(May 4, 2017) Lower Shore Land Trust will celebrate its 10th annual Native Plant Sale and Pollinator Festival at a new Snow Hill location – 100 River Street. The expanded two-day event will begin Friday, May 5 and continue through Saturday, May 6.
Festivities will kick off on Friday with a “Cinco de Mayo” party by the Pocomoke River at Sturgis Park, in conjunction with Snow Hill’s First Friday. Attendees can browse and shop featured plants from 3-6 p.m., and from 5-8 p.m., enjoy live music featuring Pete Bozick & The Larks.
There will also be a special food and beverage garden, featuring margaritas, brews and fajitas.
On Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., visitors can choose from over 60 varieties of native perennials, grasses, ferns, shrubs and trees.
New this year is the addition of many family-friendly exhibitors including Scales and Tails, Dawn Manyfeathers in Native American dress and cultural displays, face painters, sidewalk chalk art, beekeepers, monarch experts, the A+ Garden Centre Students from Parkside High School in Salisbury with their Lexicon of Sustainability, performances from Snow Hill Elementary Bucket Band with recycled instruments and Snow Hill High School chorus.
Native plants have adapted to local soil conditions and climate patterns, meaning they require less water, fertilizer and pesticides than non-native plants. They also provide vital pollinators like birds, bees and butterflies with food sources.
In fact, over 75 percent of the 1,400-plus plants grown for human consumption are the result of insect and animal pollination.
For more information, call the Lower Shore Land Trust office at 443-234-5587 or email info@lowershorelandtrust.org.
Festivities will kick off on Friday with a “Cinco de Mayo” party by the Pocomoke River at Sturgis Park, in conjunction with Snow Hill’s First Friday. Attendees can browse and shop featured plants from 3-6 p.m., and from 5-8 p.m., enjoy live music featuring Pete Bozick & The Larks.
There will also be a special food and beverage garden, featuring margaritas, brews and fajitas.
On Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., visitors can choose from over 60 varieties of native perennials, grasses, ferns, shrubs and trees.
New this year is the addition of many family-friendly exhibitors including Scales and Tails, Dawn Manyfeathers in Native American dress and cultural displays, face painters, sidewalk chalk art, beekeepers, monarch experts, the A+ Garden Centre Students from Parkside High School in Salisbury with their Lexicon of Sustainability, performances from Snow Hill Elementary Bucket Band with recycled instruments and Snow Hill High School chorus.
Native plants have adapted to local soil conditions and climate patterns, meaning they require less water, fertilizer and pesticides than non-native plants. They also provide vital pollinators like birds, bees and butterflies with food sources.
In fact, over 75 percent of the 1,400-plus plants grown for human consumption are the result of insect and animal pollination.
For more information, call the Lower Shore Land Trust office at 443-234-5587 or email info@lowershorelandtrust.org.