Azaleas arrive for garden owners
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Azalea Festival is still months away, but some garden owners in the Cape Fear are already getting ready for the big event.
On Thursday the Cape Fear Garden Club received 130 Encore Azaleas from the Encore Azalea/Southern Living Plant collection.
The azaleas were given to the 13 garden owners participating in the Cape Fear Garden Club’s 2017 Azalea Garden Tour.
Each garden owner receives 10 free Encore Azaleas or other plants to help them get ready.
“It’s wonderful to have something that brings us back to nature, something that makes us feel happy to be alive,”Azalea Garden Tour Chair Caroline Butler said.
Proceeds from the 2017 Azalea Garden Tour will go back to the community through beautification grants and scholarships.
The Azalea Garden Tour will be the weekend of the Azalea Festival in April 2017.
