ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY — Feel like you need a vacation? You can stroll through the backyards of some area gardens when you join Tussey Landscaping for their annual Outdoor Living Spaces Tour on Saturday, September 14, from 10 am to 10 pm.

The Outdoor Living Spaces Tour gives you the opportunity to view some of the nicest landscaping creations in our area, especially at night. Stroll through unique and various landscapes and visit with the homeowner to see what landscape and lighting can bring to your backyard.

All proceeds benefit The Arc of Blair County, a local non-subsidized/non-government funded agency serving individuals with any type of learning delay including AD/HD, reading delays, Autism, Bi-polar or mental health diagnosis, Down syndrome and other disabilities for 60 years.

MANILA, Philippines – The Henann Resorts Group, under which belong Boracay Regency Beach Resort and Convention Center, Regency Lagoon Resort, and Boracay Garden Resort, and Bohol’s Hennan Resort Alona Beach, has continuously shown aggressive expansion in the country.

The company believes that as long as there is a potential market, it will provide quality rooms, excellent service, and value for money, so says its chairman Henry O. Chusuey.

He adds that by doing so, it is helping uplift the Philippines’ economy by earning foreign currencies, creating more employment opportunities to Filipinos and paying more taxes to the government.

In April next year, the group will open the biggest resort in Panglao, Bohol, the Henann Resort Alona Beach. Situated in a 6.5 hectare property surrounded with lush gardens and the longest stretch of white
sand in Panglao’s Alona Beach, the resort will feature 400 world-class designed rooms, three massive swimming pools, a convention center, a luxury spa and dining and entertainment options.

Chusuey reveals that they are also setting their sights on an island in Coron, Palawan. The planned Henann Resort Malcapuya will be exclusively situated in 13.5 hectare Malcapuya Island, which boasts of the best white-sand beach among the islands in Coron. The all-villa resort is being designed by the most renowned architect in the Philippines, Jun Palafox. It will be one of the best high end resorts in the country, says Chusuey.

Henann Group of Resorts will have a total of 1500 rooms under its management by 2015.

“It is something that I never planned and even imagined 15 years ago,” Chusuey said. “Our business success at Henann Resorts is mostly credited to our mission in satisfying our guests’ expectations and we will keep on innovating and improving our services and facilities to always make them happy and make sure that the money they spend on our resorts is worth it.”

But while their resorts have enjoyed a relatively high occupancy rate year-round, they are aware of the challenge brought by the low-budget or “barkada rate” resorts.

Chusuey offers that they have always positioned themselves to cater to all markets so even if they
don’t capture certain markets, their occupancy is still doing very well.

Consider Boracay Garden Resort at Station 2, formerly Seraph Hotel, a Korean-owned resort which caters to 95% Korean market. Chusuey says that the state of the resort when they acquired it in December 2009 was not to their standard and their one-market focus is not acceptable to their business policy.

“When we took over, we immediately started operations and we slowly renovated the entire resort,” Chusuey said. “We started re-landscaping the resort, we built an alfresco restaurant called Garden Café, refurbished the rooms to create a more contemporary Asian feel, redesigned its four swimming pools with tiles imported from Bali and added a new wing.”

Boracay, Chusuey believes, has a very bright future as long as the rules and regulations set by the government are properly implemented and followed by the different stakeholders involved.

“There’s peace and order in the island, the island’s drainage, sewerage and solid waste management systems are continuously improved to cope up with the growing demand of tourists, infrastructures such as roads, airports, and seaports are enhanced and maintained in order to provide easy and comfortable access to tourists and in order to become competitive to international standards as well. If all these conditions are met, Boracay will still be the no. 1 destination in the Philippines and probably a premier beach destination in Asia.”

During the Philippine Travel Mart from September 6-8 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Boracay Garden Resort will be giving special rates on its travel packages. A deluxe room for two nights go for as low as P4,376.80 net per person. Based on double occupancy, the package is inclusive of buffet breakfast and dinner and roundtrip transfers via Caticlan. Travel period is until March 31, 2014 except on super peak dates.

