Persimmon Festival

We invite you to bring your family out to EatYourYardJax to discover a North American native fruit that is underrated, at the 1st Annual Persimmon Festival! Many fun cooking demonstrations, health talks, and food tastings! Activities for the kids!

Tastings

11:00 -Pesimmon apple mimosa

11:30-Persimmon Chuckney

12:00-Guava Sorbet

12:30-Persimmon bread

1:00-Fresh persimmon tastings

1:30-Jujube ice cream

2:00-Backyard Buffalo demo

2:30-Paw Paw ice cream

3:00-Roselle Jelly tasting

3:30-Shisho spring roll demo

4:00-Adios

Talks

11:00am Welcome-Slow food and Tim

11:30am Hydroponics Berry Good Farms

12:00pm Persimmons for Health-Elevated Nutrition

12:30pm Compost Rabbit -why compost?

1:00pm Square foot Gardening MIO

1:30pm Cooking with Kids Dawn Hutchkins

2:00pm Hougleculture-Native Jax

3:00pm Making a Global difference One yard at a time! Thea Baker

Kids Tent

11:00am Giant Bubbles!

11:30am Compost Rabbit worms and compost chat!

12:00pm Buttery Fly Play

12:30pm Sugar cane demo and tasting free cane stick!

2:00pm Air plant takehome workshop

3:00pmPete the cat petting and book reading!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

6500 Utsey Rd, 6500 Utsey Road, Jacksonville, United States