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Spring is here, and so is Cobb’s 19th garden fair and plant sale

These are plants. You can buy some yourself at the 19th Garden Fair and Plant Sale in Cobb County.

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These are plants. You can buy some yourself at the 19th Garden Fair and Plant Sale in Cobb County.
By Ben Brasch
April 5, 2018

Get yourself some plants. It’s spring, y’all.

And you can do so at the 19th Garden Fair and Plant Sale at East Cobb Park in Marietta April 20 and 21, a Friday and Saturday.

The free event will be put on by Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County, a group founded in 1980. Its members are trained by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service and volunteer in the community doing gardening projects, according to its website.

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The fair and sale will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park, 3322 Roswell Rd.

The rain-or-shine event will have 45 vendors, selling items ranging from hostas to Japanese maples.

A full list of vendors can be found here.

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