For more information on Boracay Garden Resort and reservations, interested parties may visit www.henann.com or call (+632) 353-1111 or (+636) 288-6672, or send an email to manila@boracaygarden.com.ph.
 

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The city of Napa is offering water-wise landscaping workshops to help residents save water by sharing the latest techniques in sprinkler scheduling, drip irrigation, lawn removal, rainwater capture and garden design.

“This very dry year serves as a powerful reminder that outdoor conservation is still the key to a reliable water future,” said Patrick Costello, water resources analyst for the city of Napa.

The city is teaming with the Napa County Resource Conservation District and Napa County Public Works to present this educational series.

For four consecutive weeks beginning Sept. 16, Monday evening sessions will be held in the Little Theater on the Vintage High School campus from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

As a bonus, there will be two Saturday morning hands-on sessions Sept. 28 and Oct. 5 beginning at 10 a.m. centered around developing the new Vintage High School Rain Garden and Water-Wise Landscape.

The series features expert presenters, free water-saving tools, literature, door prizes and information on current local rebate incentives.

Some special offerings this year include the Sept. 28 Bay-Friendly Lose Your Lawn talk and an Oct. 7 author appearance. Workshops are free, but residents are urged to register for specific dates by calling 707-252-4188 ext. 116, or emailing frances@naparcd.org.

The schedule:

• Irrigating Smartly, Sept. 16. After learning to “take control of your controller” using a new online tool/smartphone app and hearing about weather-based “Smart” controllers, watch Harmony Farm Supply staff resolve the mysteries of drip irrigation.

• Preparing Your Site, Sept. 23. Following a summary of the eight principles of water-wise landscaping, local master gardeners will review local soils and the critical importance of aeration, amendments and mulch.

• Learn how to remove your lawn without tearing it out, Sept. 28. There will be a hands-on demonstration of sheet mulching, followed by an optional hour of tabling where you can get one-on-one advice from a garden design expert.

• Capturing the Rain, Sept. 30. How to design and install a rain garden on your property. See the best techniques for capturing rainwater to supplement your irrigation supply. Napa County’s rebate incentives for rain gardens and rain barrels/cisterns will be reviewed.

• Lay the Groundwork, Oct. 5. Be a part of the team developing the Vintage High School Rain Garden and Water-Wise Landscape, a valuable new educational resource for the Napa community showcasing sustainable gardening.

• Choosing the Right Plants, Oct. 7. A special presentation by Sarah Sutton, author of “The New American Front Yard: Kiss Your Grass Goodbye,” and a plant show that will demonstrate that drought-tolerant is anything but boring.

For details, visit the water conservation section at cityofnapa.org/water.

For 23 years, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has been named “The Most Beautiful Park” by the National Amusement Park Historical Association.

Maintaining that designation for the park’s 200 acres takes planning, coordination and expertise from landscapers like Sheila Cox, a Virginia certified horticulturist and member of the park’s landscaping team since 2002. She’s also one of the guides that now give the Landscape Life Tour, a 2½-hour behind-the-scenes look at how the park cares for its 150 flower beds and creates its many container gardens.

During the tour, you visit the greenhouse where the park grows much of its own plant material and uses beneficial insects to naturally control pests. You also learn about the park’s green initiatives such as rain barrels that collect water for reuse and how its certified habitat garden with native plants provides food, water, shelter and nesting for wildlife.

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Most importantly, a successful garden starts with good bones, according to Sheila, a passionate gardener in her personal life, too.

“For Busch Gardens, crape myrtle is among the trees that are used to provide structure to the park’s landscape design,” she says.

Crape myrtle offer a variety of color options and in cooler months feature visually-appealing, exfoliating bark. To add dimension to support many containers, the park also uses hedges like Winter Gem boxwood, which gives strong, green coloration from late spring through the late winter months.

Secondly, focal points define your yard’s theme.

“For the park’s formal gardens in Italy, fan and needle palms were selected as the focal point, both for their look and for their hardiness,” Cox said.

