It may be hard to believe, but Spring is just around the corner and its time to prepare for winter's thaw with the 8th annual DAFFODIL DAZE "Spring Celebration" & Shuttle Tour up Daffodil Hill.

While Mother Nature does not provide an exact date for daffodils to reach their full bloom, organizers have noted the peak of the season in Shady Cove is generally the Saturday following the "first day of spring" - this year, that date, March 22, falls "the day before Easter"!  

HOP ON BOARD!

This annual event, sponsored by the Upper Rogue Regional Tourism Alliance (URRTA), will feature the traditional two mile scenic shuttle tour up Daffodil Hill. Enjoy more than a million fragrant yellow blooms along the roadside and as far as the eye can see into the woods and meadows. Meet the Shady Cove deer and wild turkey families.

On this day, those riding the shuttles may go up to The Oaks Pond where you can take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the Rogue Valley and Siskiyou Mountains without leaving your shuttle. Return shuttles will stop at all festival activities throughout the village of Shady Cove.

FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

Fine Art, Original Crafts and "Funky Craftitude" displayed for sale at The Shady Cove Grange Hall, on Chaparall; Tented area next to the Trolley Station at Windmill Square (Two Pines Smokehouse); Edgewater Inn Convention Center; and at Upper Rogue Community Center. Also, GIANT Estate Sale, 21411 Hwy 62, (one block north of Two Pines Smokehouse)

Caricature Artist, Colleen Aho, will create a memory of your visit to Daffodil Daze - 2008; you will find this artist featured next to the Trolley Station at Windmill Square . .

Festival "Jam Session" at the Trolley Station featuring by Pete Herzog and "The Jammers"

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE:

TENTED AREA ADJACENT TO TROLLEY STATION, WINDMILL SQUARE:

SHADY COVE GRANGE HALL, on Chaparral

• Russ Walker, Award Winning Wildlife Artist, of Medford.
• Gerald Armstrong and Jan Blight, of Central Point, displaying oil landscapes and floral paintings.
• Sonya Cooper and Wanda Glaessner showing wooden frogs and unique baskets
• Janice Moir, of Shady Cove, Interieurers by Design, also featuring unique original handbags
• Eleanor Rogers and Gwen DeLauney will display unique needlecraft specialties
• Connie Drane, Handbeaded Jewelry
• We're All About Nuts - Vendor featuring Cinnamon Roasted Almonds - yummy!
• Alice Zelina Berger, Whimsical River Rock Frogs
• Phyllis Lovett, "Bears Having a Tea Party"
• . . . and, others

EDGEWATER INN CONVENTION CENTER
(more coming - deadline: March 10, 2008):

FESTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDE:

Classic and Antique Cars, Tractors, Music and a Spring Buffet at Two Pines in Carlotta's Room. Restaurants throughout the Village will participate. NEW this year, a "Daffodil Daze Spring Hat Walk" will provide locals and visitors opportunity to don their spring attire while strolling - and shopping in the heart of Shady Cove. Shuttles stop throughout the Village and at all festivities; a $2 donation is suggested. 

You may wish to take a walk up Daffodil Hill (however, due to heavy traffic, it is not recommended on Saturday, March 22, during Daffodil Daze celebration) . . . daffodils bloom for six weeks, starting mid-March and continuing blooming through the end of April.

This Street Rod, owned by Ron & Cindy Marcacci,
will be featured at Daffodil Daze - 2008
1950 Ford F1 Panel truck.

Classic, Antique and Art Cars Welcome!~!!
To enter call 878-3626 or email: chamber@upperrogue.org

DAFFODIL BANNERS LINE THE VILLAGE to welcome the arrival of Spring and visitors to Shady Cove
In anticipation of spring's fragrant yellow blooms, the Shady Cove Boosters take pride in hanging festive daffodil banners throughout the business community and on the Shady Cove bridge to welcome the arrival of Spring and guests to the 8th annual community-wide celebration of Spring.

Daffodils start blooming about mid-March, reaching their peak towards the end of March. Depending on the weather, they continue blooming through the end of April; sometimes into May. This year, Daffodil Hill is thawing from several inches of snow, but the loyal daffys are beginning to spout through the ground showing promise of being right on schedule for this year's Daffodil Daze celebration.

SELF-GUIDED TOUR
If you opt to take the two mile "self-guided tour" up Daffodil Hill (in your own vehicle) you may do so during the Daffodil Daze celebration, or anytime during the blooming season, but we ask that you use the "turn around" at the Big Oak Tree; a sign is posted.
Directions to Daffodil Hill: Travel Highway 62, twenty miles north of Medford, over the Shady Cove Bridge, make an immediate turn (at Edgewater Inn) on Rogue River Drive, continue 1/2 mile to Sawyer Road (known in the springtime as Daffodil Hill), continue two miles to The Big Oak Tree "turn around sign" - wildlife and beauty abounds! Don't forget your camera! 

MAKE IT A "WEEKEND GETAWAY" -
"Winter Rates" available at Edgewater Inn on the Rogue River - also Cabins on the Rogue. at Rogue River RV Park, both are situated in the heart of Shady Cove - call: 541-878-3171.

RETAIL SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATE . . .
Retail Shops and Restaurants welcome you with "spring discounts"! Stores are filled with "everything Spring"! Convenient parking at all festivities and business sites.

Watch for wildlife lingering among the blooms on Daffodil Hill and view snow capped Mt. McLoughlin from the top terrace inside the gardens. 

Both photographers and artists are welcome - dress casual, bring your camera, paints & easels, umbrella and sun screen, walking shoes, happy hearts, appetites, and dancing feet! 

Security is on duty at The Oaks during the tour. 

Over the past dozen years 50,000 daffodil bulbs have been planted each year on Sawyer Road by Grey Oaks Development landscape crew . . . .The Daffodil Daze Festival was founded by the Upper Rogue Regional Tourism Alliance in cooperation with The Oaks, City of Shady Cove, Aquila Foundation, local volunteer groups, and citizens who wanted to show the City's charm, quality of life, bring public awareness to increasing businesses and professional services available in Shady Cove and the upper Rogue region, while raising funds for local charitable organizations.