The University of Delaware Botanic Gardens and Greenhouses in Newark, Delaware played a big part in the annual Ag Day celebration on Saturday, April 24, 2010. I try to make it a point to be there every year for two reasons.
1. The Annual Benefit Plant Sale for the U of D Botanic Gardens. Students and staff work all year to raise cuttings, seedlings, and large plants for this sale. I got a bit of an insiders story when I sold some properties for the former greenhouse manager a few years ago. And my garden always gains a few plants, although they don't always survive. Life in a garden is one big experiment for me! This year it's an ice plant and a ginger that caught my eye. To be continued if I choose the right spot for them!
2. Ag Day events. Student groups, master gardeners, puppy raising groups, 4H groups, baby animals, demonstrations, music, a pig roast, hot dogs, ice cream from the UD cream and soon to be built creamery on the grounds of the Ag complex in Newark, Delaware, next to the Blue and Gold ice rinks and the football stadium.
An old timer helped kids practice milking a cow with the help of old cardboard Bessie and a few gallons of water, while the Paws for Life dog got a pat from Miss New Castle County.
While the kids hopped on to the hayride, some of us retreated to the gardens for a few quiet moments on another annual Ag Day at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.
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