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Holiday Forest Fair
December 16, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mark your calendars for the one-of-a-kind holiday event brought to you by Chick of the Woods. There is nothing quite like this event in the state of Minnesota. The Holiday Forest fair is an event that will be fun and engaging for anyone with an appreciation for nature. There will be 25 nature-themed vendors, demonstrations, workshops, face painting, pictures with Santa, henna tattoos, and a Mexican Food Truck. Held on Saturday, December 16 from 10am-4pm in the beautiful, warm greenhouses of the The Mustard Seed Garden Center, located in Chaska, MN.
Maybe you would like to get a completely unique gift from one of the 25 local, small business, nature-themed vendors. Or maybe you’d like to attend a demonstration to learn how to make candied Black Walnuts from ForagerChef, cook mushrooms with Borealle, or preserve wild foods from Olena the Mushroom Lady. Maybe you’d like to learn about wild mushrooms from the MN Mycological Society. You could even decorate your body with a henna tattoo or build a Christmas planter to decorate your house for holiday parties. Bring your kids for pictures with Santa, face painting with Sweet Cheeks Face Painting, and the nature-themed coloring station. Don’t forget to fill your tummies with tasty tacos from Tacos La Catrina LLC food truck. They will even have a mushroom taco!
Follow the Holiday Forest Fair Facebook or Instagram page for the most up-to-date information, to view items the vendors will have available, and to see the schedule.
Click to watch a promo for the Holiday Forest Fair.
Some of the vendors and items include:
Forager Chef with his Flora cookbook and wild food creations
Maureen Carlson Studio & Wee Folk Creations Workshop with clay polymer art
Northern Foragers with foraged food products
Ames Farm with natural bee products
Morels & Memories fundraiser for Alzheimer’s
Birch bark hats by Jonas
Pottery by Kilnworks by Kolleen Jenne
Foraged tea blends by Following Cairns
Baked goods by Lori’s Marshmallow Cakery
Metal work by Matt’s Eye Ketchers
Earrings made with foraged items by Pioneer Birchworks
Mushroom cookbook and shirts from Untamed Mushrooms
Forest life books from Crooked Lake Tales
Quilted fabrics from Stem By Seraglyn
Mushroom grow kits from Tavis’s Mushrooms
Mushroom coffee by Elevated Spores LLC
Forest bathing from Natural Awareness Guide
Mushroom calendars by Chick of the Woods.