03/Apr/2008
East Baton Rouge Master Gardener Association Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale
East Baton Rouge Master Gardener Association Offers Gifts for Mom That Keep On Growing
By Judy Weaver
The annual Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale on Saturday May 10 at the LSU Burden Center is the perfect place to find a special gift…maybe a hanging basket or dish garden to show your love. Our plants are thoroughly labeled, robustly healthy, ready to please and no assembly required!
There will be hundreds of varieties of plants for your garden, grown by East Baton Rouge Master Gardener volunteers at the LSU Burden Center. They will help you choose the right plant for your location and also provide value-added care information on plants you select.
There will also be a plant health clinic if you need some help with a plant diagnosis. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions.
We will have a special place to give your child a hands-on gardening opportunity to create something special for Mom for a modest charge.
The proceeds from this plant sale are used by the LSU Burden Center and the East Baton Rouge Master Gardener Association to fund many community-wide activities such as educational presentations, plant health clinics, school gardens, establishing home gardens for Habitat for Humanity and the kitchen demonstration garden at BREC’s Magnolia Mound Plantation. There are over 200 Master Gardeners in the metropolitan Baton Rouge area.
Where: LSU Burden Center at 4560 Essen Lane, at the corner of Essen and I-10
When: the Saturday before Mothers’ Day, May 10, 2008
Times: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
What to bring:
o Your own wagon, if you have one
o Cash or a check
o
Know Before You Go:
• You’ll receive a map of the plant sale so you can locate the plants you want quickly.
• When you are ready to leave, just bring your car to the plant loading area to pick up your purchases.
• Plants to look for:
o planters containing culinary herb collections
o perfect companion plants for oversized patio containers,
o a wide variety of perennials
o hanging baskets,
o many varieties of easy care roses (shrubs and climbers),
o cacti and succulents, succulent bowls
o vines, ferns
o hibiscus,
o assorted daylilies,
o verbenas
o cupheas
o lantana
o coleus
o pentas
o daylilies
o angelonias
o angel trumpets
o morning glory bushes
If you can’t make it to the plant sale, East Baton Rouge Master Gardeners provide a plant health clinic every first Saturday at the Red Stick Market in downtown Baton Rouge.
The East Baton Rouge Master Gardeners Association is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization of volunteers that serves to extend the LSU AgCenter’s educational programs, assist the gardening public and promote home horticulture in metropolitan Baton Rouge.
For more information, contact Marianna Ritter, Plant Sale Chair at 763-3990 or mritter36@cox.net, or Judy Weaver at Jstoneweaver@aol.com.
East Baton Rouge Master Gardener Association Offers Gifts for Mom That Keep On Growing
By Judy Weaver
The annual Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale on Saturday May 10 at the LSU Burden Center is the perfect place to find a special gift…maybe a hanging basket or dish garden to show your love. Our plants are thoroughly labeled, robustly healthy, ready to please and no assembly required!
There will be hundreds of varieties of plants for your garden, grown by East Baton Rouge Master Gardener volunteers at the LSU Burden Center. They will help you choose the right plant for your location and also provide value-added care information on plants you select.
There will also be a plant health clinic if you need some help with a plant diagnosis. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions.
We will have a special place to give your child a hands-on gardening opportunity to create something special for Mom for a modest charge.
The proceeds from this plant sale are used by the LSU Burden Center and the East Baton Rouge Master Gardener Association to fund many community-wide activities such as educational presentations, plant health clinics, school gardens, establishing home gardens for Habitat for Humanity and the kitchen demonstration garden at BREC’s Magnolia Mound Plantation. There are over 200 Master Gardeners in the metropolitan Baton Rouge area.
Where: LSU Burden Center at 4560 Essen Lane, at the corner of Essen and I-10
When: the Saturday before Mothers’ Day, May 10, 2008
Times: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
What to bring:
o Your own wagon, if you have one
o Cash or a check
o
Know Before You Go:
• You’ll receive a map of the plant sale so you can locate the plants you want quickly.
• When you are ready to leave, just bring your car to the plant loading area to pick up your purchases.
• Plants to look for:
o planters containing culinary herb collections
o perfect companion plants for oversized patio containers,
o a wide variety of perennials
o hanging baskets,
o many varieties of easy care roses (shrubs and climbers),
o cacti and succulents, succulent bowls
o vines, ferns
o hibiscus,
o assorted daylilies,
o verbenas
o cupheas
o lantana
o coleus
o pentas
o daylilies
o angelonias
o angel trumpets
o morning glory bushes
If you can’t make it to the plant sale, East Baton Rouge Master Gardeners provide a plant health clinic every first Saturday at the Red Stick Market in downtown Baton Rouge.
The East Baton Rouge Master Gardeners Association is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization of volunteers that serves to extend the LSU AgCenter’s educational programs, assist the gardening public and promote home horticulture in metropolitan Baton Rouge.
For more information, contact Marianna Ritter, Plant Sale Chair at 763-3990 or mritter36@cox.net, or Judy Weaver at Jstoneweaver@aol.com.
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