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Grenada Upper Elementary students (from left) Noel Porter, Gracie Miller and Tommy Bridges watch as Lois Gaskin (second from left) explains the reproductive system of plants housed at the GUES greenhouse, which Gaskin helps maintain. Staff photo/Allen Baswell
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By ALLEN BASWELL
Staff Writer
Orders are being taken now through Sept. 15 for the Fall Plant Sale at Grenada Upper Elementary School.
‘This is the first time for a fall plant sale, as a fundraiser for Grenada Upper Elementary School,” said Lois Gaskin, who maintains the GUES greenhouse.
Proceeds from the plant sale go to benefit activities at GUES, Gaskin said, including a garden for healthy foods.
“It also benefits the school district in that it supports the greenhouse, which provides flowers and plants for the schools and community,” she said.
Gaskin said each school in the district has flowers provided by the greenhouse, including a flower bed at Tie Plant School.
Among the plants being sold include Matrix pansies for $12.
“There are 36 pansy plants in a tray, or they can purchase six packages with six plants,” Gaskin said.
Dainthus plants, kale peacock plants, and ornamental cabbage plants are available for sale at $4 each.
Gaskin said the plants are being grown at Natchez Trace Nursery of Kosciusko.
“In order for these plants to survive, they must be in a cool greenhouse with a temperature of 65 degrees. They are set up for that, and our greenhouse is not,” she said.
Gaskin said orders must be placed by Sept. 15 for delivery during the week of Oct. 5
“We have a sale in the spring, but we decided to have one in the fall, because those who have summer plants want to replace them with winter plants,” she said.
Gaskin said GUES students are taking orders, and forms are available at the Grenada Upper Elementary Web site www.grenadaupper.org.
“You can download an order form and look at pictures of the plants to see which one you want. You can drop the form off with a student, or bring it to GUES,” she said.
Order forms will also be accepted at the GSD Central Office, Gaskin said.
Gaskin said students from the fourth and fifth grade classes come to the greenhouse to help care for the plants.
“I try to teach them about fertilization and pollination of flowers and plants. They learn that plants have to be pollinated,” she said.
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