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** Tickets for Plants & Pints will go on sale August 12 **

Plants & Pints: An Evening of Conversation and Connection
Featuring Keynote Speaker Benjamin Vogt
Author and Landscape Designer

Tuesday, October 20
6-9 p.m.
Crete Carrier Riverview Lodge
Mahoney State Park, Ashland

Join us for an evening of conversation and connection at our annual fall Plants & Pints event on Tuesday, October 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. We are excited to be hosting our flagship fall fundraising event at a new venue this year: the beautiful Crete Carrier Riverview Lodge at Mahoney State Park in Ashland.

The evening will include a catered buffet dinner, a cash bar, camaraderie with fellow plant people and a keynote presentation by nationally known author and landscape designer Benjamin Vogt

Tickets to Plants & Pints are $50 for PlantNebraska members and $65 for the general public. All ticket purchases support PlantNebraska's tree planting, garden making and environmental outreach work and help make our mission to plant Nebraska possible—thank you! 

We are offering Benjamin's books Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design and A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future at a discounted price of $20 each with the purchase of an event ticket. Pre-order your books with your ticket purchase by September 24, and we'll have them ready for you at the event for Benjamin to sign (we will also have a very limited quantity of books available for sale at the event). 

Doors for the Plants & Pints event open at 6 p.m. The keynote presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. with the book signing to follow. 

We look forward to seeing you at Plants & Pints! 

About Benjamin Vogt
Benjamin Vogt is the author of several books, including Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design and A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. His design work has been featured in The American Gardener, Better Homes & Gardens, Dwell, Midwest Living, The New York Times, the Washington Post and other publications. He is the owner of Prairie Up, offering garden design, online classes, workshops, webinars and guidebooks. He is based in Nebraska and works nationally. 

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