News Release Distributed 02/27/08
LAKE CHARLES – The 9th Annual Southwest Louisiana Garden Festival will be held March 29-30 at Burton Coliseum at 7001 Gulf Highway.
The event will include a plant health clinic with LSU AgCenter experts and Master Gardeners to answer gardening questions and garden talks by several speakers from the LSU AgCenter.
“The garden festival is a wholesome, educational environment and the perfect activity to bring together friends and families,” said Rob Turley, LSU AgCenter extension horticulturist in Calcasieu Parish.
Vendors will be selling plants and a wide variety of gardening-related items.
Festival hours are 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, and Sunday, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is only $2, and it’s free for ages 12 and younger. Proceeds will benefit the Calcasieu Parish 4-H program.
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Contact: Robert Turley at (337) 475-8812, or RTurley@agcenter.lsu.edu
Writer: Bruce Schultz at (337) 788-8821 or BSchultz@agcenter.lsu.edu