UPDATE 10-7: OUR CLEANUP DAY’S canceled for now but will be rescheduled after Milton comes to visit
It’s beginning to look a lot like fall in Sarasota County. And around here, fall is when we tend our gardens, trim and prune and plant and mulch. Why, coming up this weekend are two don’t-miss plant sales, the 18th Annual Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Sale at Twin Lakes Park on Clark Road, and and the Venice Gardens Civic Association Plant Sale on Shamrock Blvd in Venice

At both sales, you can learn a lot about Florida gardening, and then put it to practical use (even if you live in a condo or only have a pot or two on your balcony) by participating in the Historical Society’s Garden [Clean-Up] Party on Saturday October 12. Directors and members will be

on-site from 9 til noon to work alongside of you.

Come for 30 minutes, come for a few hours, and get free dirt under your nails. Bring your own tools, come when you can and make our Members’ Garden beautiful. Weed, prune, shape, rake, etc. Bottled water provided. Meet some new folks, learn some garden lore, get some exercise for a good cause. Many hands make light work and a groomed landscape to be proud of.

Can’t make it? Drop off some mulch (the no-float cypress kind from Home Depot) or those big paper bags for yard waste any time during the week.