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Published May 01, 2008 09:34 pm - Flowers and plants that are sold Saturday will help finance a vegetable crop to be given away later this year by members of the Ozark Gateway Master Gardeners. Plant sale to benefit gardening projects By Susan Redden sredden@joplinglobe.com Flowers and plants that are sold Saturday will help finance a vegetable crop to be given away later this year by members of the Ozark Gateway Master Gardeners. The crop is just getting started next to the Crosslines Ministries building in Joplin, where volunteer gardeners were planting cabbage and pulling weeds this week. Members of the group have worked the garden for about five years, with produce that is grown being given to needy families served by Crosslines. While labor is donated, proceeds from the plant sale help buy seed, bedding plants and other materials for the garden, said Lou Ann Herron, a member of the Master Gardeners. The sale is set for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Powers Museum, 1617 W. Oak St. in Carthage. Proceeds also help fund other Master Gardener projects, such as Earth Day activities, work at George Washington Carver National Monument, and gardens at VantAge Point and the Brady Building in Joplin, and at the Carthage Public Library. All members of the group grow and contribute plants for the annual sale, said Glenita Browning, of Carthage, another member. “There will be a lot of shrubs, lilac and hydrangeas, and some unusual shade-loving plants like wild ginger and Solomon seal,” she said. “There will also be a lot of sun-loving plants like phlox, salvia, bee balm, iris and peonies.” Also available will be many varieties of perennials, annuals, herbs and tomato plants, said Debbie Fedie, of Carl Junction, who was on hand for the work day this week at the Crosslines garden. Fedie and Herron said another attraction at the sale is information, such as how to grow a particular plant or answers to other gardening questions. “There’s so many gardeners there that day that if one doesn’t know the answer, usually someone else will,” Herron said. Fedie said the group also will have a laptop computer linked to gardening information available from the University of Missouri. The Crosslines garden includes five elevated beds and a large plot that will grow vegetables including cabbage, snow peas, onions, okra, green beans, bell peppers, lettuce, jalapenos, squash, cucumbers and several types of tomatoes. Herbs will be planted in one bed to attract helpful insects and other pollinators, Fedie said. “We’ve had that vacant lot for years,” said Margaret Lawellin, Crosslines director. “Since they came in and started a garden, it’s been a godsend for us to be able to give fresh produce to our clients. It supplements the canned goods they normally would get.” 
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