“To blend in color and a tropical feel, the formal gardens in Italy also include green and blood bananas. The slight variation in leaf color in the blood bananas provides additional visual interest. In the France area of the park, Knockout roses were used to create a ‘French country’ style garden. Knockout roses work well as a feature element or as support in a mixed bed.

Finally, color and form can be achieved without flowers.

“From late spring into fall, croton varieties provide colorful, wide, waxy leaves in many Busch Gardens’ flower beds and containers,” she said.

“These sturdy tropical plants have a base of yellow with green, orange and burgundy accents within each leaf. Colors and shapes can vary to work in many landscape applications.

“Coleus is versatile and is easily managed with minimal pruning or can be kept within a tight size requirement for a more formal look. Coleus varieties are also a widely-used in the park’s late spring-to-fall flower beds and containers. Park guests may notice several varieties layered in beds within structured shapes or blended into containers with daisies, petunias or coneflowers.”

Sheila’s tips

Plan before you plant. It’s really easy to go to the store and fall in love with everything. However, look at your space and figure out what you need, as well as what you want for your yard. For example, my yard is a full of flower beds — great for children to play hide-and-seek but not for playing ball. Once you decide where you want to make changes, you can spend your money more wisely when you shop for plants.

Take your time creating your dream garden. Plants will fill in, shade will replace sun. You will feel more successful if you concentrate your efforts a bit, maybe one area per season, rather than trying to do everything at once.

Get ideas from lots of sources. A visit to places such as Busch Gardens, local park and even neighborhood yards can give ideas that will work for you. It also helps to see plants at their mature sizes and in color combinations before you buy them

Try to reduce turf in your space. Often times, people spend a lot of time mowing and then spend money on water and fertilizer so they can spend more time mowing. Any time even a small amount of turf can be replaced with a mixed bed, the variety of plant material that replaces the turf will slow runoff when it rains and create spaces that provide a habitat for birds and insects.

Avoid using chemicals in your garden if possible. Can you manage any pests with beneficial bugs such as ladybugs or praying mantis? Can you tolerate some plant damage? If you plant milkweed, for instance, it may look unattractive when it’s doing its job as a monarch caterpillar’s food source, but it’s a great addition to a yard. Put it in the back of the bed with other tall perennials and then go out and enjoy the show.

Water smart. Choose plants that fit well in your zone and any microclimates you have. Place those plants with like water needs together to make the yard easier to maintain. Watering early in the day is usually better for disease prevention, if supplemental water is required.

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Busch Gardens’ Scottish blackface sheep are helping maintain the park’s landscape through grazing. (Photo courtesy Busch Gardens Williamsburg)

Some of Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s animals may inspire other SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment theme parks to put their sheep on landscaping duty.

Busch Gardens is focusing the grazing efforts of its 17 Scottish Blackface sheep on targeted areas to help beautify the park and cut down on human labor.

The pilot program at Busch Gardens is the first of its kind among the theme parks of Seaworld Parks and Entertainment, which has one of the world’s largest animal collections across its 11 parks.

Using sheep to maintain the landscape has eliminated the need for about 100 gallons of fuel per year, 288 labor hours per year and has reduced the need for powered lawn equipment. The sheep, which eat 2.5 to 3 pounds of grass each per day, also produce manure for landscaping.

The sheep were trained earlier this summer and now, a chicken and turkey crew is being assembled as a cleanup crew. The crew will comprise two turkeys and four chickens that will follow the grazing sheep, spreading manure while eating ticks and parasites.

“The chickens and turkeys are still young, so they’re in the barn getting used to the sheep, hearing the music in the park and undergoing training sessions,” said Stephanie Peters, an animal care specialist at the park, in a release. “They’re being trained to recall to the trainer with a cowbell and also to enter an animal carrier when called. Eventually we will deploy them under the roller coaster and let them do their thing.”

The sheep currently spend about five hours a day grazing along the banks of the Rhine River and below Verbolten, which was examined before setting loose the sheep.

“Before launching the program, we extensively studied the toxicology of the plants in the park,” said Jay Tacey, zoological operations manager, in a news release. “We scoured the area and removed any plants that might not be good for sheep,” said Tacey. “We haven’t had to remove much. The sheep graze on what they’re supposed to.”

