GARDEN SHOW TO BLOOM AT T.O. LIBRARY; ROOTED PLANTS, FLOWERS GROOMED FOR SALE.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer Bursts of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color and fragrance will fill the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. public library this weekend when the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Garden Club of Thousand Oaks offers plants for display and sale. A variety of well-rooted plants will be available for $2 to $10, said Joyce Reid, the club president. About a dozen of the club's 25 members are expected to participate. ``It's going to be quite a big selection of things,'' she said. ``Each one is supposed to bring at least five plants.'' Among plants for sale will be orchids, English violets and pink French lace hydrangea hydrangea (hīdrān`jə): see saxifrage. hydrangea Any of approximately 23 species of erect or climbing woody shrubs that make up the genus Hydrangea (family Hydrangeaceae). , she said. Craft work for the yard, ranging from birdhouses to humorous signs for snails to stay away, also will be sold. ``We have some really nice plants,'' Reid said. The annual sale, which raised about $1,000 last year, brings in about 50 percent of the group's budget, she said. The money goes to pay for things such as plants for community beautification beau·ti·fy tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies To make or become beautiful. beau and a student scholarship, Reid said. ``It all goes back into different things in the community,'' she said. The sale will be held in the lobby, and the flower show will be in the main meeting room of the library, 1401 E. Janss Road. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the flower show from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Both events will run from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) A snail-size sign warns ghastly ghast·ly adj. ghast·li·er, ghast·li·est 1. Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death; terrifying: a ghastly murder. 2. gastropods to stay off plants that the Conejo Valley Garden Club will sell. (2--Color) Jackie Broomfield, left, and Joyce Reid display pots of plants for a sale to be held Saturday and Sunday at the Thousand Oaks library. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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