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The Valley of Flowers Festival began in 1963 as an attempt by local merchants to promote civic beautification in the City of Florissant. Since that time the festival has grown to include dozens of events including a parade and queen crowning. The first festival of spring will be celebrated this year on May 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6^th.

The Valley of Flowers Committee has chosen “Valley of Flowers Celebrates 50 Years of Festivals as the theme for 2012. All parade units are invited to decorate their entries using any of the themes used over the past 50 festivals. A complete list of themes is available on the Valley of Flowers website or by calling the office.

Annually, thousands of visitors to Florissant on the first full weekend in May are sure to find something of particular interest, whether it be sporting events, plant sale, the children’s festival of performing arts, car shows, carnival rides or delicious barbecue and other foods, arts and crafts or flea market.

Applications are available for the Valley of Flowers: Parade, game booths, food booths, Queen crowning, flea market or craft fair online at www.ValleyofFlowers.com or by calling 314-837-0033. The parade will take place on Sunday, May 6th, 2012 in Old Town Florissant on rue St. Francois. There is no entry fee and applicants do not have to be a Florissant resident or business to be part of the parade.

The Queen Candidates must be 16 years of age, a junior in high school and a Florissant resident. Applications will be accepted until Feb. 10th, 2012 for the first 25 candidates.

Craft Fair, Flea Market and Food Booth applications for Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th at the James J. Eagan Center are also available. The Craft Fair is on the covered Ice Rink Pavilion and the Flea Market is inside the building. All food booths are grouped together in the Food Tent on the grounds.

Food booth applications for the Knights of Columbus grounds for Thursday, May 3rd through Sunday, May 6th are available at a cost of $125.00. Please submit your application request through our website or through our office located at 601rue St. Charles. The office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:45 to 12:45, and the phone number is 314-837-0033.

For further information concerning the festival call the office at 314-837-0033, email us at valley-of-flowers@sbcglobal.net or visit the website at www.valleyofflowers.com.