Getting the sheep used to the roller coaster took two days of training.

“We took them out for an hour or two in the morning before the park opened when Verbolten was not running. After several positive tests, we brought the sheep out while the coaster was operating.  When one of the coasters came around, we would give the sheep food and other forms of positive reinforcement as the coaster train passed over them,” said Peters in the release. “If the sheep ignored the ride or moved close to a trainer instead of running away, we positively reinforced this behavior.”

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Marin

• The Marin Open Garden Project encourages residents to bring their excess backyard-grown fruit and vegetables to the following locations for a free exchange with other gardeners on Saturdays: Mill Valley from 10 to 11 a.m. on the Greenwood School front porch at 17 Buena Vista Ave.; San Anselmo from 9 to 10 a.m. at the San Anselmo Town Hall Lawn; San Rafael from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Sun Valley Park at K and Solano streets; San Rafael from 9 to 10 a.m. at Pueblo Park on Hacienda Way in Santa Venetia; San Rafael from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Terra Linda Community Garden at 850 Nova Albion Way; and Novato at the corner of Ferris Drive and Nova Lane from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Go to www.opengardenproject.org or email contact@opengardenproject.org.

• West Marin Commons offers a weekly harvest exchange at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Livery Stable gardens on the commons in Point Reyes Station. Go to www.westmarincommons.org.

• The Novato Independent Elders Program seeks volunteers to help Novato seniors with their overgrown yards on Tuesday mornings or Thursday afternoons. Call 899-8296.

• Volunteers are sought to help in Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy nurseries from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays at Tennessee Valley, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at Muir Woods or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays or 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the Marin Headlands. Call 561-3077 or go to www.parksconservancy.org/ volunteer.

• The Marin Organic Glean Team is seeking volunteers to harvest extras from the fields for the organic school lunch and gleaning program from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays at various farms. A community potluck picnic follows. Call 663-9667 or go to www.marin organic.org.

• A free informational session for people interested in becoming Marin Master Gardeners is at 6 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Marin Art Garden Center at 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Ross. Call 473-4204 or go to www.marinmg.org.

• The SPAWN (Salmon Protection and Watershed Network) native plant nursery days are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and weekends. Call 663-8590, ext. 114, or email jonathan@tirn.net to register and for directions.

• The Regenerative Design Institute offers a free “Introduction to Herbal Studies” with Tellur Fenner at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 7 at Commonweal Garden at 451 Mesa Road in Bolinas. Call 868-9681 or go to www.regenerative design.org.

• Linda Novy teaches “Managing Soils for Optimum Fertility” at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 7 at Sloat Garden Center at 401 Miller Ave. in Mill Valley. $5. Call 388-0365.

• Joe Jennings of Marin Master Gardeners speaks about “Cool Weather Vegetable Gardening” at 11 a.m. Sept. 7 at the San Anselmo Library at 110 Tunstead Ave. Free. Call 473-4204 or go to www.marinmg.org.

• Marin Open Garden Project (MOGP) volunteers are available to help Marin residents glean excess fruit from their trees for donations to local organizations serving people in need and to build raised beds to start vegetable gardens through the MicroGardens program. MGOP also offers a garden tool lending library. Go to www.opengardenproject.org or email contact@opengardenproject.org.

• Marin Master Gardeners and the Marin Municipal Water District offer free residential Bay-Friendly Garden Walks to MMWD customers. The year-round service helps homeowners identify water-saving opportunities and soil conservation techniques for their landscaping. Call 473-4204 to request a visit to your garden.

San Francisco

• The Conservatory of Flowers, at 100 John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park, displays permanent galleries of tropical plant species as well as changing special exhibits from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. $2 to $7; free on first Tuesdays. Call 831-2090 or go to www.conservatoryofflowers.org.

• The San Francisco Botanical Garden Society, at Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park, offers several ongoing events. $7; free to San Francisco residents, members and school groups. Call 661-1316 or go to www.sfbotanicalgarden.org. Free docent tours leave from the Strybing Bookstore near the main gate at 1:30 p.m. weekdays, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. weekends; and from the north entrance at 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Groups of 10 or more can call ahead for special-focus tours.

