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Event: 'Begonias, Vetiver & Gift Plants'

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Festivals, Fairs, Fundraisers and More
Date: Saturday, May 09, 2009 At 09:00 AM
Duration: 1 Day
Contact Info:
email: dgraham@parkwaypartnersnola.org phone: 504-620-2224 web: http://www.ParkwayPartnersnola.org

Gates open at 9 am. Begonias, vetiver and gift plants for sale. At 10 am, Michael Higson and Freda Holley of The American Begonia Society will present the topic of Begonias. Tours of Parkway Partners Community Gardens leave at 9 am and return at 11 a.m.

Come tour a sampling of the Parkway Partners Gardens and meet our gardeners! On Saturday, May 9 we will offer our first Community Garden tour. Jump in the Parkway Partners truck or caravan over to visit gardens.

Gardeners will be on hand to discuss their gardening strategies. Discover why Ms. Eola has such beautiful greens in Gert Town or learn creative chicken-driven weeding patterns with Philip in Central City or learn why the Latino community works their garden as a cooperative.

Depart the Parkway Partners Greenhouse at 9 a.m., return for 11 a.m. Four or 5 gardens are included in the tour led by Parkway Partners' Garden Guy, Macon Fry. Includes: Bienville on Clio Street; Mission Utopia on North Rampart, Latino Growers CoOp on Oretha Castle Haley and Gathering Tree on Euphrosine