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North Miss. Garden Expo set for Sept. 28
VERONA -- Garden and landscape enthusiasts can find answers to all their gardening questions at the upcoming North Mississippi Garden Expo from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sept. 28. in Verona.
The annual event at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center on Highway 145 will enable visitors to see how well various fruits, vegetables, flowers and other plants grow in north Mississippi. Plant doctors will be on hand to diagnose problems and to identify unknown plants brought to the expo.
Visitors can tour the Magnolia Botanical Gardens, and children will enjoy the "Pizza Farm," which teaches people where pizza products come from. Gardening demonstrations and seminars will introduce visitors to the art of gardening bonsai, managing for backyard wildlife, creating crafts from garden products and propagating plants.
Mississippi State University's Extension Service and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station are sponsoring the North Mississippi Garden Expo.
For more information, contact Crofton Sloan, event coordinator, at (662) 566-2201.
