{"id":11971,"date":"2014-05-08T08:48:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T12:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11971"},"modified":"2014-05-06T22:51:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T02:51:08","slug":"museum-now-flooded-with-plants-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11971","title":{"rendered":"Museum now flooded with plants for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overflowing Brandywine swept away some stock, but it was recovered<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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\"Image<\/a>After the Brandywine Creek overflowed into the parking lots of the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art on May 1 \u2013 the third highest water level ever recorded \u2013 the museum will be flooded with plants this weekend.<\/p>\n

The 33rd<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale will proceed as planned on Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11, in the courtyard of the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Fordf<\/strong>rom 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.<\/p>\n

Thousands of hardy plants survived the deluge and are awaiting their sale on Mother\u2019s Day weekend, museum officials said. Staff and volunteers work year-round on the sale; seeds planted in January 2012 and 2013 became the plants visitors will purchase this weekend, a museum news release said.<\/p>\n

Although the Brandywine swept virtually all of the plants away from their nursery locations, the staff and volunteers, led by Mark Gormel, horticultural coordinator who is working his\u00a0 24th<\/sup>\u00a0sale, located the vast majority of them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThough the plants do have a coating of nutrient-rich silt from the Brandywine, thankfully, our inventory has not decreased significantly,\u201d commented Gormel.<\/p>\n

Plants available at the sale include a wide variety of regional plants and seeds that are suitable for full sun to deep shade and all types of gardens and landscapes. Many are not available in retail garden centers. Many varieties will attract songbirds, hummingbirds and butterflies and help strengthen the local ecosystem. The sale also includes a number of plants\u00a0that have proven to be less palatable to deer, the release said.<\/p>\n

The sale annually raises about $50,000 for the maintenance of the native plant gardens that surround the Brandywine River Museum of Art.\u00a0 The Wildflower and Native Plant Gardens are a living representation of the Conservancy\u2019s mission to preserve, protect and share American artistic, natural and historical resources, the release said.<\/p>\n

For a list of plants expected at the sale, visithttp:\/\/www.brandywinemuseum.org\/documents\/PlantSaleList2014.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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