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FloraFEST Native Plant Sale at UTEP

April 29, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Free
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Join us for the FloraFEST Native Plant Sale and take home some of our region’s most beautiful native and desert-adapted plants. In addition to ornamental plants like perennials, shrubs and trees, there will also be some cacti and succulents available for purchase. After shopping you might want to take some time to tour the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens.

 

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For a printable flyer, click here.

 

Make plans! There’s an upcoming presentation on the FloraFEST sale and native plants of the Chihuahuan Desert by John White, Garden Curator at the Centennial Museum and Desert Gardens. Mr. White’s talk is part of the El Paso Community Foundation’s Cultivate Forum on Thursday April 20, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. The forum will present three speakers and one film. To learn about the other talks and film, click here.

 

Recommended reading to prepare for shopping at the FloraFEST Native Plant sale:

Ornamental Plants for Far West Texas Native trees, shrubs, flowering plants, grasses, and succulents with water-use categories.

Chihuahuan Desert Plants – Hundreds of native plants from the Greater Chihuahuan Desert Region, most with photographs and basic information.

Recommended Southwestern Native Plants for the El Paso/Las Cruces Area of the Chihuahuan Desert Region – Listing with notations about trees, shrubs and perennials plus comments on general availability.

Earth-Kind® Plant Selector

Details

Date:
April 29, 2017
Time:
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Kevin Floyd
Email
kwfloyd@utep.edu

Venue

On the UTEP campus, in the plaza between the Undergraduate Learning Center (UGLC) and the Centennial Museum.
Centennial Museum and the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens on the corner of University Dr. and Wiggins Rd. on the UTEP campus.
El Paso, TX United States
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Phone
(915) 747-8994
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