2012 Discovery Garden Plant Sale
May 19, 2012 • 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Rain or Shine
Legion Memorial Park Gazebo, Hollidaysburg, PA
Sale items include:
- Annuals
- Perennials
- Vegetables
- Herbs
- Bird baths
- Stepping stones
- Auction items:
Two Handcrafted Birdhouses
The Home Depot (Altoona) and other areas businesses will once again be contributing items for this sale.
Have any plants to separate in your flowerbed?
Seedlings too successful this season?
Plant donations accepted
Birdhouse Silent Auction
Auction 1:
Breast Cancer Awareness Birdhouse
Auction 2:
Floral Birdhouse
At this year’s plant sale, we have two birdhouses for silent auction.
Everyone has a chance to place a bid even if they cannot come to the sale!
To place a bid before the day of the Plant Sale, contact Lori Lange by May 15th (llange@skillsgroup.org or 814-238-3245 ext 321).
Bidding ends at 1 p.m. on May 19th at the Plant Sale. You do not need to be present to win. Shipping costs (if needed) will be added to the winning bid.
When bidding, please indicate which item you are bidding on and include your name and phone number.
The winning bidder of each item will be notified by phone on May 19th.
For further information, please contact: Lori Lange (814-238-3245 ext 321).
All proceeds from this annual sale benefit Discovery Garden and Skills Horticultural Therapy Program.
See you there!
New Water Feature at Discovery Garden
New Water Feature at Discovery Garden courtesy of Tussey Landscaping
Tussey Landscaping generously donated and installed a water feature to enhance the community garden.
This water feature will be dedicated as a memorial to Bob Crum, Jackie Crust, and Andrea Eckenrod later this summer. All three of these people dedicated their lives to helping people with disabilities and worked at Skills of Central PA for many years.
Please stay in touch for more information about the upcoming dedication ceremony.
Thank You, Spring Cleanup Volunteers!
Volunteers from Leadership Blair County Class of 2012: Maria Preusser (The Hite Company), Jessie Aucker (Leonard S. Fiore, Inc.), and Jamie Miller (Advantage Resource Group)
Three members of Leadership Blair County graduating class of 2012 spent a morning volunteering at Discovery Garden on Thursday, May 3rd to complete their mini-project.
They worked with other volunteers on spring clean up and weeding at the garden.
A big thanks goes out to all of the garden volunteers who have been coming out and working for many years and to the new volunteers that just started.
Your dedication and help brings out the true beauty of the Garden.
2012 Discovery Garden Planting Days: May 21 – 25
Local elementary school children plant annuals during Discovery Garden’s Planting Days.Participating Blair County Elementary school students who spending a day at the Discovery Garden with their school get a tour of the garden to learn about different kinds of plants. Each child who visits gets to plant a flower in the garden themselves as part of this activity. Many children revisit the garden later in the summer to see how beautifully their plant grew.
The Discovery Garden is a multigenerational community project. For more information, contact Lori Lange at llange@skillsgroup.org or 814-238-3245 ext 321.
Discovery Garden: Something for Everyone
Discovery Garden offers something for everyone.
Discovery Garden is a wheelchair-accessible public garden in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Developed as a community resource, Discovery Garden provides a beautiful setting for people of all ages and abilities to relax and enjoy nature.
Located in Legion Memorial Park, Hollidaysburg Borough, and adjoining Kids’ Kingdom Play Park along the Beaver Dam Branch of the Juniata River, Discovery Garden offers something for everyone.
Since its inception, Discovery Garden has grown to encompass a series of seven theme gardens connected by wheelchair-accessible pathways. Each theme garden is designed to provide opportunities for hands-on outdoor education about flowers, plants, and ecology.
