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May 31, 2017
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Attended by over 145 guests representing gardens clubs, arboretums, master gardeners, cooperative extensions, Landfall residents and members
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Held inside the ballroom of the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, NC
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Hundreds of beautiful display plants provided by Johnson Nursery Corporation of Willard, NC
- Rick Johnson, Grounds Manager at the Country Club of Landfall welcomed members of the Cape Fear and Great Oaks Garden Clubs, Landfall Members and Landscape Professionals. Rick is a Proven Winners Certified Landscape Professional
- Proven Winners' Tom Ewing began the program with “The Proven Winners Story - How Plants Become a Proven Winners and What Makes Them So Exceptional”
- The program included expert Proven Winners presentations from John Antonelli with Four Star Greenhouses entitled “Stunning New Annuals & Perennials For Your Gardens" and “New Tried And True Shrubs For Your Landscape” from Spring Meadow Nursery's Jane Beggs-Joles
- Johnson Nursery's President, David Johnson, provided an overview of their nursery operations, top Proven Winners sellers, and introduced the nursery's newly introduced Gardens Direct Program
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Guests purchased display plants with proceeds donated to Wilmington’s Bitty and Beau’s Coffee
- Rick Johnson concluded the event with a walking tour of the Country Club of Landfall's beautifully landscaped grounds.
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Landfall Resident, Karen Root, opened her extraordinary private gardens to guests after the event