Parade Season 2009: Thank You, Merci, Mahalo, Grazie

This summer working on our Fall and Christmas parade floats, our purpose was to make a favorable and memorable impression. We think we succeeded. We had fun selecting the materials–and then selecting some more! Our Fall-All Over the Place float won 1st place in each of the three parades entered. Our Christmas float entered two parades, winning second in Commercial Division in the Harvest Parade. My thought: It’s hard to win a 1st place award in the summer with a Christmas float, especially when the Hensler’s Fall float was so spectacular.

Special thanks belong to many. A talented crew at Henslers grew plants, designed and placed structures, and carefully moved the floats to the parade route. Bart Woodke carefully watered and fertilized the pots of flowers. Donna Stanley contibuted ideas for the crafted characters and helped us achieve the animation. Scott Veiting provided engineering and helped with transport and set-up. Karen Johnson, Scott Heeren, and Joe Hensler walked the parade routes handing out fall/Christmas literature. My personal thanks to Randy Johnson, the farmer on the tractor. Thank you to Bea Meseck, our memorable Mrs. Claus. Of course, a special thank you to Matt Markovitz, our Boy of Fall.

Mitch Markovitz, artist and mentor, is especially appreciated for his talented creation of our fall theme and image for our Fall–All Over the Place, and for his creation of the Mrs. Claus image promoting Christmas Fest.

A special thanks goes to Mike Faylor, whose beautiful Belgian horses pulled the Christmas float. And thank you to Josh Wakeland at I.E. Signs for creating those beautifully clear images for our banners.

We also sincerely thank the Brust family, Margo and Larry, for loaning their yard at Bass Lake for us to set up our fall float for the Bass Lake parade on July 26.

Thank you to Linda and Al Berndt who stored our fall and Christmas floats in their Knox yard for the Harvest Days parade on August 29.

And, thank you to our friends Jay and Pam Wakeland for offering their yard to prep and store both of our parade floats for the Blueberry Festival Parade on Sept. 6.

Tom Mate, Kewanna, merits a special thank you. Tom sought us out, inviting us to the Kewanna Parade on Sept. 26, and also provided that much needed yard to assemble the fall float.

This list is not conclusive. Many others contributed ideas or provided encouragement.

All of you: You are appreciated!
John Hensler, President of Hensler Nursery, Inc.


Mums, Pumpkins, Gourds and Fall Decor

We have loads of mums, pumpkins, gourds and handmade items for sale now through the end of October. The mums are especially spectacular this year.

Do you have a sweet tooth? Then you need to try Hensler’s maple syrup. The source of our syrup comes from the maple trees that line our property. The homegrown taste of this maple syrup has a golden sweetness perfect for a warm stack of flapjacks!

Continue reading this post so you can see a gallery of our homegrown and handmade inventory!

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