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St. Paul, Minn. (March 2010) – You’re officially invited to the first ever Twitter Garden Party! On March 31st from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Central, a panel of experts from around the country will be available to answer your gardening questions. We’ll be tweeting what’s new and what works when it comes to going green in your yard. We’ll cover everything from starting a basic herb garden to creating spectacular color containers. Join in the conversation!

The event, sponsored by the Endless Summer Collection, will feature great prizes and great advice. To be eligible to win, simply RSVP at http://greenandcleanmom.org/twitter-garden-party/, and take part in the Twitter Party using the hashtag #GardenParty. Prizes include: A $100 gift card to your local garden center, Endless Summer hydrangeas, Mud garden gloves and more.

Our experts:
Justin W. Hancock @GardeningJustin – Senior Garden Editor for BHG.com, the Better Homes and Gardens Web Site. A Certified Professional Horticulturist, Justin is a die-hard gardener who loves plants. Justin is also co-owner of Loki’s Garden Center in Des xMoines, IA.

Steve Bender @grumpy_gardener – Senior Writer for Southern Living, award winning author of “Passalong Plants” and “Callaway Gardens — Legacy Of A Dream”, and editor of the best-selling “Southern Living Garden Book.” Steve gardens in Hoover, AL.

Debra Prinzing @dkprinzing
Debra is a Los Angeles-based garden and design writer. She is the author of five books, including “Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways,” and “The Abundant Garden.” Debra’s articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Garden Design, Metropolitan Home, Sunset, Better Homes & Gardens, Pacific Horticulture, Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, Cottage Living, and Fine Gardening magazines, among others.

Helen Yoest @HelenYoest
Helen is a garden coach and writer based in Raleigh, NC. She’s written for many garden and style magazines including Better Homes and Gardens, Nature’s Garden, Fine Gardening, and Carolina Gardening.

Michelle Gervais @Michelle_at_FG
Michelle is an associate editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She gardens with her husband and 4-year-old daughter in New Milford, CT and is obsessed with container gardening, plants of any kind, and garden design.

Our host:
Sommer Poquette @greenmom
Sommer is a mom who’s trying her very best to be some shade of green every single day. Like most moms, she wears many hats – mother of two young children, wife, educator, green entrepreneur, humanitarian, enthusiastic social media fanatic and blogger. She started Green & Clean Mom as a way to reach out to other moms and to learn about ways to be more Eco-savvy.

For more information on the Twitter Garden Party visit: http://greenandcleanmom.org/twitter-garden-party/

Endless Summer Hydrangeas are the official plant of Mother’s Day. This spring, purchase any Endless Summer hydrangea as a Mother’s Day gift and you could be sending Mom on a trip to the spa! Two lucky winners in the Endless Summer® Spa-Tacular Sweepstakes will receive a $500 Luxury Spa Day package, 15 will win a $100 Spa treatment gift certificate. Each plant even comes with it’s own Mother’s Day gift tag! Whether mom is an avid gardener or just wants to have a great looking outdoor space, a plant from the Endless Summer Collection is a gift she’ll enjoy for years to come.

All three members of the Endless Summer Collection are easy to grow. The bountiful blooms and compact growth habit of Twist-n-Shout, The Original and Blushing Bride make each variety an ideal plant for decorative containers, elegant as stand-alone shrubs, combined as a group or with other garden plants.

Endless Summer Mother’s Day Spa-tacular Sweepstakes entry forms are available at participating garden centers. For more information or to see official rules, log on to www.endlesssummerblooms.com.