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Home & Garden readers might also want to read Keep it Green, a gardening column by Michael Womack.

Saturday, October 20, 2001
Garden Calendar

Aunt Flora's Gigantic Fall Plant Sale is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens, 8545. Members' presale is from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Admission is free. For information, call 852-2100.
   Gill Landscape Nursery will hold a seminar on Designs in Nature "Creating Natural Beauty" from 10 to 11 a.m. at the nursery, 2810 Airline. Admission is free. For information, call 992-9674.
   The annual Native Plant Seminar is from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Goose Island State Park and Recreation Area as part of the Lone Star Legacy weekend. The event features speakers and sessions. Admission is free. Sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife. For information, call (361) 729-2858 or 993-2554.
   As part of the Nueces County Master Gardener training, a seminar on Native Plants and Attracting Birds and Butterflies is from 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the auditorium of the Nueces County Extension Office, 710 E. Main, Suite 1 in Robstown. Ernie Edmonson, Aransas County Master Gardener, will teach the seminar. Cost is $5. For information, call (361) 767-5217.
   Native Plant Society meets noon Wednesday at the Art Center of Corpus Christi, 100 Shoreline Blvd. For information, call 749-4461.
   Bonsai Society meets 7 p.m. Thursday at the Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely St. For information, call 992-0009.
   Pesticide Applicator Training is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Coles Classroom Building, Room 227 at Del Mar College, East Campus. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. For information, call (361) 767-5217.
   Palm Society of South Texas meeting is Oct. 27 in Santa Rosa, Texas. For information, call 854-8719.
   American Orchid Society Meeting, Show & Sale is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov.2 and Nov.3 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Omni Bayfront Hotel, 900 N. Shoreline Blvd. For information, call Herman and Nina Johnson at 992-4914 or 991-4261.
   Holiday Floral Design Shortcourse is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Garden Senior Center, 5325 Greely St. Prepare a holiday decoration to take home. Cost is $12 and is limited to 60 people. Pre-registration required by Nov. 9. Sponsored by Texas Cooperative Extension Nueces County and Master Gardeners. For registration and information, call (361) 767-5217.
   To post a gardening event, call 767-5217 or at least two weeks in advance.

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