Nature & Outdoors
Pumpkin and Paw Paw Festival
Here are some pictures from The Pumpkin and Paw Paw Festival. There was definitely a festival atmosphere on Saturday, and it was pretty well attended. The kids enjoyed hayrides and crafts (middle row), Johnson & Wales students (top left) were cooking up some fresh veggies, the Edgewood Garden Club (bottom right) was selling perennials and baked goods, and there were canoe rides and walks along the Pawtuxet down the hill from the market.
There wasn’t as much of an homage to the paw paw as one might expect from a festival that has the fruit in its headline. The paw paw table (bottom left) stocked by the Garrisons of Rocky Point Blueberries was pretty much the only presence of the festival co-star. (Not that I was expecting a Parade of Paw Paws chaired by the Grand Marshall Queen of the Duex Paws in her dress made of the stylishly tropical paw paw leaves, or a Busby Berkeley paw paw water ballet with the performers in buoyant and colorfully bloated paw paw swim wear). The fruit was close to selling out, so evidently fans of the paw paw were finding the table without a problem.
It was a good place to have fun while getting a quick potassium fix – and something to look forward to every Fall.
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