Preparation for October 13th Open Garden Tour and Plant Sale!

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The Night Shift making pots out of newspaper in preparation for our October 13th Open Garden Tour and Plant Sale from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Thanks goes out to Tessie for feeding the group and for teaching the night crew how to make the origami pots.

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