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Steel Magnolias Garden Club holds annual plant sale at Zebulon Town Hall to fund $1,000 scholarship
Summary
The Steel Magnolias Garden Club staged its annual plant sale at Zebulon Town Hall to raise money for a $1,000 scholarship for students pursuing plant and environmental studies; the club said it received 18 applications, the most ever, and the winner had not yet been announced. Vendors included Creative Cop and the Sylvan bird sanctuary offered a 10:00 a.m. program.
The Steel Magnolias Garden Club held an annual plant sale at Zebulon Town Hall to raise proceeds for the club’s scholarship fund, which awards $1,000 to a local student pursuing studies in botany, horticulture or environmental sciences. Christina Mom, a member of the Steel Magnolias Garden Club, said the scholarship is open to students from the club’s five-county residence area and that the club received 18 applications this year, the highest number in its four-year scholarship history. “The proceeds go to help our organization and most important part of our organization is actually their scholarship fund,” Mom said; she added the winner had not been publicly announced in the recording.
The sale featured annuals and perennials, hanging baskets, herbs, succulents, Mother’s Day baskets and yard art. A presenter for the event said vendor Creative Cop was helping with proceeds and that the Sylvan bird sanctuary was scheduled to offer a 10:00 a.m. program. Sophie McCoy, chair of the Steel Magnolias annual plant sale, described members’ year-long work propagating plants and invited the community to visit the sale, which the recording indicated would run until 2:00 p.m. on the day the segment was recorded; the recording did not include a calendar date.
Club members emphasized education as a core mission. The club said it has been active in Zebulon for more than 25 years and holds monthly meetings that blend fellowship with instruction on topics such as water, soil, native plants and household food production. The presenter said the group plans future “lunch-and-learn” sessions to teach gardening skills to residents.
Organizers said the plant sale proceeds support the scholarship and other club activities. No formal vote or municipal action was recorded in the segment, and the recording did not specify the date of the event. Community members interested in plants, houseplants or the scholarship were directed to the club’s upcoming meeting, where scholarship winners will be announced.
