw (and to be honest, I don’t like most fruit!), but apparently, it’s quite the thing!
I did enjoy Rambling House’s pawpaw soda…
Walhalla Pottery pottery (dcyoung@columbus.rr.com)…
Pat Belisle’s garden sculptures (biggsbelisle@hotmail.com)…
Little Bags (buttonhole955@gmail.com)…
And Root Dub…
And Mike Siculan, who brought his 1953 car along with his puppets (retrovampire@aol.com)…
And Taqueria Don Pedro 2 and their Mexican food truck (dptacos2@gmail.com)…
We also had Perennial Rye Band, who played bluegrass – and Zack Yocum, from the band, brought all the pawpaw fruit (zachlandscaper@yahoo.com)…
And Larry Sterpka…
Of course, we couldn’t do this festival without Scioto Gardens…
and the Ohio Pawpaw Growers Association.
So much thanks to our co-sponsors, and all the vendors, and especially, to everyone who stopped by.
Until next time (and next year)!
Lower Olentangy Urban Arboretum 