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from the issue of April 8, 2004
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Unique plants can be found at Spring Affair
The 18th annual Spring Affair plant sale will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24 in the Lancaster Building at Lincoln’s State Fair Park. Admission to the sale is free.
Each year, Spring Affair sells thousands of plants, some not typically found in garden centers. The event also allows the public access to local experts for gardening ideas and advice. A number of vendors of garden art, sculptures, furniture and other items also sell merchandise at Spring Affair.
Plants are provided by Bluebird Nursery of Clarkson, Neb., and are chosen by local horticulture experts for their suitability to the local climate, their uniqueness or because of popular demand. Most of the plants are perennials but some annuals, such as herbs, are also sold. Typical garden center plants such as petunias, geraniums and pansies are not among the plants offered for sale because they are easily available elsewhere.
This year’s theme, “Discover New Plants,” dovetails with the bicentennial celebrations of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Nearly 300 individual plant species, some with multiple varieties, have been ordered. Herbs, plants for shade, part-shade or sunny locations, and rock and trough gardens fill the plant lists.
Seven free public seminars occur during the day; four will occur in Agricultural Hall and three in Youth Complex Room A. Ag Hall seminars are: 10 a.m., “The Crook House: History and Historical Planting,” Bryan Kinghorn, Kinghorn Gardens; 11:30 a.m., “Visiting England’s Gardens: A How-to Guide,” Linda Hillegass, author; 1 p.m., “Discovered Plants: From Nebraska and Beyond,” Harlan Hamernik, Bluebird Nursery; 2:30 p.m. “Anything and Everything: Panel Discussion with Local Experts,” Bud Dasenbrock, Hamernik, Gladys Jeurink, Don Steinegger. Youth Complex seminars: 10 a.m., “Early American Uses of Herbs,” Nancy Scott, horticulturist and author; 11:30 a.m. “Coordinating Shrubs and Perennials,” Bryan Poppe, Campbell’s Nursery; “Miniature Landscapes: Building a Trough Garden,” Rod Ackerman, Bluebird Nursery.
Spring Affair is co-sponsored by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, State Fair Park and the UNL Botanical Garden and Arboretum, who share proceeds.
A separate fund-raising event occurs April 23, the night before the plant sale. The Spring Affair Preview Party offers a catered meal, silent auction and plant sale. This fund-raiser event, sponsored by Friends of the UNL Gardens, costs $35 per person and is by reservation only. The reservation deadline is April 9.
For more information, visit http://springaffair.unl.edu or call 472-2679.
For info
The Spring Affair plant sale will be April 24 at the Lancaster Building at State Fair Park. A complete listing of plants to be found at the event can be found at springaffair.unl.edu.
Plant prices are $2.50 for a 3-inch pot, $4.50 for a 4-inch pot and $7 for a 6-inch pot.
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