Knock Out roses are are display at P. Allen Smith's Garden Home Retreat.

Tale of Two Farms Herbs & Roses Festival, featuring cocktails, a menu that showcases fresh-picked herbs and a sneak peek of the newly planted rose garden at P. Allen's Garden Home Retreat in Roland, will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday (May 14). 

Benefiting The Oxford American magazine and the Heritage Poultry Conservancy, the Tale of Two Farms Herbs & Roses Festival will welcome chef Jerry Traunfeld, owner of Poppy restaurant in Seattle, for a straight-from-the-garden culinary experience.

Chef Traunfeld received the James Beard Award for Best American Chef: Northwest and Hawaii in 2000, and is the author of The Herbfarm Cookbook and The Herbal Kitchen: Cooking with Fragrance and Flavor.

The evening begins with live music, a reception and martini tasting featuring Brandon’s gin and vodka, and a tour of the Garden Home Retreat, which overlooks the Arkansas River Valley.

Guests will be treated to a look at the new rose garden, which boasts the most comprehensive collection of Noisette roses in the country, Knock Out Roses, Drift Roses and a wide range of superb low-maintenance varieties.

Tickets for the festival are $350 per couple and $200 per person. For reservations and more information click here or e-mail gardenhome@pallensmith.com.