Sheri Bethard | For the Journal Review
Plants, plants and more plants. This is what you will see when you visit the Montgomery County Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale & Show, held this year in the 4-H Building on the 4-H Fairgrounds at 400 Parke, Crawfordsville, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 2, rain or shine, you will not be disappointed. There will be hundreds of plants to choose from to beautify you landscape, patio and home. All which have been locally grown by the Master Gardeners and local wholesale nursery suppliers.
Indiana grown sweet strawberries, a large variety of tomatoes, peppers and lettuce mixes will be available. We will also have a large selection of 23 herbs for your culinary needs.,
For your landscape and flower beds, Native, perennial, and annual plants which grow best in our area will be for sale. With such a large assortment of plants for inside and outside, sun or shade, wet or dry areas with too many to list, you will have to come see for yourself.
The plant sale is the main and sometimes only fundraiser the Master Gardeners of Montgomery County has each year. With monies raised, it helps fund projects and educational opportunities for all of Montgomery County in the horticultural area such as the Nicholson Elementary School Garden for second and third graders at the school. In addition, we award a scholarship yearly to a high school senior who will be seeking a degree in agriculture, horticulture, environmental science or plant-related fields of study along with a floral culture award at the 4-H annual fair. We are currently working on the Montgomery County Pollinator Garden and planting native trees on the 4-H Fairgrounds. With funds raised we are supporting the Seed Library located in Crawfordsville District Public Library. Throughout the year, we will be presenting programs for the public to attend in the gardening/horticulture arena, such as our recent leaf cutting propagation and the winter seed sowing workshops and the gardening programs at the library last month.
Our Master Gardeners will be on premise to answer your gardening questions and make suggestions to best suit your landscape project/needs. This year nine vendors will be on premise to accentuate your plant buying, such as house plants, tropicals, specialty plants, landscape information, garden décor, birdhouses, plant stands, homemade jams/jelly and honey products, yard maintenance. The vendors scheduled this year will be ProGreen Gardening Center, Yund Outdoor/Davidson’s Greenhouse, Walnut Fork Crafts, Sugar Creek Lawn & Hardscape, Gilley’s Metal yard art, The Plant Pub, Stadler Laser Wood Crafts, and Denhart’s along with five of the non-profit organizations serving Montgomery County and a Wildfire348 with biscuits and gravy, pizzas and drinks So, come prepared to spend time browsing all our plants and vendors. Nucor will be giving away free Eastern White Pine, American Arborvitae, Northern Red Oak, and Hybrid Poplars in the 4-H Barn. So, come early and make a day of it.
To learn more about Montgomery County Master Gardeners, visit their Facebook Page – Master Gardeners of Montgomery County (Indiana) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1084061839634585 or email montcoinemg@gmail.com/.
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