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2009 FALL GARDEN EXPO: The Best Time For Planting Just Got Better

Event Expanded to Two Days -- Friday and Saturday, Oct 2-3, Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center

 

WHAT:

Fall Garden Expo: Greatest Two-day Plant Sale in Georgia, with more than 60 vendors selling plants, garden art and garden products – FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING

 

WHEN:

Friday, October 2 -- 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 3 -- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 

WHERE:

Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center, near I-985 at exit 20 in Gainesville

 

SERVICES OFFERED:

 

Free Gardening workshops, presented by Master Gardeners

 

“Ask a Master Gardener” information booth

 

Purchase “hold and load” service

 

Children’s hands-on gardening experience booth

 

Artists’ Row with creative garden arts and crafts

 

Snack bar with sandwiches and refreshments

 

PLANTS:

Annuals, perennials, daylilies, specialty trees and ornamental shrubs, hanging baskets, potted plants, herbs, ferns, hostas, hellebores, vegetables and more

 

GARDEN PRODUCTS:

Locally produced honey, cricket compost, mulches, birding supplies and houses, stained glass animal and plant figures, cedar potting tables and garden benches, painted windows, garden photography, mosaic garden art, metal sculptures and garden art, water-garden design services, landscape design services, scented herbal soaps, soil amendments, Kombi garden tools, pruners and trimmers, gardening gloves and accessories, plus containers and flower pots

 

CHAIRPERSON:

 

Beth Kendall

SPONSORS:

Hall County Master Gardeners and UGA Cooperative Extension – Hall County

 

ADMISSION:

Free, plus free parking

 

INFORMATION:

www.HallCountyMasterGardeners.org or 770-535-8293

 

 

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