 MOTHER’S DAY
CELEBRATION!!!
‘Art in the Garden’
Saturday and Sunday
May 8th and 9th
10am. to 5pm.
Our free annual Mother’s Day Celebration has become our biggest event
of the year. Each year Mother’s Day is a special event at The Thyme Garden.
This year will be our 18th year to carry on the tradition. Once again we will have regional fine art outdoors
for you to enjoy as well as purchase. Many of the artists will be here with their
artwork giving demonstrations. As usual we will be sharing free samplings of
our May Wine, a traditional springtime drink in Europe made with sweet woodruff,
as well as free herbal treats, including herb spreads and herb cookies. The grilles will be fired up and Chef Jerry 'The Griller Miller' will be preparing our awesome Rosemary Flavored Burgers Stuffed with Feta Cheese. We will
also have great tasting side dishes for sale, all prepared with herbs. Micro-brew Beer will be provided by Oregon Trails Brewery on Saturday. Local wine will
be available Sunday by Tyee Wine Cellars along with live music. Once again festival goers can have fun creating their own Herbal Hanging Basket for mom. Choose three herbs from our nursery as well as three flowers to build your basket for only $12.95. Don’t miss this day
to have fun and take advantage of our huge selection of organically grown herbs and useful plants
and see what’s new for the season.
'GALLERY OF ARTISTS'
This year we will have over 30 great artists and craftsman with their work on display and for sale. It will be an entertaining collection of creations from all over the region like Yachats, Salem, Eugene, Corvallis, Blodgett and Albany as well as awesome artists from Alsea. Click here to see some pictures of our Mother's Day Celebration and our 'Gallery of Artists' that tells a little bit about some of the artists participating in the event.
This years Music will be provided by (Click on their names for links to their site).....
Saturday:
Joan Long and The Music Makers (Old Time Swing Music) - 11am.-12:30pm.
Solar Blue - Chris Estes (Acoustic Guitar and Harmonica - Blues and Classic Rock) - 12:30pm.-1:30pm.
Rusty Hinges (Traditional String Band Music - Old Time and Blues) - 1:30pm.-4pm.
Sunday:
Willamette Valley Old Time Musicans - 10:30am.-12:30pm.
Ancient Ways (Marimba)12:30pm.-2:00pm.
Solar Blue - Chris Estes (Blues and Classic Rock) - 2:00pm.-3:30pm..
Ancient Ways (Marimba)3:30pm.-5pm.
Free Admission
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 THE WOMEN'S
FESTIVAL
Sunday, May 23th
10am. to 5pm.
Free Admission
The Thyme Garden is hosting our third annual Women's Festival focused on women with businesses as well as their creativity and well being. The Women's Festival was the brainchild of Katherine (Caite) Sagehorn, owner of More Than a Facial in Philomath, OR. Caite wanted to create a space for local businesswomen to showcase their products and services, as well as an event where we could all come together to learn, play and celebrate!
Our vision for the Women’s Festival is to provide a forum for women by women and those that love them: to inform and empower the women of our communities so they may embrace the talents and resources available to them.
FESTIVAL EVENTS
As many as 50 vendor booths will showcase products and services to enhance your health and well-being, adorn and pamper yourself , build your business , and learn about community services available to women ~ see their Vendor Directory for details! There will also be vendor demonstrations and informational talks throughout the day, as well as 4 motivational speakers. The festival will close with a dance movement celebration led by Nia facilitators. See their Event Schedule for details and check the great video of last year's event!
They have a excellent website with all the info you need about the days entertainment, speakers and raffle prizes. Just Click Here.
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THE THYME GARDEN TOURS AND LUNCHEONS
 WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR A GROUP LUNCHEON AND TOUR
Our nursery and display gardens are tucked away in the mountains just a short drive from Corvallis Oregon on Highway 34 to Waldport on the coast. The drive alone is worth the trip, taking you past Mary’s Peak, the highest point in the Coast Range Mountains of Oregon.
We will start with a guided tour of our greenhouses, discussion on how we propagate our plants, how our greenhouses work and the plants that are growing in them. After having an aromatherapy experience in our little conservatory where we have collected aromatic and fragrant plants we will stroll through our display gardens and discuss the herbs we see as well as the ones you will have the pleasure of experiencing with your herbal luncheon. The luncheon is peaceful and relaxing as you dine outdoors under the fir trees and absorb all the ambiance nature has to offer, always aware of the surrounding beautiful coast range mountains and the hypnotizing sound of our year round stream that borders this special place. Our nursery offering over 700 varieties of useful plants will be open after finishing lunch for those who would like to take some herbs home with them.
A typical luncheon will include:
A beautiful salad of mixed salad greens, topped with a tapestry
of edible flowers and colorful herbs.
Herbal Teas and our Signature Lavender Lemonade
Three Choices of Homemade Herbal Breads
An array of Herb Butters and Spreads
A main dish such as our Fresh Salmon Baked in Papillote
with a Dill and Caper Sauce
Sauteed Fresh Green Beans with Basil and Pine Nuts
Homemade Herbal Pasta
Finished off with a tasty dessert that has an herb or two in it as well!
