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Subject: 5/14: Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale - NEW LOCATION!
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:02:22 -0400
New Location for Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale (5/14)
Due to ongoing construction at Ithaca High School, this year's annual
Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale will be held at a NEW LOCATION -- the
New York State Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Road (off Rt. 13) in Ithaca -- on
Saturday, May 14 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The Armory site includes
ample and easily accessed parking, a large indoor room for gardening
groups, and outdoor space for more than 40 growers and gardening
groups that will participate this year. Admission is FREE and
visitors are encouraged to bring carts or wagons to aid in transporting
their plant purchases to their cars.
The Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale features a wide variety of
vendors from our region who offer specialty plants and gardening advice
on topics ranging from growing rock garden plants to selecting native
species for the garden. Plants for sale include organically grown
and heirloom vegetable transplants, colorful annuals, fragrant herbs,
hanging baskets, small flowering shrubs, hardy roses, fruit crops,
evergreens, and specialty perennials. Master Gardeners from CCE-Tompkins
and other community groups participate in the Fair to raise funds through
plant sales, and to create awareness of their programs.
For more information, call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County at (607) 272-2292 or email Monika Roth at mr55 AT cornell.edu.
An up-to-date list of participating growers and groups is available
online at
http://ccetompkins.org/plantsale.