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Published on 10/15/24

Upcoming UGA plant sales bring color to fall

By Maria M. Lameiras
A man in glasses and a red checked shirt stands smiling in a greenhouse holding a gerbera daisy.
Rhuanito Ferrarezi's “Greenhouse Management” class will hold its annual student-run plant sale on Nov. 20 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the South Milledge Greenhouse Complex.

Fall weather means fall gardening, and several groups at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will be offering the fruits of their labors at ornamental plant sales across campus this semester.

Trial Gardens Fall Houseplant Sale Oct. 18

On Friday, Oct. 18, the Trial Gardens at University of Georgia will hold its annual Fall Houseplant Sale from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Trial Gardens greenhouse at 220. W. Green Street on UGA’s South Campus.  

All proceeds from the sale will support program resources at the Trial Gardens, including students, staffing, internships and structural support.

Student-run ornamental plant sale Nov. 20

For the second year, the students in Associate Professor Rhuanito Ferrarezi’s “Greenhouse Management” class will hold an ornamental plant sale on Nov. 20 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the South Milledge Greenhouse Complex at 2510 South Milledge Avenue in Athens.

Cultivated by students in the class, plants will include multiple cultivars of annual and perennial ornamentals including highly popular poinsettias, as well as daisies, dianthus, snapdragons, heuchera, monsteras, hostas, hellebores, echinacea, coreopsis and gaura.

Sale proceeds will be used for a luncheon with the ornamental industry members to network and identify career perspectives and opportunities for students.

Ornamental plants make popular gifts for holiday gatherings and UGA Cooperative Extension’s “Care of Holiday and Gift Plants” publication provides resources to help you keep your newly acquired plants healthy and thriving.

Maria M. Lameiras is a managing editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Authors:
Maria M. Lameiras
Experts/Sources:
Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi
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