Published August 02. 2022 11:41AM
In addition to the weekly Rose Garden farmers’ market held June 25, the 2022 Rose Fest took place throughout the city park offering a variety of stands and activities. The event is coordinated by the Mount Airy Neighborhood Association with Mary Toulouse as lead organizer. “This is a place for the community,” said Toulouse, who called it a “people’s park.” In addition to the normal farmers market vendors the event offered live music, dance lessons, organizations with information about their initiatives, puppetry, caricatures, Bethlehem Police Mounted Patrol merchandise, arts and crafts for children, raffles and tours of the restored rose flower beds.
PRESS PHOTOS BY DANA GRUBB Johnny Peppers, Gary Lader, Mike Kuehn and Bobby Peruzzi, otherwise known as the Bobby Peruzzi Band, perform on the Bethlehem Rose Garden circle during Rose Fest.
Bethlehem resident Lauren Miller of Bethlehem discusses growing potted plants with' Pot This' co-owner Erin Boris.
Aurora Lovering waits her turn as her brother Hunter has his likeness drawn by caricaturist Jeanne Mater. Mater has been doing caricatures since 1976.
Coalition for Appropriate Transportation executive director Scott Slingerland discusses CAT initiatives with Ed Jones, a Maplewood, NJ resident.
Volunteers from the Friends of the Bethlehem Mounted Police staffed a stand offering merchandise. All proceeds benefit the mounted patrol.
