Scarecrow Stroll Viera/Suntree Oct. 2-16 Annual two-part event . Pull out insert inside pages 17-20
Viera Harvest Festival Oct. 18
Scarecrow Stroll concludes with 'Crow Silent Auction at the Viera Harvest Festival page 20
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Vol. 17 Issue 9
OCTOBER 2025
Community event to benefit Florida Wildlife Hospital
Beloved festival ushers in fall fun BY JEFF NAVIN
OTTERLY TERRIFYING Scarecrow in the works
VIERA VOICE Jill Blue Tracy Frampton, the executive director at the Florida Wildlife Hospital, top left, Dr. April Geer, top right, Saige Haddock and Lindsay Mayer are in the middle of building Otterly Terrifying for the 13th Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll and Viera Harvest Festival.
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For the past 13 years, Jill Blue has been thrilled at the effort and hard work local businesses put into making colorful, creative and interesting scarecrows for the Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll and Viera Harvest Festival while benefiting the community. “It has been so much fun seeing the scarecrows through the years,” said Blue, the CEO of Bluewater Creative Group and the publisher of the Viera Voice. “I can’t wait to see the bright, brilliant and stunning ’Crows the businesses will build this year. So many are so creative in naming their ’Crows — from puns to rhymes to clever phrases.” Woodside Park will host the Viera Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
18. The eight-acre park, which winds through a hammock with Spanish Moss-draped trees, is located off Murrell Road at 1703 Crane Creek Boulevard in Viera. It has nature trails for walkers and bicyclists. The Viera Harvest Festival was held at Woodside Park last year for the first time after a long-time stint at The Avenue Viera with a couple of years at Viera Regional Park mixed in. Orlando Health will be the presenting sponsor for the Viera Harvest Festival. “It is wonderful to see families that come out year after year to enjoy a great time at the Viera Harvest Festival,” Blue said. “Woodside Park offers nice wide-open spaces and some shade trees for the
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