[ShareTompkins] Fwd: 5/14: Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale - NEW LOCATION!

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Sandra Repp <sjr37 at cornell.edu>
> Date: April 25, 2011 11:02:22 AM EDT
> To: <tc-HSC-L at cornell.edu>, <sustainable_tompkins- 
> l at list.cornell.edu>, <nwaeg-l at cornell.edu>, <fingerlakespermaculture at lists.ibiblio.org 
> >
> Cc: Monika Roth <mr55 at cornell.edu>
> Subject: 5/14: Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale - NEW LOCATION!
> Reply-To: Sandra Repp <sjr37 at cornell.edu>
>
> New Location for Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale (5/14)
>
> Due to ongoing construction at Ithaca High School, this year's  
> annual Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale will be held at a NEW  
> LOCATION -- the New York State Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Road (off Rt.  
> 13) in Ithaca -- on Saturday, May 14 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.  The  
> Armory site includes ample and easily accessed parking, a large  
> indoor room for gardening groups, and outdoor space for more than   
> 40 growers and gardening groups that will participate this year.   
> Admission is FREE and visitors are encouraged to bring carts or  
> wagons to aid in transporting their plant purchases to their cars.
>
> The Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale features a wide variety of  
> vendors from our region who offer specialty plants and gardening  
> advice on topics ranging from growing rock garden plants to  
> selecting native species for the garden.  Plants for sale include  
> organically grown and heirloom vegetable transplants, colorful  
> annuals, fragrant herbs, hanging baskets, small flowering shrubs,  
> hardy roses, fruit crops, evergreens, and specialty perennials.  
> Master Gardeners from CCE-Tompkins and other community groups  
> participate in the Fair to raise funds through plant sales, and to  
> create awareness of their programs.
>
> For more information, call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins  
> County at (607) 272-2292 or email Monika Roth at mr55 at cornell.edu.   
> An up-to-date list of participating growers and groups is available  
> online at http://ccetompkins.org/plantsale.
>
>
> 2011 PARTICIPATING VENDORS (as of 4/25/2011)
>
> A.J. Teeter Farm - veggie transplants
> Bakers' Acres - perennials, herbs, specialty annuals
> Besemer Hill Greenhouses - annuals, perennials
> Blue Heron Farm - certified organic veggie transplants, herbs, annuals
> Cayuga Landscape - perennials, ground covers, shrubs, rock garden/ 
> alpine plants, small fruits
> Cheryl's Place - heirloom tomatoes, other veggies, herbs and  
> perennials
> Chickadee Farm - wildflowers
> Coldwater Pond Nursery - ornamental trees and shrubs
> Der Rosenmeister - specialty roses
> Fir Farm - lilacs, conifers, ornamentals
> Graceful Gardens - annuals, perennials, hanging baskets
> Horse Head Woodworks - wooden garden trellises
> Iron Kettle Farm - annuals, hanging baskets
> Judy's Greenhouse - annuals, perennials, hanging baskets
> Little's Greenhouse - annuals, hanging baskets
> Lorraine's Concrete Leaves - garden decoration/concrete birdbaths
> Michaleens Florist and Garden Center - annuals perennials, nursery  
> stock, tropicals, hard goods
> Natural Beginnings - annuals, perennials, shrubs, small fruit,  
> trees, veggie transplants
> Pleasant Valley Gardens - annuals, perennials, baskets, herbs,  
> bromeliads, lilies
> Red Knickers' - herbs and vegetable transplants
> Red Tail Farm - vegetable transplants and annual flowers
> Stony Creek Nursery - annuals, perennials, herbs, small fruits
> The Magic Garden - annuals, perennials, herbs, vines
> The Plantsmen Nursery - native plants
> Thomas Fields - perennials, vegetables, annuals, herbs, hanging  
> baskets, tufa planters
> Tobeytown Nursery - hosta
> Water's Edge - trees, shrubs, perennials, pottery
> West Haven Farm - certified organic vegetable transplants
> White Oak Nursery - native trees & shrubs
> Wilgrow Perennials - perennials and dwarf conifers
> Wilhides North Spencer Market - annuals, vegetable transplants,  
> hanging baskets, small shrubs
> Wolftree Farm - edible flowers, herbs, vegetable transplants
>
> GARDENING GROUPS
>
> Adirondack Chapter - North American Rock Garden Society - many  
> choice rock garden and woodland plants
> Auraca Herbarists - information
> CCE Tompkins Master Composters - information on how to compost
> CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners - perennials for sale, free soil pH  
> testing and garden literature
> Dewitt Middle School - annual flowers, vegetables & herbs
> Dryden Beautification Brigade - garden tour promotion, tickets
> Fall Creek Garden Collective - information about summer garden tour
> Finger Lakes Beekeepers Club - information on beekeeping, honey  
> production
> Finger Lakes Native Plant Society - native plant seedlings,  
> information
> Ithaca Children's Garden - activities for kids
> Liberty Hyde Bailey Garden Club - 200 geraniums in small pots
> Southern Cayuga Garden Club - perennials, house plants
> Veteran's Sanctuary - perennial edible and medicinal plants
>  FOOD
> 4-H Cultural Exchange Club - Club members will sell tacos, fruit,  
> hot dogs, bagels, coffee, juice, soda, water, and baked goods.

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