Ìð¹Ïapp’s Horticulture Program is holding a small Fall Plant Sale through Oct. 12

October 5, 2018

The Horticulture program at Ìð¹Ïapp (Ìð¹Ïapp) is holding a small Fall Plant Sale at the greenhouses and Building L located across from Ìð¹Ïapp’s Floyd County Campus in Rome through Friday, Oct. 12.

The sale hours are from 8 a.m. to noon on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Wednesdays the sale takes place all day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fall plants being sold include flowering kale, pansies and mums. The flowering kale cost $2 each and the pansies cost $11 for a flat of 36 plants. There mums are available at $5 each. The sale will continue until Oct. 12 or until the plants are sold out.

David Warren, director of Horticulture at Ìð¹Ïapp, inspects the pansies that are on sale through Friday, Oct. 12. Behind Warren are the poinsettias that will be ready for sale closer to the Christmas holiday.
David Warren, director of Horticulture at Ìð¹Ïapp, inspects the pansies that are on sale through Friday, Oct. 12. Behind Warren are the poinsettias that will be ready for sale closer to the Christmas holiday.

The kale and pansies are located in the main Horticulture greenhouses and the mums are located in a fenced area across from Building L. Buyers should stop by Building L first, said David Warren, director of Ìð¹Ïapp’s Horticulture program.

Purchases may be made with cash or check and credit cards are not accepted.

Warren says that before the year is over the Horticulture program plans to have a poinsettia sale around Christmas.

“The poinsettias should be ready probably the week after thanksgiving,” said Warren.

All proceeds from the plant sale will benefit the Horticulture program at Ìð¹Ïapp. The sale is a way for Ìð¹Ïapp to contribute to the community that also gives Horticulture students real-world experience.

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