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Request For Grower Volunteers!
WE NEED VOLUNTEER GROWERS!
for our
SPRING PLANT SALE
to be held
MAY 8, 9 A.M. – 1 P.M.
in the
BACK GARDEN
of our
DEMONSTRATION GARDEN
GLEN ROSE COURTHOUSE SQUARE
Please mark your calendars and join us for our spring plant sale. Due to our severe February freeze, many if not most nurseries lost part or all of their plants, and will not have new plants available until maybe May or even June, which is really late to be planting tender plants. We’ve moved our sale later in the year, hoping that we can acquire adequate plants by then; there are some nurseries south of here that do have some plants we’ll be acquiring.
In addition to plants, we have seed packets we’ll be handing out for a few species, including Bluebonnets (plant in fall not spring), and we hope to have our kid’s activity of making seed balls.
We can use your help this year. Each year, we have some plants donated by local residents. This year we are seeking volunteers to be growers. Please email: prairierose.npsot@gmail.com and let me know if you would like to be a grower. There will be a separate email list for those helping us out.
As a grower you can be reimbursed half of the selling price of your plants that sell if you wish, or you may donate the full amount to our chapter. It is not hard to grow plants for the sale. Many plants may volunteer in your yard and you can just pot those or start some from cuttings or seed. The plants should be 100% Texas Native. Plants will need to be potted 5-6 weeks before the sale to ensure adequate root growth, which means before the end of March.
We sell 4-inch pots for $3.00, quarts for $3.00, and 1 gallon for $7.00; 3 & 5 gallons will vary, but typically $25.00 if well established. Prices for larger sizes should be set by growers.
You’ll need to bring your plants to the sale location Thursday, May 6 or Friday, May 7, or arrange for someone else to bring them. We’ll check in your plants and label and inventory them. Exact times for this will be set later.
At the end of the sale, another inventory will be taken for each grower to determine exactly what sold and how much we owe you. You’ll need to pick up any unsold plants or make arrangements for this.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! Let’s make this a fun and interesting event
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