Around the Bay

• Cornerstone Gardens is a permanent, gallery-style garden featuring walk-through installations by international landscape designers on nine acres at 23570 Highway 121 in Sonoma. Free. Call 707-933-3010 or go to www.cornerstonegardens.com.

• Garden Valley Ranch rose garden is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays at 498 Pepper Road in Petaluma. Self-guided and group tours are available. $2 to $10. Call 707-795-0919 or go to www.gardenvalley.com.

• The Luther Burbank Home at Santa Rosa and Sonoma avenues in Santa Rosa has docent-led tours of the greenhouse and a portion of the gardens every half hour from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. $7. Call 707-524-5445.

• McEvoy Ranch at 5935 Red Hill Road in Petaluma offers tips on planting olive trees and has olive trees for sale by appointment. Call 707-769-4123 or go to www.mcevoyranch.com.

• Wednesdays are volunteer days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center at 15290 Coleman Valley Road in Occidental. Call 707-874-1557, ext. 201, or go to www.oaec.org.

• Quarryhill Botanical Garden at 12841 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen covers 61 acres and showcases a large selection of scientifically documented wild source temperate Asian plants. The garden is open for self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. $5 to $10. Call 707-996-3166 or go to www.quarryhillbg.org.

The Trowel Glove Calendar appears Saturdays. Send high-resolution jpg photo attachments and details about your event to calendar@marinij.com or mail to Home and Garden Calendar/Lifestyles, Marin Independent Journal, 4000 Civic Center Drive, Suite 301, San Rafael, CA 94903. Items should be sent two weeks in advance. Photos should be a minimum of 1 megabyte and include caption information. Include a daytime phone number on your release.

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Visitors will soak up flora and fauna next weekend during the second annual Saratoga County Water Garden Tour, sponsored by Chip’s Landscaping Gardens in Saratoga Springs.

Proceeds will benefit the educational programs of the Saratoga County Historical Society at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa.

This year’s self-guided tour with 10 areas homes and businesses will feature rainwater harvesting, waterfalls and streams, spill ways, rock bubblers, wetlands and Jan Lootens’ swimmable pond.

The Middle Grove resident had the 12,000-gallon pond installed in May 2012 after her family felt upstate New York’s shorter summers would keep them from getting a lot of use out of a pool.

Lootens said swimmable ponds are popular in Europe. She likes that they are eco-friendly with a natural filtration system.

“I didn’t want to be putting chemicals in it,” she said.

Lootens said her pond, stocked with eight koi and one goldfish, has been customized to include the wishes of her family members. Her husband wanted it to be deep enough to do a cannonball, her daughter asked for a beach area and her son requested a swim tunnel.

Lootens likes sitting on the porch and hearing water running.

“I think it’s very relaxing. You’re part of nature but you can still use it for swimming when it got hot on those few occasions this summer,” she said.

Lootens has added a Japanese maple, day lilies, hydrangeas, Russian sage, irises, hostas and cosmos to the area around the pond.

“It’s really cool to share with people. We’ve put a lot of work into it,” she said.

IF YOU GO

The Second Annual Saratoga Water Garden Tour will be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 8 in several locations in Saratoga County. A barbecue with children’s games follows the tour at Chip’s Landscaping Gardens, at which time a raffle of 200 tickets will be held to win a pond kit. Tickets are required for the tour and barbecue and are available in advance from Brookside Museum. Tickets are $12 per adult in advance or $15 the day of the event. Children aged 5 to 12 pay $6. Call Brookside Museum at 885-4000 or visit www.brooksidemuseum.org for further details.

Hiring a landscape architect to design a home exterior for you doesn’t have to result in handing over the reigns of control, as Mrs. Lana Valenta learned when she partnered with Mary Palmer Dargan of Dargan Landscape Architects.

