Plants, plants and more plants. This is what visitors will see at the Montgomery County Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale & Show from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 3 at the Montgomery County 4-H Fairgrounds, 400 Parke Ave., Crawfordsville. This event will be held rain or shine. There will be hundreds of plants to choose from to beautify landscapes, patios and homes — all which have been locally grown by the Master Gardeners and local wholesale nursery suppliers.
Indiana grown strawberries, a large variety of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables such as Brussel sprouts, broccoli, lettuce mixes and herbs will be available. Native, perennial and annual plants which grow best in the area also will be for sale.
The plant sale is the main and sometimes only fundraiser the Master Gardeners of Montgomery County has each year. Proceeds help fund projects and educational opportunities for all of Montgomery County in the horticultural area such as the Nicholson Elementary School Garden for second and third graders. In addition, the group awards an annual scholarship to a high school senior who will be seeking a degree in the agriculture or horticulture field of study.
Currently, the group is working on the Montgomery County Pollinator Garden and planting native trees on the fairgrounds. It also is supporting the Seed Library located at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Throughout the year, the Master Gardeners will present programs for the public to attend in the gardening/horticulture arena, such as a recent propagation workshop and the gardening programs at the library last month.
Master Gardeners will be on site to answer gardening questions and make suggestions to best suit your landscape project/needs. Twenty vendors also will be available with goods and services, for house plants, tropicals, specialty plants, landscape information, garden décor, homemade jams/jelly and honey products, yard maintenance along with information from several of the non-profit organizations serving Montgomery County and a food service provider for your drinks and snacks. Nucor will be giving away free trees in the 4-H barn and Booth Machinery will be on the fairgrounds celebrating Kubota days.
To learn more about Montgomery County Master Gardeners, visit the group’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1084061839634585 or email montcoinemg@gmail.com/.
