Owens College is Wed.; Sunshine Sept. 29-Oct. 1
There are two upcoming fall plant sales planned in the next few weeks. The first will be at Owens
Community College on Wednesday, with the second at Sunshine in Maumee at the end of the month.
Owens
Area residents seeking to add new life and color to their gardens and yards this fall are encouraged to
attend the Landscape and Turfgrass Crew Club’s annual Fall Plant Sale at Owens Community College on
Wednesday.
The plant sale will occur from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. next to the greenhouse, which is near the entrance to
the Owens Math/Science Center on the Toledo-area Campus, located on Oregon Road in Perrysburg Township.
The sale will feature a wide selection of shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses, and rare and unusual
trees, among other items.
"The Owens Community College Landscape and Turfgrass Crew Club student organization is excited to
once again offer individuals the opportunity to purchase select trees and shrubs at a minimal cost for
the upcoming fall planting season," said Chris Foley, Owens associate professor of science and
landscape and the club’s adviser. "Fall is a very good time to plant trees and shrubs as the ground
is still warm from the summer months and the soil is very moist."
All proceeds from the plant sale will help in supporting the organization’s participation in the PLANET
(Professional Landcare Network) Student Career Days, which is a national horticultural and landscape
competition involving colleges and universities across the country. This year’s competition will take
place in Manhattan, Kan.
Shrubs on hand will include the Purple Beauty Berry, Blue False Spirea, Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea, Fine
Wine Weigela and a wide assortment of many others. Additionally, more than 30 different varieties of
trees and evergreens will be available at the fall plant sale such as the Japanese Stripped-bark Maple,
the Red Buckeye and the Colorado Spruce.
There will also be available an array of perennials, including select hostas and ornamental grasses. A
complete listing of the available plants with their prices is available online at
www.owens.edu/direct/plantsale.pdf.
Sunshine
Sunshine will be hosting a fall plant sale to welcome the autumn weather.
The public is invited to attend the sale at Sunshine’s main campus, 7223 Maumee Western Road in Maumee.
It will be held Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.
The greenhouse features specials on mums, decorative scarecrows, fall d?©cor, bales of straw, pumpkins,
corn stalk bundles, apples, apple cider and more. The greenhouse at Sunshine employs people with
developmental disabilities as a part of Sunshine’s Vocational Services.
For questions or more information, contact greenhouse supervisor Kathleen Johnson at
[email protected] or (419) 944-1685.
Sale hours will be Sept. 29 from 1 to 6 p.m.; Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Oct. 1 from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. or visit www.sunshine.org.
