{"id":7118,"date":"2013-05-14T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T12:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=7118"},"modified":"2013-05-14T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T12:59:12","slug":"willowdale-plant-sale-to-honor-horticulturists-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=7118","title":{"rendered":"Willowdale plant sale to honor horticulturist\u2019s legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Proceeds from Garden Club\u2019s event will benefit area beautification<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7119\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WCGC.PlantSale2013-c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7119\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7119 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Proceeds from the West Chester Garden Club\u2019s annual plant sale will benefit area beautification efforts.\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WCGC.PlantSale2013-c-231x300.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WCGC.PlantSale2013-c-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WCGC.PlantSale2013-c-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WCGC.PlantSale2013-c.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proceeds from the West Chester Garden Club\u2019s annual plant sale will benefit area beautification efforts.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cardinal flower, iris, salvia, sedum, columbine, ginger, butterfly weed and many more floral varieties will be available at the West Chester Garden Club\u2019s Third Annual Plant Sale on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Landhope Farms market in Willowdale, this year\u2019s sale honors the late Paula Latta Coyne, a renowned environmentalist, horticulturist, and horsewoman \u2013 as well as former Garden Club president.<\/p>\n<p>Coyne not only shared her extensive knowledge of plants native to Chester County, but she also strongly advocated the preservation of open space, often working with organizations such as the Brandywine Conservancy and Brandywine Valley Association. She was a former director of Safety, Agriculture, Villages and Environment (S.A.V.E.), a group committed to preserving the character of southern Chester County.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Paula Latta Coyne Plant Sale will offer a choice selection of native perennials and favorite plants from the gardens of the West Chester Garden Club. Organizers suggest bringing a box or basket to select locally-grown plants for attracting birds, butterflies and beneficial insects. An assortment of handmade garden troughs will be available either planted, or ready for personal selections.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the sale will help fund the club\u2019s community projects, including the native plant bed at the Brandywine Valley Association, a cloistered visiting garden at Chester County Hospital, and a newly proposed rain garden in East Goshen Township.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held rain or shine at Landhope, located at the intersection of Routes 82 and 926.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proceeds from Garden Club\u2019s event will benefit area beautification Cardinal flower, iris, salvia, sedum, columbine, ginger, butterfly weed and many more floral varieties will be available at the West Chester Garden Club\u2019s Third Annual Plant Sale on Thursday. Held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Landhope Farms market in Willowdale, this year\u2019s sale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25,450],"tags":[1218,219,15,2439,2440,2441,32],"class_list":["post-7118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","category-events-2","tag-brandywine-conservancy","tag-brandywine-valley-association","tag-chester-county","tag-landhope-farms","tag-paula-latta-coyne","tag-s-a-v-e","tag-willowdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}