THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 18, 1996 TAG: 9602160079
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: REMINDERS
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
LENGTH: Medium: 51 lines
FLOWER SHOWS ARE plentiful this month. Closest to home is the Maymont Flower & Garden Show this week in Richmond. It rivals some of the country's biggest shows.
The Maymont show opens Thursday and runs through next Sunday at the Richmond Centre. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is $7 in advance; $9 at the door. Call (800) 370-9004.
The Philadelphia Flower Show, produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, is the world's largest with 10 acres of flowers and exhibits. It opens Sunday, Feb. 25, for an eight-day run in a new location, the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 1101 Arch St.
Tickets are $14.50 for adults, $7.25 for children under 12. This is a wonderful exhibition, and everyone should see it at least once. Call (215) 625-8253. CAMELLIA WORKSHOP
Tuesday night is your chance to learn how to propagate camellias by air-layering, grafting or taking cuttings. You can also learn how to ``gib,'' a method of adding gibberlic acid to make the camellias bloom earlier and larger.
It's the Virginia Camellia Society's fifth annual hands-on camellia workshop. Learn how, when and why to prune, provide disease control and much more. The public is invited to this free clinic at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Baker Hall at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Call 625-0374. SELLING YOUR CROPS
The North Carolina Extension Service is holding a school on specialty crops Feb. 29 and March 1 at the Ramada Inn in Oxford. Classes start at 9 a.m. The school is aimed at people who want to grow vegetables and fruit for sale, with emphasis on how to grow and market them. Cost to enroll is $25. For a copy of the program or registration form, call Carl Cantaluppi at (919) 603-1350 or fax (919) 603-0268. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
TAYLOR DABNEY
The Maymount Flower & Garden Show opens Thursday at the Richmond
Centre.
by CNB