(We use fresh wild caught salmon, not farm raised salmon that
has been artificially colored. We also use organically grown vegetables whenever
possible many of which we grow organically ourselves.)
The tour and lunchen normally lasts about 3 hours. The cost is $25.00 per person which includes gratuity and is not refundable. In order that we can give everyone plenty of attention we have to restrict the size of the group to 24. We also require a minimum number of twelve people. Interested individuals or small groups may combine with others to meet the required minimum number. The event is held on Tues, Weds. and Thurs. June, to mid-August.
For more information call (541) 487-8671 or 1-800-487-8670
Email: herbs@thymegarden.com
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 MIDNIGHT in the GARDEN
of
GOOD and EVERYTHING
Saturday July 24th.
7pm. to ????
Appetizers begin around 7pm. Dinner at 8pm.
One of the most awesome evening events of the summer! The evening begins with a memorable experience of strolling through the Gardens sipping a glass of Tyee Wine Cellars premium wine as darkness slowly creeps in and the herbs release their exotic nighttime fragrances. Followed by a delicious herbal feast and live music. After dinner and a round of sinful desserts we will take our traditional night walk through the forest....and....then the fun really begins.
There will also be a campfire with straw bales to sit on and finish off the evening with your friends. Don't miss your only opportunity this summer to experience the other side of the Garden.
$35 Adults
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FALL SALMON CELEBRATION
 Saturday, November 13th. will be our Salmon Walk and Herbal Dinner. Come and experience this beautiful event when the salmon come back to their spawning grounds to complete their life cycle while starting a new one. Then feast on a six course homemade herbal dinner from appetizers to dessert. The day will start at one o’clock with appetizers and beverages(You are welcome to bring your own wine) followed by a walkabout to see the salmon spawning in our streams. Really cool special glasses that help you see into the water will be provided! At this moment (Monday morning) I counted over seven giant Chinook Salmon in one pool in the big stream and a pair of Coho Salmon in the small stream. We will come back from our walk and warm up with our special seafood soup followed by a course of three kinds of homemade breads and three choices of herbal spreads. A tasty salad of organic greens and veggies, dried cherries and sunflower seeds with three choices of herbal dressing precedes the main course of fresh wild caught Coho Salmon poached in herbs on the grill or pork loin stuffed with prunes and marinated carrots (Salmon will be our first choice if it is available. If not the pork loin is a perfect fall time dinner) And last but not least Janet will create a decadent treat of some kind to satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth. There will also be lavender lemonade, jamaica and coffee included. The dinner and walk is $30 per person. Reservations only.
Approximate Time Schedule:
1:00 – Appetizers and Wine
1:45 – Salmon Walk
2:30 – Seafood soup to Main Course
3:45 – Coffee and Dessert
We have a limit of 24 people for each day so don’t wait too long to make your reservations! Be sure to bring outdoor shoes or boots and rain gear or umbrella for the walkabout. We will be eating indoors were it will be nice and warm.
Hope we see you…Rolfe and Janet
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WEDDINGS AT THE THYME GARDEN
"Make your special day a celebration to remember forever."
 Reserve the Thyme Garden for the most important ceremony of your lifetime! We do everythin we can to make this a celebration to remember. Our gardens and facilities are yours for three days including overnight camping the night of the wedding. We realize family and friends have come a long way to share this special time with you, so we provide plenty of time for set up and celebration. Enjoy the beautiful gardens and surrounding mountains while the sun is up and over 11,000 twinkling lights after dark while sitting around a warm, crackling fire listening to music and visiting friends. The Thyme Garden will also cater your wedding with an awesome feast of herbal delights. You may add to it our Salmon Bake, prepared the traditional way around an alder fire outdoors for your guests to enjoy.
We know lots of great photographers to choose from to catch your whole event for you on film. Below are some examples of two excellent photographers who have worked their artistry at The Thyme Garden. One of them is Robert Crum, Robert Crum Photography, and Maggie Hudson, Honeysuckle Photography . If you would like to see one of the great slide shows they have put together for some of our wedding couples click on the links below....
Liz and Jason
Carol and Stephen
Jen and Lance
Sun Dappled Designs Floral Arrangements - If you want a very personal touch to your flowers that feature herbs and local organic flowers that are creative and highly imaginative, we highly recommend Bethany Schiminsky of Sun Dappled Designs!
Visit Sun Dappled Designs Webpage
Call us for more information.... 541-487-8671
 EARTH
DAY
CELEBRATION!!!
Sunday, April 25th.
10am. to 5pm.
Earth Day and Opening Day for The Thyme Garden happen on the same weekend for us this year. Join us to celebrate this beautiful planet we live on as well as the start of our 20th season. The gardens are a perfect place to start to enjoy the coming spring. Lets cross our fingers it will be a little warmer than last year when we started the day with 6” of snow! That didn’t stop everybody though , lots of people still came and were part of the great energy of new life waking up after a long winter’s sleep. Our nursery will be happening along with our Scavenger Hunt for free plants and a Grand Prize, food and who knows what else we will come up with to make the day special. Free Event
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