October 28, 2005
THE WOODLANDS WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL
TO BLOOM IN COCHRAN’S CROSSING
THE WOODLANDS, TX – (Friday, October 28, 2005) – Collect 20 different varieties of free wildflower seeds, distributed by local businesses at The Woodlands Wildflower Festival, an annual tradition set for Saturday, November 5, 2005 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cochran’s Crossing Shopping Center, according to Susan Vreeland-Wendt, director of marketing for The Woodlands Development Company (TWDC).
Festival-goers will enjoy displays of native plants, environmental exhibits and booths with nature-related gift items for sale. Children will enjoy a free petting zoo, pony rides, face painting and a balloon artist. Puffy Pine Cone, lovable mascot of The Woodlands, will make a special appearance from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to pose for free pictures with the children and distribute free gifts while supplies last.
The wildflower seed sponsors and the seeds they will distribute are:
- A Affordable Storage & Jeff Paul Custom Homes – Sweet Alyssum
- Amegy Bank-Gina Brown & Amegy Mortgage-Cathy Bleakley – California Poppy
- Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts Studio – Pink Cosmos
- The Brickman Group, Ltd. – Lacy Phacelia
- Cochran’s Crossing Merchants Association – Cornflower
- Coldwell Banker United, Realtors® - Mammoth Greystripe
- Egly, Peebles, & Holcombe & Kenny Speight Agency – Evening Primrose
- Growth Magazine & St. Cyril of Jerusalem Orthodox Church – Rev. Biberdorf – Scarlet Flax
- Karate of The Woodlands – Chicory
- Mathnasium of The Woodlands-John and Jane Opalko – Rocket Larkspur
- Morgan Stanley-Cindy Tice & Allstate Insurance-Larry Smith – Bachelor’s Button
- Oasis Landscaping – Crimson Clover
- Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors®-Nina Marino & Donna’s Printing – Scarlet Flax
- Randalls – Baby’s Breath
- State Farm-Dan Johnston & State Farm-Mary Brunson – Purple Tansy
- Town Center Improvement District – Lemon Mint
- Waste Management – Black Eyed Susan
- Weichert Realtors®/Shaw and Associates – Plains Coreopsis
- Woodforest National Bank-Lisa McConnell & Ed Jones – Yellow Cosmos
- The Woodlands Development Company – Texas Bluebonnet
The official Wildflower Festival poster and tee shirt will be on sale at The Woodlands Lions Club booth.
The merchants at Cochran’s Crossing Shopping Center are the presenting sponsors while The Brickman Group, Ltd., a local landscaping company, is the participating sponsor. The Woodlands Lions Club and TWDC are the hosts of this festival.
Cochran’s Crossing Shopping Center is located at 4747 Research Forest Drive at the intersection of Gosling Road.
The Woodlands is a 28,000-acre master-planned community located 27 miles north of downtown Houston. It is a project of The Woodlands Development Company, a Morgan Stanley and General Growth Properties limited partnership.
