Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3, 2012  gardeners will have an opportunity to attend Hellebore festivals in both Georgia and Virginia.  In Georgia, Picadilly Farm, located in Bishop, GA near Athens will host its annual Hellebore Festival.

Helleborus 'Ivory Prince' in my garden Feb. 28

  Plant lovers will be able to enjoy masses of  hellebores in bloom.  They will also be able to purchase them and  other choice plants.  For more information and directions visit http://sites.google.com/site/piccadillyfarm/home/special-events  .  In Clarksville, Virginia  Pine Knot Farms, a retail mail order nursery that specializes in hellebores and shade plants will host its second annual Hellebore Festival http://www.pineknotfarms.com/hellebore_festival.html .  They will also have several small nurseries offering unusual plants (including bulbs and Daphnes).  Other specialty mail order nurseries in the area opening their doors to visitors on this same weekend, Plant Delights in Raliegh, NC www.plantdelights.com ,  Camellia Forest www.camforest.com and Niche Gardens www.nichegardens.com  both in Chapel Hill, NC .  Don’t forget this is also the grand opening weekend for Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground, GA about an hour from Atlanta.  For more information visit http://gibbsgardens.com/

Helleborus foetidus in my garden Feb 28

Helleborus seedlings in my garden Feb 28

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