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February 28, 2011

Goin' to a garden party...

With apologies to Ricky Nelson....

Fans of the Maryland Home & Garden Show can attend a preview party this Friday, and the cost of the ticket -- $50 in advance and $60 at the door -- will benefit Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake.

For the first time, the 19 fully landscaped, live gardens installed for the show will be the scene of a cocktail party from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Maryland State Fairgrounds on York Road.

Live jazz from the Adam Hopkins Quartet and student performers from Habitat partner schools will accompany the event, titled "Symphony of Spring."

Guests will not only be able to tour the 15,000 square feet of gardens but will also have the opportunity to meet with the landscapers.

For tickets, go online at www.habitatchesapeake.org or by calling Meredith Hewinson at 410-366-1250 ext. 135 or email her at mhewinson@habitatchesapeake.org.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 12:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Garden events

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Free tickets would make it more delightful:)

Posted by: Michelle Brown | February 28, 2011 4:40 PM

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About Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.

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