It’s the middle of February and the Master Gardener annual Spring Plant Sale is nearing. This year’s plant sale will be Saturday, February 16, in the Rodeo Arena at the Galveston County Fairgrounds along state Highway 6 in Hitchcock.
You will note that this spring’s annual event is simply called the Spring Plant Sale. Over many, many years the moniker given to describe the sale has gone through several iterations that included fruit trees, citrus trees, herbs, vegetables, crafts, a seminar, etc. So now it’s simply called the Spring Plant Sale.
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Dr. William Johnson is a horticulturist with the Galveston County Office of Texas AgriLife Extension Service, The Texas A&M System. Visit his website at http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston.
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