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Who: Cheryl and Doug Alderman are opening their award-winning daylily gardens in Fairview for their annual plant sale to benefit Mountain Child Advocacy Center (MCAC) – the non-profit agency provides prevention education, crisis intervention, counseling and advocacy for child abuse and neglect. The garden is an official display garden of the American Hemerocallis Society (daylilies.org).
MCAC serves over 8,000 individuals in the area through crisis counseling and on-going therapy for children and their families who have experienced abuseand with Prevention Education programs in area schools.
What: Highly prized for their resilience and ability to spread in the garden, daylilies are a favorite around the area. The Alderman gardens are full of unique daylillies that are not typically available to the general public. Plants will be in full bloom for viewing and are available for $2.00 – $20.00 per plant.
For those who may wish to donate daylilies for the sale, please drop them off at the Alderman’s home Thursday or Friday, 6/30 – 7/1.
When: Friday, July 1st from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 2nd from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Why: This is an opportunity for the general public to see and purchase unique daylily plants and support child abuse prevention and treatment services in our county. Cheryl Alderman has hosted this sale for 21 years and has raised over $32,000 to benefit victims of abuse and neglect and community prevention services.
Where: Sharon Road off Upper Brush Creek Road (8 miles out 74A East from the Blue Ridge Parkway, right on Upper Brush Creek at the Fairview 66 Station, 1 mile to Sharon Road.
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