| If you know folks in the Austin area who may be interested in learning which flowering bulbs do well in our climate/soils then this is a golden opportunity to join in the fun. A few of our Travis County Master Gardeners are founding members of this new garden club associated with the Austin Area Garden Council (home base at Zilker Botanical Garden.
Happy Gardening!
Tommie
Texas Flower Bulb Society’s
First Annual
FLOWER BULB FESTIVAL & BULB SALE!
An event celebrating the fun and beauty of flowering bulbs
Free Admission
Saturday and Sunday January 19 – 20, 2008
ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDEN
2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin TX 78746
AM Program – Saturday, January 19 (10 AM to 12 PM):
1) "Best bulbs for Central Texas Gardens Seminar" - Plant them now enjoy them forever…
2) "Using bulbs for Landscaping/Gardening/Designing/Decorating"
3) "Making your world more beautiful with bulbs"
4) (Film Presentation) "Tulip Flower Production"
PM Program – Saturday, January 19 (2 PM to 4 PM):
5) (Film Presentation) "Lily Flower Production"
Program – Sunday, January 20 (2 PM to 4 PM)
"Outdoor Fun with Bulbs" - Demonstration planting covering how, when and where to plant bulbs…we’ll plant each of the bulbs discussed and sold.
The Incredible Zilker Bulb Store – Open:
10 AM – 4 PM, Saturday January 19, 2008
12 N - 4 PM, Sunday, January 20, 2008
Bulb Sale – perennial FLOWERING BULBS that naturalize in Central Texas Gardens:
Ipheion, Brodiaea ‘Queen Fabiola’, Muscari armeniacum, Ranunculus, Galanthus Double, Freesia, Dutch iris, Allium, Anemone, Scilla, Jonquilla, Tazetta narcissus, Tulips, Species tulips, Crocus and more………….
Contact: Texas Flower Bulb Society –‘We dig bulbs’
Telephone (512) 619-0344
Email texasflowerbulbsociety@yahoo.com
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