Sale raises about 20% of the funding for the garden program

On Saturday and Sunday the campusĀ of the Loveland Primary and Elementary schools will be transformed into the largest garden store in the area. Vendors from far and wide bring plants that will be for sale to support Granny’s Garden School.

 

Jim and Kathy O’Keefe, and their group of dedicated volunteers, are the masters behind the plant sale for the last six years.Ā  The group meets to start planning next year’s sale the week after the current sale.Ā Ā Jim and KathyĀ workĀ full-timeĀ the two weeksĀ before the saleĀ which raises about 20% of the funding for the garden program.

Rita HeikenfeldĀ will be at the sale Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Plant Experts on hand to answer your questions.Ā  Prices are the same as our growers charge at their retail establishments.Ā  Five suppliers mean greater variety.

 

[quote_right]Granny is on a mission for every child to have the opportunity to have their own little garden. To get them started, at the plant sale, May 2-3, she is giving away more than 200 baby red Roma tomato plants, one per child.Ā Email Granny for a free coupon.[/quote_right]

 

In 2002, years ahead of the school garden movement that is now sweeping the globe, a grandmother approached the principal at her grandchildrenā€™s grade school in Loveland, OH and asked permission to create a garden on the school grounds. This was the beginning of Grannyā€™s Garden School (GGS). Ā Read on…

Ā Granny’s 13th Annual Plant Sale is Saturday, May 2, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

Loads of common sense advice ā€“Ā lots of great plants!
DirectionsĀ 

The sale includes about 20 varieties ofĀ gallon-size perennials from Granny’s Gardens, in limited amounts,Ā for $7 each.

 

Perennial geranium, first bloom May, cut back to ground for repeat bloomin fall.

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Early Bearded Iris – white – 12″ blooms late April
White Hydrangia, blooms late May – great in bouquets
Red Hot Poker – real attention getter, blooms late May
Perennial Bachelor Button, first bloom – late April -cut back to ground and it will re-bloom
Moneywort – great ground cover – rock gardens
Perennial geranium, first bloom May, cut back to ground for repeat bloomin fall.
Red Canna Lilies – Humming Bird magnet
Campion – great in the gardens and bouquets – lots of visual impact – self seeds

 

 

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