2025 May: "We're not just sittin' around drinking tea and arranging flowers" - Lookout's Ann Brown on the 'Spring Plant Sale' Saturday May 3

Laurelwood Garden Club, Garden Club of Lookout Mountain & Lookout Mountain Beautiful Garden Club, are three of our community's garden clubs - all mentioned in this episode!It's that time of year folks!The Spring Plant Sale is Saturday May 3 from 8-2pm at the GA town hall.TIP: Go early before some items sell out.This year will be a major event with all club 'hands' on deck and best of all - proceeds go to two of our top, mountain treasures - our schools. Baked goods - garden art - plants - herbs - vegetables - casseroles - gift baskets - food - etc...Also hear Ann discuss and share about some of the following topics: Monarchs Over The Mountain poster contest, 'native plants vs invasive plants, 2 local most wanted: ivy & euonymus, and Who is Sandy Loam??, Tennessee Smart Yard Program, Dogwood winter vs Blackberry winter, perennial food forests, is it ketchup and mustard: no, it's a gaillardia!, Lewis and Clark, Tommy Jefferson, Is a pupa a bad thing??, How do the 'queens' do their thing? and much more. back to the sale:Expect a lot of excellent cut flowers - many -most even - grown here on Lookout.Expect to pay for event goodies with: CASH, CARD and VENMO.Ann has agreed to sign autographs - for cash of course.Next stop; mid-summer episode about : soil, Lkt Mtn bird sanctuary & food forests.THNK YOU ANN BROWN!!!! You did GREAT as always! See everyone at 'THE SALE" Saturday morning - sale secrets revealed in the episode so listen in!tME Spread the word! Find us at ...theMountainEcho.orgPlease "Like" and 'subscribe' for notification of new episodes on your media player's podcast menu. Also, on regular, full length, non-bonus episodes, many thanks for closing music featuring the Dismembered Tennesseans and vocals by the amazing Laura Walker singing Tennessee Waltz. Opening fiddle music played by the late Mr. Fletcher Bright.