Gardening News

Do you know a student who is interested in studying in an environment-related field? The South Schuylkill Garden Club is offering a $1000 scholarship for a Schuylkill County student. Students can be studying:

• horticulture
• floriculture
• landscape architecture
• conservation
• forestry
• botany 
• agronomy
• plant pathology
• environmental control
• land-use planning, land management and allied fields

Interested students can contact Porcupine Pat McKinney at 570-622-4124 Ext. 113 or porcupinepat@yahoo.com for an application. Applications must be submitted by March 31 so don't waste time -- get your application today!

If you think your yard would benefit from the addition of a tree or flowering bush (or need a great gift for a loved one this Easter) why not order some seedlings from the annual Seedling Sale. You can order trees and bushes up until April 5 and can be picked up on April 29 at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park Clubhouse parking lot from 9 a.m. to noon.  cost is just $8 and $9 a bundle. You can order by contacting Porcupine Pat at porcupinepat@yahoo.com or 570-622-4124 Ext. 113, Denise Donmoyer at nightowl57@verizon.net or 570-345-8952 or with the online order form here.

The following trees and bushes will be available:

• Concolor fir
• Norway spruce
• Black Hills spruce
• Austrian pine
• American arborvitae
• Red maple
• Red oak
• Tulip poplar
• American cranberry
• Forsythia
• Winterberry
• Common lilac

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