The Carroll County Garden Club is sponsoring the 17th annual Carroll County Flower and Garden Fair on Saturday, April 27, 2013, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. in the Merchants Building at the Flora Community Park, Flora, Indiana. Vendors will sell vegetable, herb, and flower plants along with hanging baskets, alpine plants, garden and wood art, and other garden related items. Carroll County Parks will offer grilled pork burgers and drinks. There will be random door prizes. The Carroll County Garden Club and Purdue Extension Carroll County will host a gardening Question & Answer booth. The popular “People’s Choice Garden Photo Contest” will be held again this year. In the 4-H Building, there will be two educational speakers: Megan M. Benage, Rural Conservationist , Tippecanoe County Soil and Water Conservation District, will present “Native Flowers, Treasure in Your Lawn & Landscape,” at 10:30 a.m. and Purdue Extension will guide us through “Dry Weather Gardening” at 12:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Doris Harter 574-686-2046. UP TO (3) 4 x 6 photos of any garden related subject. Do not mount or frame. Send photos no later than April 15th to: Carroll County Garden Club 11610 W 550N Delphi, IN 46923 (Your photos will be returned after the contest - Put name & address on the back of each photo.) As the Judges will be the public, garden club members may also enter the contest. |