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Master Gardeners plant sale Saturday

April 21, 2009

The Washington County Master Gardeners will hold a plant sale Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center at 7303 Sharpsburg Pike in Boonsboro, six miles south of Hagerstown.

The plant sale will feature hundreds of plants grown by Master Gardeners, including perennials, herbs, annuals, heirloom vegetables and native plants.

A garden marketplace will feature new and used gardening books, tools, gifts, supplies and decorative items.

Educational displays will feature free gardening fliers and information on salad boxes and tables, the Bay-Wise landscape management program and Master Gardener community projects.

All funds raised will support the gardening education programs of the Master Gardeners.

Volunteer educators with the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension, Master Gardeners teach people safe, effective gardening practices that build healthy gardens and communities.

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They give educational talks, create demonstration gardens, offer plant clinics and therapeutic horticulture programs and host information booths at community events.

For more information on the event or the Master Gardener program, contact Annette Ipsan, the Extension educator for horticulture, at aipsan@umd.edu or 301-791-1604.

The plant sale will be held rain or shine.

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