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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
“Beekman Boys” To Be Featured Presenters at Leesburg’s 2014
Flower & Garden Festival
Leesburg, VA (March 18, 2014) – The Town of
Leesburg is pleased to announce that Josh Kilmer-
Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge, better known as “The
Fabulous Beekman Boys,” will be featured presenters
at the 2014 Flower and Garden Festival. Kilmer-
Purcell and Ridge’s “Living an Heirloom Life”
presentation will highlight the efforts involved in
heirloom gardening, eating seasonally, and the value
behind both. Sponsored by Leesburg Today, the
Beekman Boys will begin their presentation at 2pm
on Sunday, April 27, 2014, on the new festival stage
located just off King Street.
When Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge bought
the Beekman Farm in upstate New York in 2008, they
didn’t just start a farm, they started a movement. A
mere five years later, they have a hit TV show,
bestselling books, product lines in leading retailers, a massive social following, and a James
Beard nominated lifestyle website. Known best as “The Fabulous Beekman Boys” from their hit
television reality show airing on the Cooking Channel, the duo has put their stylish stamp on
seasonal living. Their farm and surrounding community serves as the inspiration for their
lifestyle brand, “Beekman 1802.” The brand’s signature beauty, home & food products can be
found on the shelves of Henri Bendel, Anthropologie, Williams-Sonoma and other national
retail partners. The Beekman 1802 cookbook was launched on QVC to record sales, and the
memoir of their farm life, The Bucolic Plague, was a national best seller. The 2011 launch of
their Beekman 1802 Blaak Cheese resulted in a wait-list of over 7,500 people. In 2012, over 12
million Americans (and millions more around the globe) watched as they went from “Ultimate
Underdogs” to First Place Winners on CBS’s multiple Emmy-winning The Amazing Race.
The Beekman Boys’ presentation will be free to all festival guests, but seating will be limited
and early arrival is suggested. Following the presentation, a complimentary book signing will be
offered. All three Beekman books will be available for sale on site, and at Ida Lee Park
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Recreation Center before the festival. For more information about the ‘Beekman Boys’ please
visit their website at www.beekman1802.com.
The Flower and Garden Festival is Leesburg’s signature event and has marked the unofficial
start of spring since 1990. For more information about the festival, schedules and vendors,
please visit the festival website at www.flowerandgarden.org.
Contact:
Rachael Goodwin
Special Events Supervisor
rgoodwin@leesburgva.gov
703-737-7156
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