The Town & Country Garden Club, "the folks who keep the traffic islands blooming," have a new date and location for its annual Plant & Shrub Sale: Saturday, May 21, from 9 am to 3 pm, on the front lawn of Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.

This is a change from the club's earlier-in-the-season sales of previous years, presented at The Inn at Newtown. Plant Sale Chairperson Mary Ellen Weiner expects that longtime supporters of the sale will appreciate the convenient access and ample parking available at this highly visible location.

The new date - Saturday, May 21 - allows two more weeks of warming temperatures for the more than 200 member-grown plants to develop and bloom.

Shoppers will find a variety of perennial plants which have been grown in local gardens: flowers, herbs, ground cover, shrubs, grasses and vines.

New this year will be attractive containers filled with plants that enhance cooking, such as herbs, tomatoes and chili peppers; and The Garden Bookshelf, a selection of gently used gardening books, plant references, how-to books, and more, at very favorable prices.

For additional information, contact Judy Beers at 203-426-2785.

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