FORT WORTH, TX, October 09, 2009
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Calloway's Nursery agreed to sponsor the 12th annual Garden Conservancy Open Days Tour by selling tickets to the Oct. 11th and Oct. 24th events.
On Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., six gardens in Arlington and Fort Worth will be featured on the Garden Conservancy Tour. Then on Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., five of Dallas area's best private gardens will open their gates for the tour. Admission is $5 per garden. If tickets are purchased in bulk to all Arlington and Fort Worth gardens or all Dallas gardens, a $5 discount will be applied to each, making the Arlington and Fort Worth tour $25 and the Dallas tour $20 in total.
The Garden Conservancy is the only national non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of American's gardens. The proceeds from the Open Days Tour will help raise funds to preserve Texas gardens. Tickets can be purchased at any Calloway's Nursery location in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. For more information, visit opendaysprogram.org.
"We are extremely grateful to Calloway's Nursery for their support of Open Days in Fort Worth and Dallas," said Laura Palmer, Director of the Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program. "By partnering with exceptional local gardening businesses like Calloway's we are able to reach the greater gardening public and invite them to visit and be inspired by the area's private gardens."
"At Calloway's Nursery, we not only strive to make gardening successful for the Texas gardener, but we also believe in giving back to the community by supporting local gardening organizations such as the Garden Conservancy," Kimberly Bird, Vice President of Retail Marketing said.
About Calloway's Nursery
Calloway's and Cornelius Nurseries is a 19-store garden center chain serving the Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston markets. The company strives to make gardening fun, easy and successful for customers by offering expert advice from Texas Certified Nursery Professionals; store environments that are educational and easy to shop; weekly gardening clincs that serve both novice and expert gardeners; displays and instructions to aid gardeners with design and color development in their yards; and a product selection of the best plant varieties available. For more information, visit http://www.mytexasgarden.com.
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