Bayfield, WI

As part of the ongoing "Bayfield in Bloom" celebration, this weekend brings art gallery openings, orchard tours and more springtime shop openings.

Bayfield County Garden & Orchard tours begin at 10 a.m. and run until 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 24. Participants may pick up an orchard map at the Bayfield Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, located at 42 S. Broad street. The map is also available online at http://www.bayfield.org

Erickson's Orchard Store opens this weekend as well. The Erickson Orchard Country Store will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., with a special twenty per cent discount (minimum $20 purchase).

Discounts will also be available this weekend at Eckel's Pottery Gallery and the Austin Miller Studio & Gallery, on the outskirts of town. And Donalee Designs will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

Remember, the annual "Free Ferry Passenger Day" (vehicles excluded from free passage offer) offered by the Madeline Island Ferry Line is coming soon! This year's "Free Passenger Day" is scheduled for Sunday, June 8..don't miss it!

The sixth annual "Bayfield in Bloom" celebration is on its way!

From May 16 through June 15, Bayfield will be alive with springtime events and activities. The event kicks off with an on-location broadcast of "Garden Talk" at the Bayfield Lakeside Pavillion, with Wisconsin Public Radio personality Larry Meiller. Garden Talk features an "Ask the Experts" segment and audience members are invited to participate as part of the studio audience.

Other special events during the month-long celebration will include

Chequamegon Bay Birding and Nature Festival, May 16-18

Twenty-seventh annual 10K "Apple Blossom Run", May 17

Bayfield County Orchard Tours, May 24

Bayfield "Bloomin' Yard Sale" and city-wide Garden Tour, June 7

Madeline Island Ferry Line "Free Passenger Day", June 8

"Blessing of the Fleet" at Bayfield City Harbor, June 15

This year's Bayfield in Bloom celebration is sponsored by the Bayfield Chamber of Commerce, with participation and cooperation of area businesses, including several on Madeline Island.

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