The Cashiers, N.C. property was extensive and surrounded by acres of natural setting. It was multi-leveled, with large drop-off areas which begged for greater definition and color variations, as well as a more harmonious interplay between the stone and wood three-story structure–and the endless green plant and tree life that adjoined it.

That’s where Mrs. Valenta came in, eager to put her mark on her home’s landscape in a personal and colorful way, but mindful that experts in landscape design would need to be there to help her do it. And she chose a landscape design couple that would welcome such input when she selected Mary Palmer and Hugh Graham Dargan.

The Dargans strive to give their clients exactly what they want and need in order to accomplish a lifelong landscape design on their properties, since many of them will retain the home for years to come, just tweaking it as their lifestyles and other factors change over the years. And they welcome clients like Lana.

A more ideal client would be hard to imagine! Lana was involved with enthusiasm during every part of the design process while we drew the plans,” Mary Palmer told the Atlanta Landscape Design Examiner on August 28.

When the petite redhead opened up and shared her fondness for certain color choices used inside her home by her interior designer, she unwittingly gave the Dargans inspiration for some clever and harmonious ideas for use in the outdoor design of the property as well.

When the time came to work with the plant materials, Lana shared her love of a cinnamon color chosen by her interior designer, Francie Hargrove, for the outdoor cushions. This epiphany of color choice opened the door to creative material choices. Thus, chocolates, chartreuse, pale orange, yellows and cinnamon foliage and flowers were chosen for the immediate use areas around the house,” Mary Palmer said.

The photo slideshow above reflects that these colors were used in particular in the flowers and plants planted at the Cashiers property entrance in North Carolina. And one can see how well they complement Mrs. Valenta’s own hair color and her clothing accessory color choices, too.

Creating a utopia landscape environment that is such a perfect fit for each client and their own preferences–be it in color schemes or other elements of design–is why the Dargan Landscape Architectural firm continues to draw clients from far and wide.

But Mary Palmer Dargan isn’t satisfied with being merely a landscape architect who designs utopias for clients who can afford her services; she wants to teach others how to design their own home landscapes. And she and her husband, Hugh, who is also a distinguished landscape architect, offers workshops throughout the year in various locations to accomplish that goal.

If learning how to design your own landscape from a professional sounds like something you would be interested in doing, then Mary Palmer will be offering a three-day workshop at the Atlanta History Center’s Cherokee Garden Library this upcoming September. Space is limited, so sign up right away to be assured a seat and start landscaping your life and home environment.

Atlanta Landscape Design Examiner Radell Smith interviews landscape experts from around the country, conducts book reviews by lifestyle and landscape experts and attends workshops and events that celebrate gardens and home exterior designs in Atlanta and beyond.

Follow her landscaping column on the Examiner for tips and advance notice of events and opportunities to create a utopia at your home by clicking on the subscribe button at the bottom of this page.

DORSET – Mettowee Mill Garden Center, established in 1973, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 7 with a day of talks, demonstrations, specials and raffle drawings. “We have been fortunate to have shared this beautiful region with thousands of friends and customers for over four decades… We would like to thank all the people who have supported Mettowee over the years” said Steve Jones, owner and founder of Mettowee Mill Garden Center and Landscaping.

Starting at 10 a.m., Donna Andersen, Garden Maintenance Manager at Mettowee for 24 years, will present a talk, ‘Fall Clean-up and Putting your Garden to Bed.’ Fall is a great time to assess your gardens and think ahead to next year.

At 1 p.m., our guest speaker Andy Huntington of Pleasant View Gardens will give a demonstration on transitioning your summer pots using cool tolerant annuals with other fall favorites. Andy will also be giving a “sneak peak” of new Proven Winners for 2014.

Other events will include a ‘Mettowee Side Walk Sale.’ Come and check out a great selection of pottery, statuary and home decor items that are being discontinued. Perennials will be half price and there will be discounts on selected nursery stock and many other items. Come early for the best selection.

There will also be a secret Mettowee giveaway for first people to arrive after 9 a.m. on Saturday and at 5 p.m. there will be a drawing for ten gift certificates, valued at $40 each. Winners will be announced on

Mettowee Mill’s Facebook page. Food and beverages will be available.