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PARK CITY, Utah — Save Our Canyons has partnered with Park City Gardens to host an event dedicated to Utah native plants. 

Boost Biodiversity: Native Plants will feature live music, presentations by local nonprofits, and a native plant sale. Park City Gardens will host the event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 18. 

“We’ll have presentations from some Save Our Canyons experts [and] staff about Utah’s native plants [and] plants native to the Wasatch mountains and you can learn a little bit more all about save our canyons and what we do on the day to day,” said Spencer Shaver, the executive director of Save Our Canyons. 

Additionally, Shaver said representatives from Swaner Nature Preserve, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and the Park…

Springville • Every summer for nearly four decades, folk groups from around the globe have gathered to share their cultural heritage — from clothing to music to dance — in one small Utah city.

The World Folkfest started in 1986, and will be held in Springville this year from Tuesday through Saturday. This year, 10 countries are represented at the festival, including Ukraine, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Poland.

The performance groups arrived Sunday afternoon at the Springville Art Museum in four big buses, and were greeted by host families with cheers and waves. Soon, the complex around the museum’s entrance became a sea of suitcases as participants unloaded.