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New Orleans Spring Garden Show
April 5-6, 2008
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
New Orleans Botanical Garden
Victory Avenue in City Park
An educational experience for the home gardener and the professional, this annual event features:
- plant sales and exhibits
- educational programs
- plant health clinic
- kids' discovery area
- guided tours of NOBG butterfly garden by Louisiana Master Gardeners
Book Sale & Signing by Dan Gill
Don't miss a special book sale and signing by Dan Gill of his very popular Month-By-Month Gardening in Louisiana on Saturday, April 5, at 1:30 p.m. in the Lath House. Sold by the Master Gardeners at a discounted price of only $10. Proceeds from this sale will benefit community projects and events supported by the Louisiana Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans.
Among other highlights of this year's Spring Garden Show will be an exhibit on butterfly gardening by the Louisiana Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans. In addition to their educational display and demonstration butterfly garden, the Master Gardeners will host their second annual container garden sale and competition. These colorful and unique container gardens will each have a butterfly gardening theme and be offered for sale. Come early for the best selection. In addition, the entire collection of butterfly plants featured in the Louisiana Master Gardener demonstration butterfly garden will be raffled. Proceeds of the sale and raffle will benefit various volunteer projects sponsored by MGGNO.
Speakers and topics featured in the educational program will include:
Saturday, April 5 2008
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Planting Your Spring/Summer Garden
Dan Gill, LSU AgCenter
1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
Growing Herbs in New Orleans
Anne Abbott
President, Herb Society of America
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Organic Foods from Urban Soils
Anne Baker
New Orleans Food and Farm Network
Sunday, April 6, 2008
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Plant Introductions for the Spring
Beth Perkins
Banting Farm Nursery
1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
Flutter-By Gardening...Cater to Nature
Tammany Baumgarten
BaumGardens, Inc.
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Native Plants and the Sustainable Landscape
Betty Miley
Maypop Hill Nursery
Sponsored by the LSU AgCenter in cooperation with the Metro Area Horticulture Foundation and the New Orleans Botanical Garden. Admission: $6 adults, $2 children 5-12, free for children under 5 and Friends of City Park.