About the Fair.....
Kick off Spring with the annual Forsythia Festival held the second weekend in March on the historic Courthouse Square in Forsyth, Georgia.
This free family centered event features a 2-day arts & crafts show, children's fair, a 5k run, sporting tournaments, live entertainment and much more. Feast your eyes on beautiful hand crafted items, hand-woven baskets and thousands of unique gifts. Enjoy
homemade goodies, savory mouth-watering foods and a fun time for the entire family.
What is Forsythia?
The brightly blooming Forsythia shrub thrives in our Middle Georgia region. Forsythia shrubs consist of seven varieties of ornamental shrubs,
(genus: Forsythia), whose roots lie in the olive family, strangely enough. Forsythia are native to East Europe and East Asia. The eye-catching,
yellow blooms appear in early spring, before leaves sprout along its branches. The narrow leaves of forsythia often have three parts; while, the
beautifule star-shaped flowers we see in and around Forsyth each spring, have four parts. The forsythia shrub was named for Scottish horticulterist,
William Forsyth, (1737-1804).
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2011 Committee Members
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Chairman
Kim Romine
Members
Anni Horne, vice-chair
Ashley Wooley
Betty Kinnas
Chris Ham
Chrisyy Ham Donovan, past chair
Connie Ham
JoAnna Banks
Kerri Swearingen
Lakeshia Johnson
Laurie Pippin
Pam Davis
Robby Whitehead
Ronnie Kinnas
Ruby Cannon
Tony Ussery
Winifred Berry
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