Plant sale to benefit Harvest of
Talents
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[June 15, 2017]
LINCOLN
- On Saturday, June 17, the garage and driveway at 528 Decatur
Street will be a beehive of activity as daylily specialist and
gardener, Judy Monts, and her professor husband, Bob, host the Monts’
Plant Sale to benefit world hunger.
The sale, which has become an annual event, is not your ordinary
plant sale nor is Judy your average daylily gardener. Her
longstanding passion for growing the lovely flowers became coupled
with a passion for feeding the hungry a few years ago when she
hosted her first plant sale, designating all of the proceeds be
earmarked for hunger needs. Since that first one, all of the
proceeds from each sale have become a part of the Harvest of Talents
for World Hunger and are designated to feed hungry people worldwide
through the ministry of International Disaster Emergency Service.
The Lincoln gardener traveled to the gardens of daylily growers in
Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas and Florida to acquire from
hybridizers and she has also purchased plants from auctions held all
across the United States. Her daylily collection has grown to
include over 500 varieties, with some acquired at a cost of as much
as $200.00.
Perhaps the most unique aspect of the sale is that each plant is
offered for the bargain price of $5.00. Planting and growing tips
are also offered to those in need of such. Many of the daylilies are
not available at any other nursery in the Lincoln area.
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Daylilies come in a variety of colors and have unique and playful
names such as Purple Many Faces, Parade of Peacocks, Piaffe, and
Chicks Dig It. These are among the varieties offered for purchase at
the 2017 sale, along with hostas, widow’s tears, evening primrose,
hardy geraniums and corkscrew grass, perennials also grown in the
Monts’ gardens.
If you are looking for some unique and colorful additions to your
home garden or for a special gift for a gardening friend you will not want to
miss this sale.
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Every penny raised at the Monts’ Plant Sale is destined to provide food,
both physical and spiritual, to those who lack nourishment and hope. If
the thumb of Judy Monts’ is “green”( as those who know her would attest),
then surely her heart must be made of gold.
We hope to see you at the Monts’ Plant Sale. Invite some friends to join
you. Empty your trunk to provide room for your purchases Every plant
purchased helps provide food for someone in need.
NOTE: Plants may be purchased prior to the June 17 sale if Judy has a sign out
that she is working in her gardens. You may text her @217-855-8795 to determine
her availability.
[Patricia Snyder] |