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MAY 17, 2018 // 3 It takes one to grow one Hundreds of plants on offer at Sou’Wester Garden Club plant sale once-a-year event. Unique planters and gifts are avail- able, as are locally produced baked items, preserves and other from-the-garden treats. Club members are on hand to identify plants and give ad- vice on planting and growing selections. For many years, the entire sale has sold out within the three hours, so buyers are encouraged to come early for the best selection. Proceeds from the sale of all goods are used to support community initiatives in keeping with the mission of the nonprofit club. Financial and in-kind support is given to the annual Downtown SEASIDE — Celebrating their 72nd anniversary as a community organization, the Seaside Sou’Wester Garden Club will once again hold its annual plant sale 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 26, at the Seaside Civic & Conven- tion Center. Credit/debit cards will be accepted. Hundreds of reasonably priced plants grown by club members are for sale at the coast INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend arts & entertainment 4 10 COASTAL LIFE Close to Home New Orleans, home away from home Get Lit at the Beach CALENDAR COORDINATOR REBECCA HERREN CONTRIBUTORS DAVID CAMPICHE RYAN HUME BARBARA LLOYD McMICHAEL MARIANNE MONSON To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2018 COAST WEEKEND New items for publication consideration must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. DINING Mouth of the Columbia Fine art meets fine food at Spring Unveiling 23 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR ERICK BENGEL LAURA SELLERS FEATURE A gathering for readers takes place May 18-20 in Cannon Beach 14 Seaside Hanging Flower Basket Project, the Seaside High School Garden, the Butterfield Cottage garden and grounds maintenance, and the “down to earth- hands on knees gardening” project. The Garden Club Grant Project introduced a raffle and silent auction fund this year. Through an application process, grants of $100 to $500 are awarded to worthy projects that benefit our local community and support our educational mission to “become caretakers of our air, water, forests, land and wildlife.” Three grants have been BOOKMONGER ‘Lawn Boy’ Evison writes the Great American Landscaping novel FURTHER ENJOYMENT MUSIC CALENDAR .....................5 SEE + DO ............................. 12,13 CROSSWORD ........................... 17 CW MARKETPLACE ......... 18, 19 Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. TO SUBMIT AN ITEM Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: editor@coastweekend.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. awarded this year. Camp Kiwanilong; Josh Saranpaa, executive director of the North Coast Wildlife Center; and Shiqi Dotson of Seaside Heights Elementary School have each received awards. Applications are available from club members and there is no deadline for submis- sion. Three raffle items include “Life’s a Garden … Dig It,” “Vintage Rust is a Must” and “Wave of Succulents” have been created as original artis- tic additions for gardens. Tickets are available for $1 each or six for $5. The raffle drawing will be held at the end of the sale on Sat- COURTESY SEASIDE SOU’WESTER GARDEN CLUB ‘Waves of Succulents,’ an artistic creation for a garden that will be raffled off at the Seaside Sou’Wester Garden Club’s plant sale urday, May 26, and you do not need to be present to win. The Sou’wester Garden Club meets the fourth Wednes- day of every month at the Bob Chisholm Community Center. For more information, call 971-221-4680 or email gardenclub.sw@yahoo.com.
