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12 UCW MARCH 10-16, 2021 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM EVENTS Master Gardener Spring Symposium set for March 20 by AUDREY HOGUE Patriotic and Veterans Celebration scheduled for March 20 by AUDREY HOGUE e All American Patriot Association will host its Patriotic and Veterans Day celebration on March 20 at 4480 Doc Bennett Road in Fayetteville. e event will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. with the opening ceremony starting at noon. ere is a $5 entrance fee. e event was originally scheduled to be held in conjunction with Veterans Day last November, but was postponed due to COVID-10 restrictions. e outdoor event will offer a variety of food vendors, entertainment from live bands, raffles, a historic Constitution contest, and plenty of activities for the kids. ere will be an all veterans jump team drop-in, as well as guest speakers. is will be a fun- filled day showing support for our veterans, active duty military and their families. e AAPA is a non-profit organization that was founded with a focus on teaching the histories of the American flag, Pledge, National Anthem and the Declaration of Independence. eir goal as an orga- nization is to educate Americans on the importance of history within our country. AAPA founder Franco Webb said, "History is so in-depth and there is a history in Fayetteville that a lot of people do not know about." He added that there is a lot of history within the Declaration and the Pledge that some schools do not teach, and his non-profit organization aims to help teach this con- tent to students. e AAPA also provides American flags and teaches proper flag etiquette. is Patriotic Day Celebration will help the AAPA organization raise money for an upcoming Suicide Prevention and Deployment team. is program was created to help those facing suicidal thoughts or tendencies to reach out to real people and actually have a unit deploy to their location and help them through what it is they are going through. is is made possible through an app that when the num- ber is called it locks in the person's location using GPS. e number is 844-NEED-YOU. For more information on the event or more about the All American Patriot Association visit their web- site at https://aapanc.org/. For more information on the Patriotic Day Cel- ebration, contact Franco Webb at 910-237-8492. AUDREY HOGUE, Up & Coming Weekly Intern. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com 910-484-6200. e Extension Master Gardener Volunteer As- sociation of Cumberland County will host its 2021 Master Gardner Spring Symposium virtually on March 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. e purpose of the horticultural event is to help educate local residents in "state and research ap- proved horticultural practices," and raise money for education. With this event, two $1,500 dollar scholarships will be awarded to FTCC horticulture students, as well as a $500 grant for a horticulture professor teaching hands-on horticulture education. Participants will not only be helping those stu- dents and professors with an educational opportu- nity, they will also be helping Master Gardeners to go out to provide physical and financial assistance to surrounding area gardens. ese area gardens include Cape Fear Botanical Garden, the Wounded Warrior Garden at Fort. Bragg, the Second Harvest Food Bank and Garden, and more. Guest speakers at this year's symposium will be Kirk Brown, who is a nationally known horticultur- ist. His presentation, "A Gardeners Guide to 200 Years of Growing America," will speak to the impor- tance of "sowing, growing and owning green in our lives." During the presentation, Brown will be talking about travels in America and how to recognize the design and art within gardening. In a second presentation, "If I had an Apple," Brown which will discuss what the digital generation knows that older gardeners may have forgotten and how social media, crowdsourcing, etc., can actually work for people who work hard in the dirt for their gardens. is presentation will show different examples of gardens that he calls "American Edens." Another guest speaker will be Craig LeHoullier, also known as the North Carolina "Tomato Man." LeHoullier will discuss how those who garden in the 2020s are the most fortunate and will use history to explain why. He will also talk about how his 15-year- old dwarf tomato breeding project has now landed him with 135 new varieties. LeHoullier will also explain his techniques in producing such a great garden and compare how the different living zones contributed. Registering for the symposium will allow Master Gardeners to provide assistance to the community as well as educate locals and help them to get their gardens up and blooming this spring/summer sea- son. is event will be include door-prizes, a virtual auction and a virtual tomato sale of LeHoullier's variety of tomatoes. e registration link, action link and tomato sale link are provided below. is event is one you will not want to miss and provides a "once in a lifetime learning experience" from professional gardeners. Judy Dewar, chairperson for this event said, "We hope to improve all of our quality of lives by provid- ing educational opportunities for residents to learn how to be good stewards of our environment while also being sustainable. And just because life is short, we hope our participants will have a 'fun time' while they are with us." Registration for this "one in a gardening lifetime event" can be made on Eventbrite on the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cumberland- county-master-gardener-virtual-symposium- 2021-tickets-13508558 To bid on items in the auction – with items rang- ing from artwork, handmade quilts to live plants – visit https://www.32auctions.com/CCEMGVA . e tomato sale link is https://www.32auctions.com/ Tomatoes. e tomato plants offered for sale are dwarf tomatoes that are part of the "Dwarf Tomato Project." AUDREY HOGUE, Up & Coming Weekly Intern. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com 910-484-6200. (Above left) Kirk Brown often provides gardening instruction in historical costume as two of America's foremost practitioners of the art of gardening — John Bartram and Frederick Law Olmsted. (Right) Craig LeHoullier will share tips on growing great gardens.