Zinnia (Zinnia elegans) with a buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)(Simon Koopman / Wikimedia Commons)

The First Annual Phoenix Flower Festival is a celebration of community and the beauty of the region's natural resources: flowers.

Flower Festival coordinator, Branddy Walter of the Phoenix Grange joins the JX along with Calena Reeves of the Swing Society of Southern Oregon to talk about the celebration scheduled for Sept 7.