FFA Plant Sale Set for April 18 and 19 In Lawton, Oklahoma

One of the best plant sales of the year is happening this weekend in Lawton, Oklahoma! The Lawton FFA will host its annual plant sale on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19 - just in time to decorate your porch for Easter Sunday!

This year's Lawton FFA Plant Sale will take place from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 18 and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 19 at the FFA Greenhouse, 1901 SW Lee Blvd in Lawton. The Lawton FAA will have plenty of plants to choose from! This year they will have four inch pots for $2, small baskets for $15, hanging baskets for $20 and kitchen baskets for $15.

The Lawton FFA will only accept cash or checks. All proceeds will go to benefit the Lawton FFA.

The Lawton FFA will have over 4,000 plants for sale.

The great thing about the annual Lawton FFA Plant Sale is that there are so many plants to choose from! The bonus is that it helps out local students in FFA. This year, Lawton Public Schools stated that the Lawton FFA Plant Sale will have about 4,000 plants for sale!

The four inch pots will be filled with geraniums, begonias, rose moss, dianthus and three varieties of sweet potato vines. The kitchen baskets will feature a collection of Italian herbs, including sage, garlic and cloves. And the hanging baskets will be filled with different types of flowers - Chole's Song will feature a collection of pink and white flowers and Whispers of Down will include a collection of pink flowers with black sweet potato vines. The plant sale will also have two kinds of ferns available: Boston Fern and Fluffy Ruffles.

According to a press release from Lawton Public Schools, the horticulture and ad instructor, Emily Wilkinson, said the students have been working on the plants since mid-January. The plants arrive as plugs and students transplant and care for the plants until ready for the sale.

More information about the Lawton FFA Plant Sale can be found on the official Lawton Public Schools Facebook page.

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