FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The Cumberland County Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners annual Plant Sale will be held Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crown Expo Center, located at 301 E. Mountain Drive, Fayetteville.
Customers can choose from vegetables, herbs, harvested seed packs, house plants and locally-grown plants for sale. Extension Master Gardeners will also be on hand to answer gardening questions.
The Extension Master Gardeners will host horticulture experts from the Fayetteville Rose Society, Fayetteville Camellia Club, Sandhills Orchid Society and the Sandhills Daylily Club.
There will be educational displays on attracting pollinators, composting, growing one’s own vegetables and container gardening. There will be information about how to become an Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, Cumberland County Extension Consumer Horticulture Programs and 4-H.
Cash, checks and major credit cards will be accepted. The event will be indoors — rain or shine. The Cumberland County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Association gives a special thanks to the businesses and friends who donated items for the raffle.
All proceeds from the event support Horticulture Scholarships, Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Extension Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, Extension Master Gardener education programs, Warrior Transition Tranquility Garden and the Second Harvest Food Bank Garden.
For more information, contact Allen West at 910-321-6870 or email allen_west@ncsu.edu or visit the Cumberland County Cooperative Extension website at cumberland.ces.ncsu.edu.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made 10 days before the event to Lisa Childers at 910-321-6880 or lisa_childers@ncsu.edu.
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