Hurry! Hurry! Step Right Up!

After a rainy, soggy week, 

last Saturday dawned bright and sunny for the North Central Louisiana Master Gardener 

Spring Plant Sale.

Babs Barham organizes plant identification signs prior to the sale. Cheryl Maxwell made these informative signs for the hundreds of plants we grew! In the background Rozetta Smith and Kathy Stone sort through sun perennials and vines.

Sylvia Baker gathers boxes for shoppers.

One of Sylvia's boxes filled up with a shopper's purchases.

Kathy Davis and Carolyn Sutton discuss a table full of coleus in every color.

A table full of zinnias, narrow leaf and garden varieties.

Luscious columbine!!

The columbine bloom

Hyacinth bean vines 

Eager Master Gardeners Susan Kelly, Josie Herbert, and Kim Belue.

Did you know that Kim is the owner of Better Living Market housed in the Old Wheat Barn location.  Kim has chosen the most wonderful merchandise to enhance your healthy lifestyle. Be sure to stop by and see her!

Susan Kelly is the owner of Chickadee Hill, a floral design business. The weddings she decorates are beautiful!!

Our good friends at Louisiana Tech were on hand with their beautiful, healthy vegetables, landscape plants, and flowers.

Tech students ready for a day of selling

Hurry! Hurry! Step right up!!  
And did they ever!! The crowds were great!

Many thanks to the Lincoln Parish gardeners that came out and supported our sale!!!
We hope you enjoy lovely plants all summer and beyond!

Kathy Stone and Kim Belue get ready to accept payment.

Miriam Schrock (center) along with Master Gardener Dee Hutson manned the Monarch butterfly booth teaching gardeners how to start a Monarch butterfly program of their own. Several different varieties of milkweed were available.
Don't you just love Miriam's T-shirt?! 

The plant sale includes many talented vendors.

Such creativity!!

This vendor, Susan Aguettant, and her family have a special place in my heart. I taught Susan's oldest daughter, Stephanie, many years ago when we lived in West Monroe. Every teacher will understand when I say there are kind, supportive, fun parents and students that you never forget. The Aguettants are one of those families.

Oh! By the way, her herbed breads were scrumptious!

Fun bonsai...

Great woodworking!

Our friends at the O.W.L. Center and their delicious treats!!

Lots to choose from!

Our good friend, Aaron Jennings with Jennings Apiaries was there.  His wife is making these awesome necklaces that contain real honey comb. Wouldn't that be perfect for someone named Honey.....

Wind chimes and more!!

We were also pleased to have some very impressive young people join us. They were representing the Young Entrepreneur Academy.

If you were there, I know you had a great time. If you missed it, you have my sympathy. 

 But do not despair, it gets better every year!!

Love ya'll,

Shelli

There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. ~Salvador Dali