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\u201cReplenish your Hurricane ravaged garden at the Horticultural Society of the Bahamas (HSB) Annual Plant Sale\u201d suggests Alma Evans, HSB President.<\/p>\n
The popular event is set for Sat., Feb. 11,\u00a0 8 a.m to 1 p.m. at the Bahamas National Trust’s\u00a0 \u201cThe Retreat Garden,\u201d Village Road, opposite Queen\u2019s College.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPlease note the date, no longer the first Saturday of February!\u201d says HSB Treasurer Sarah Lobosky, a past\u00a0 HSB president. \u201cHelping beautify the nation is one of the Society\u2019s goals. As a result, unusual plants and sound advice on growing them are featured at our popular sale each year.\u201d<\/p>\n Plant lovers still fly\u00a0 to Nassau for the sale from all over The Bahamas, reports HSB Past President Dail Pearce. He will again be one of the special vendors, offering succulents and air plants in glass globes.<\/p>\n Other featured vendors include Flamingo Nursery for orchids and supplies, Past President Marina Greaves with her water garden features and other unusual containers and plants, bedding plants and fruit trees from\u00a0the Errol Strachan\u2019s Garden of Edem and stylish exhibits by Bev Evans.<\/p>\n \u201cSay \u2018Happy Valentines Day,\u2019\u00a0with water plants, roses, orchids, or other exotic \u00a0or bedding plants – all at really good prices,” recommends former HSB president Eric Butler, who always brings a truck load of green goodies.<\/p>\n \u201cRestock your garden Feb. 11 and prepare for Easter, at the big sale opposite Queen’s College.\u00a0 There is no admission charge,\u201d reminds Past President Cindy Wilde, who always brings dozens of well grown plants.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is always something new to spark a gardener’s imagination at this sale\u201d says HSB President Evans. She reminds members to pay special attention to the condition of plants brought to the sale, \u201cIt should always looks like a plant show!\u201d<\/p>\n Herbs and hanging baskets, bromeliads and orchids are always popular and in \u00a0great supply. Of special interest each year are hundreds, possibly thousands, of dramatic bromeliads, tiny tillandsias or \u201cair plants\u201d to gigantic hybrids with a five foot long leaf.\u00a0 Members also often donate bare root plants to the sale for landscaping.<\/p>\n Publicity Chairman Sara Parker points out, “There are products designed to make bromeliads less attractive to mosquitoes if you are worried about bites. I\u00a0recommend\u00a0the bare root bromeliads which you can move\u00a0around\u00a0a new landscape until you get \u00a0it right! The BNT garden gives you great ideas on landscaping, too.\u201d Mrs. Parker is a founding member of the HSB and hosts the popular home and garden show, \u201cBahamas Realty, Now.\u201d<\/p>\n No plants \u00a0will be sold before 8 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, said Mrs. Lobosky.\u00a0She urges members to bring plants, labeled with proper sales tags, on Friday Feb. 10 as none will be accepted on Sale Day.<\/p>\n Savvy shoppers wear hats and sunscreen, arrive early and bring their own boxes, bags and trucks according to Bromeliad expert Beryl Sheasby. Some help is available for transporting large plants to the parking area, courtesy of Queen\u2019s College.<\/p>\n Founded by the late Mrs. Sara Bardelmeier in 1983 the HSB conducts field trips and participates in horticultural shows. The HSB now includes more than 100 members, including all the local garden clubs, top horticulturalists, and family island growers.<\/p>\n HSB 2016 \u2013 2017 Executives are: President Alma Evans, Vice President Shirlene Godet, 1st Vice President Cyprianna Stuart, Treasurer Sarah Lobosky, Asst. Treasurer Joanna Robertson, Secretary Georgette Dames, Asst. Secretary Rosella Armbrister, Historian Kent Lightbourn, Immediate Past President Barbara Archer.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s business as usual this year and that\u2019s about as good as it gets for a Bahamian Plant Sale,\u201d says Pearce.<\/p>\n By P.S. News\/Features<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Top caption: HSB PLANT SALE COMMITTEE!–Blooming gift ideas of all shapes will hang out at the The Horticultural Society of the Bahamas (HSB) Annual Plant Sale, set for Saturday, \u00a0Feb. 11\u00a0from 8 am to 1 pm at the Bahamas National Trust’s headquarters, The Retreat,\u00a0Village Road, opposite Queen\u2019s College.\u00a0Founded by the late Mrs. Sara Bardelmeier in 1983, the HSB conducts field trips and participates in horticultural shows. Helping beautify the nation is one of the society\u2019s goals. As a result, unusual plants and sound advice on growing them are featured at the Society\u2019s popular sale each year. The HSB now includes more than 100 members, including top horticulturalists and family island growers. HSB Plant Sale Committee members include: (from left)\u00a0Secretary and Newsletter Editor Georgette Dames; Vice President Shirlene Godet; Historian Kent Lightbourne; President Alma Evans, 2nd Vice\u00a0 President Cyprianna Stuart;\u00a0Asst. Treasurer Joanna Robertson,\u00a0Past President and Treasurer Sarah Lobosky. 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\u201cIt\u2019s also your perfect chance to buy healthy, reasonably priced plants as Valentine\u2019s Gifts!\u201d she says. \u201cChildren may enjoy shopping for gifts at the long tables of plants for $5 or less.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bahamas-horticultural-society-3.jpg\")
“It is smart to be one of the first in line for the opening.\u00a0 The best stuff goes fast,” adds Mr. Butler. He adds, \u201cBring boxes!\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bahamas-horticultural-society-4.jpg\")
Plants range in price from less than a dollar to more than $100 depending on size and rarity. HSB members grow the plants and label them for sale with 10 per cent of the sale price going to the HSB.<\/p>\n