HENDERSON COUNTY EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEERS CREATE AND EDUCATE BY CREATING A DESTINATION GARDEN; THE FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE THEATRE GARDENS
Extension Education
Steve Pettis
Extension Agent
NC Cooperative Extension
Hendersonville
Abstract
Extension Master Gardener Volunteers (EMGV) have led a team of garden volunteers at the Flat Rock Playhouse Theatre since 2008. The Flat Rock Theatre is the state theatre of North Carolina. It is a very high profile facility that is visited by over 60,000 patrons per year.
Master Gardener Volunteer Tamsin Allpress started the ‘FRPH Garden Volunteers’ a dozen years ago when the playhouse grounds were mostly neglected. The 14 volunteers work together two times a week, from March to November. Since the pandemic started, social distancing has been easy to do on so large a campus.
Despite the cancellation of the Flat Rock Playhouse’s 2020 season due to COVID-19, patrons are being encouraged to take time to enjoy the lush gardens on the grounds of the historic campus. In fact, the gardens have become a popular tourist destination locally.
Visitors needed labeling in place so they could get information on the hundreds of plants that volunteers lovingly tend each week. FRPH personnel are often asked about the plants in the gardens. The FRPH gardeners created and maintained a printed plant guide to hand out to patrons. Still, plant labelling was needed.
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Authors: S. Pettis
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Pettis, S. Extension Agent, NC Cooperative Extension, North Carolina, 28792