VALPARAISO — The Valparaiso Garden Clubis planning a gardening gala.
The "Gala in Paradise Gardens" is 2-4 p.m. May 14 at the Heritage Museum, 115 Westview Ave., Valparaiso.
Paradise Gardens is an outdoor exhibit, created and maintained by the Valparaiso Garden Club, which supports pollinators in our environment, including bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.
Come to the gala to learn about pollinators and how gardeners and citizens can help and protect them at a lecture by Master Gardener and author Marie Harrison at 2:15 in the Blue Room of the Museum.
Then move out to the garden to see host plants for butterflies, nectar and pollen plants for many pollinators, and a plethora of beautiful blooming annuals and perennials that do well in our area.
At the event, attendees may:
●Shop the club’s plant sale to purchase seeds and plants for pollinators and add them to your garden.
●Learn to register your garden and “Bee One in a Million” pollinator gardens across the United States.
●Study educational exhibits and receive handouts to help you get started helping our imperiled pollinators.
Helping pollinators will enable us to continue to have the fruits, vegetables, and other plants that enrich our lives and provide one in every three bites of food we eat.
For more information, contact Marie Harrison, 678-2842, or Gina Marini, 678-2615.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: 'Gala in Paradise Gardens' is May 14