April 3, 2002
Media Advisory
To: News Directors and News Editors
From: Veronika Brown, Coordinator of Media Relations, 342-5444

The annual "Friends of the Herbarium" plant sale at the University of Louisiana at Monroe will be held at the Bon Aire Greenhouse the first three weekends in April (5-6, 12-13, 19-20) from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be numerous native wildflowers (purple coneflowers, coreopsis, phlox, mints, etc.), shrubs (spicebush, beautyberry, etc.), trees, vines, and ferns. There will also be many pearl bushes, pentas, and angel trumpets. Proceeds from this sale go the ULM Biology Department.

The Agriculture Department is having a house plant sale at the same place and time and they have many houseplants, hanging baskets, etc.