| Wild Ones holds 10th annual plant sale
The Wild Ones is holding its 10th annual plant sale, offering 62 species of perennial wildflowers, grasses and sedges that are native to our Rock River Valley area. Deadline for ordering is April 29; the pickup date is May 12 in Rockford. The plants are sold in flats of 32 half-pint pots. Flats are $64, whether of one species or mixed. Minimum order is one flat. For more information and to request order forms, contact Dianne Stenerson at 815-636-9930 or dstenerson@rockriver.net. The purpose of the sale is to encourage homeowners, businesses, schools and churches to use native plants for environmentally sound landscaping practices. Native plants evolved here over thousands of years to survive in our weather extremes and local soils, in harmony with other local plants and animals.
Beautification concerns dominate Aberdeen officials' meeting
ABERDEEN - Complaints of dilapidated houses dominated the citizen input session during the city's board of aldermen meeting Tuesday as Aberdeen residents voiced their concerns prior to the city's Pilgrimage Festival.Aberdeen resident Doris Blanchard assured the board she would clean up two properties, a home on Warren Street and the cemetery, but rain has delayed scheduled landscaping work.“I'm very much aware the pilgrimage is coming here - I support that project - and I want the city to look nice ... we are working hard and we are trying to cooperate," she said.Aberdeen City Attorney Robert Faulks said the home, located at 102 Warren St., has been an eyesore since the home was damaged by fire in 2001 and that the home needs more than landscaping.“I have talked to the lawyer that represents that estate ...
Clinton home project set
Long-awaited improvements to the Clinton Birthplace Center grounds are becoming a reality for the staff and city of Hope. With a recent visit from Debbie Shock, operations and facilities director of the Clinton Library in Little Rock, and chief landscaper for the library, Greg Curtis, some definite plans have come along.“We are looking for some photos from the 1940's and 1950's of that area of town," Martha Berryman, museum director, said. “If we do not find what we are looking for as far as photos, we are just going with the general landscaping of that time period. Most houses had shrubs and plants."Berryman said crape myrtles in watermelon red were the rage in the 1930's and 1940'a eras. .
Second Lawn Care Expo Saturday at Fairgrounds
The second annual St. Francis County Lawn Care Expo will be held Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m., at the Wiley T. Jones Fairgrounds on Highway 1, south of Forrest City. The St. Francis County Conservation District is the sponsor for the event. Gates will open to the public at 9 a.m. Visitors will be treated to an array of lawn and garden equipment, plants, patio furniture, landscaping ideas, fencing and pool supplies. Visitors will also be able to talk with lawn care professionals and may bring a sample of their lawn or garden soil and have it tested. Guests at the Expo will also be allowed to try out the latest lawn equipment and tools. Several vendors have already committed to the event and include: Producers Tractor Supply of Forrest City, Cox Equipment, Western Auto, Marianna Greenhouse, Worleys Flower and Garden, Byron Mitchusson Concrete, Fleming Lawn Care, Pyramid Lawn Care and Ridge Ripe Farms.
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