April 13, 2019

Jackson In Bloom

Moments from Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson. “We like to encourage people to garden and to enjoy their space they live in in a community,” Jackson In Bloom committee chairwoman Cassi Holcomb said. The event included plant sales, tours of Taylor Twins Memorial Garden, games, tractors and crafts.

Sandy Loesel of Jackson hands a tissue paper flower to Ben Borgfield of Jackson, 6, after Borgfield completed the craft during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson.

Creig Roberts and his daughter Maisy Roberts, 3, both of Jackson, draw with chalk during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson.

On her 78th birthday, Sarah Mayfield of Jackson, right, looks at plants with her daughter-in-law Jamie Mayfield of Cape Girardeau during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson.

Jesse Yount, 17, (left) and Lane Bollinger, 15, both of Jackson, unload plants for Jackson High School's plant sale during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson.

Hunter Hoxworth of Jackson, 17, unloads plants for Jackson High School's plant sale during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson.

Jesse Yount of Jackson, 17, unloads plants for Jackson High School's plant sale during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson.

Siblings Levi and Liberty Phelps, 5 and 8 respectively, of Cape Girardeau, make bird feeders with the assistance of Beverly Nelson of Jackson, right, during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson. Nelson said the bird feeders are made by covering a paper towel roll in peanut butter and then covering it in birdseed.

Timothy Phelps of Cape Girardeau, 6, licks his fingers after covering a cardboard cylinder in peanut butter while making a bird feeder next to his siblings Levi and Liberty Phelps, 5 and 8 respectively, of Cape Girardeau, during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson. Beverly Nelson of Jackson, right in pink, said the bird feeders are made by covering a paper towel roll in peanut butter and then covering it in birdseed.

Lucy Jennings of Jackson, 5, speaks with Caylyn Frank of Cape Girardeau (not pictured) while making an art project next to Ava and Wyatt Jennings, 12 and 3 respectively, and Heather Jennings of Jackson during Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson.

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Moments from Jackson In Bloom on Saturday, April 13, 2019, in uptown Jackson. “We like to encourage people to garden and to enjoy their space they live in in a community,” Jackson In Bloom committee chairwoman Cassi Holcomb said. The event included plant sales, tours of Taylor Twins Memorial Garden, games, tractors and crafts.

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