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Pocono Garden Club prepares for flower show, sale

The Pocono Garden Club’s annual Flower Show and Plant Sale is set for July 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 158 Fish Hill Road, Tannersville.

Titled “Lights on Broadway,” the show will feature floral arrangements, made by members, depicting Broadway show themes like “Lion King,” “Hamilton,” “Madame Butterfly,” “Jersey Boys,” “Romeo and Juliet” and others.

Samples of club members’ horticulture and houseplants also will be on display.

All the entries will be judged the day before the show. Ribbons and judges’ comments offer insight into what makes an arrangement, specimen or plant particularly special.

Speakers will include Pamela Hubbard at 11 a.m. on “A native pollinator garden”; master gardener Sharon Carey at noon, “Houseplant Questions and Answers”; and Jacki Lash Idler at 1 p.m., “Gone to Pot With Herbs: Container Gardening With Herbs.”

The club’s extensive plant sale will also be held throughout the day.

The Pocono-grown plant sale offers perennials, trees, shrubs, houseplants, herbs and more grown by club members and local friends in their own gardens and homes.

This year’s offerings include curly willow, lilacs, rose of Sharon, Shasta daisy, foxglove, hostas, lambs’ ear, sedum, lilies, thyme, and many more.

The Marketplace offers assorted new and gently used garden- and plant-related items at bargain prices.

Door prizes, a raffle, bake sale and more complete the day. The winners for raffles and the silent auction will be announced at 3 p.m.

Proceeds help support the Garden of Giving, which grows fresh produce for local, food-insecure people. The club also supports youth camp scholarships to Quiet Valley Living History Farm and the Monroe County Conservation District.

In addition, the club provides a $1,000 scholarship to a horticultural student at the Monroe Career and Technical Institute for continued learning.

There is an admission fee.

For more information on the show or the club, contact club President Nell Cadue at poconogardenclub@gmail.com or visit the club’s Facebook page.

The Pocono Garden Club meets the second Tuesday of most months at the Monroe County Conservation District, 8050 Running Valley Road, Bartonsville.

Guests are welcome at meetings.

Peg Zukawski of Blakeslee teaches Jeanette Gupko of Tannersville how-to make a horizontal floral arrangement. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO