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Enjoy a Spring Fling in Amador wine country


Find more than 1,200 daylily varieties at Amador Flower Farm. (Photos: Debbie Arrington)

Amador Flower Farm hosts annual free event
Take a spring break and get out to Amador County to enjoy a flower-filled wine country weekend.

Amador Flower Farm, home to thousands of daylilies and surrounded by vineyards, will host its 22nd annual Spring Fling on April 6 and 7. Admission is free.

“The nursery will be fully stocked with fresh plants for the new season, a great variety of perennials, annuals, succulents, native and certainly the show stopper of the farm: Over 1,200 varieties of daylilies,” said manager Andrea Ferea.

Home to centuries-old oaks and thousands of daylilies,
Amador Flower Farm hosts Spring Fling on April 6 and 7.
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, the farm will welcome visitors with free tram rides and tours of its demonstration gardens and 14 acres of daylilies. Visiting experts and vendors will offer advice and new products. Among those expected are local bonsai artists, a gourd artist, OFP Farms and Uncle Jer’s Traveling Bee Show.

Bring a picnic and relax under the heritage oaks. Wine from neighboring wineries is welcome, too.

Amador Flower Farm is located at 22001 Shenandoah School Road, Plymouth. From Sacramento, take Jackson Highway to Highway 49 towards Plymouth. Turn east on Shenandoah Road and then right on Shenandoah School Road. For further information, call 209-245-6660 or visit
www.amadorflowerfarm.com .


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* Keep the irrigation turned off; the ground is plenty wet with more rain on the way.

* February serves as a wake-up call to gardeners. This month, you can transplant or direct-seed several flowers, including snapdragon, candytuft, lilies, astilbe, larkspur, Shasta and painted daisies, stocks, bleeding heart and coral bells.

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