Spring Fair and Plant Sale at Trailside

Signage for the Arts and Crafts Booth

The Spring Fair and Plant Sale is a major fundraiser for the Demonstration Garden at Trailside (Watchung Reservation). The master gardeners and the interns in the Master Gardener program put in tremendous amount of time and physical work before and during the fair. This event is particularly useful for interns to pick up significant chunk of volunteer hours needed to complete the program.  I was asked to manage the Arts and Crafts section, which ended up being much fun. I made about three dozen catnip toys and half a dozen totes from re-purposed burlap rice bags. There were other items for sale also and we sold $150/ worth of craft items. It was a respectable amount given that the people were there for buying the plants. While at it, I taught a young girl how to make a catnip mouse and gave her a free sample of catnip too. I may have set her on a lifetime of crafty path!

Market Totes 

Catnip Toys

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Butterfly on Rocks

A little butterfly painted on a little rock nestling in a little wood box. I bought a whole bag of these Mexican beach pebbles from a local garden center for landscaping in my yard. But their nice oval shape and polished surface make for a tempting substrate to paint on.

Linked to Try it on Tuesday's Little Things Mean a Lot.

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Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to mothers all over the world!