From Rappahannock Adult Activities:
Get your front porch Instagram-ready with stunning, sturdy mums—a staple of fall decorating—and help adults with a developmental disability at the same time.
Rappahannock Adult Activities annual fall plant sale started early this year, with vegetables and flowers. That sale has been going strong, and now the program’s popular mums—grown by adults who come to the day support program—are starting to bloom.
“Mums in bud are the best bang for the buck,” said Horticulture Program Manager Andy Lynn. “A heavily budded mum can last through Thanksgiving as long as no heavy frost is allowed to brown the top of the plant.”
To see a full list of available plants and to download an order form, go to www.rappahannockareacsb.org. Choose your plants and email the form to [email protected]. RAAI offers curbside pickup at 750 Kings Highway in Stafford County.
Curbside pickup will be available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. An order form can be downloaded from the agency’s website, www.rappahannockareacsb.org. Customers should email their completed form to [email protected]. Onsite patio shopping will be available by appointment only. Call 540/226-2949 to schedule an appointment.
Proceeds from the sale will benefit RAAI’s day support program for adults with developmental disabilities. The program helps participants learn new skills, develop friendships and explore their community. Horticulture is one of many hobbies that individuals can pursue through the program.
For more than 40 years, RAAI day support services have helped caregivers be able to maintain jobs and hobbies, while providing adults with developmental disability chances to develop hobbies and friendships. RAAI serves more than 160 individuals in the City of Fredericksburg and counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford.
For details, call RAAI at 540/373-7643 or visit www.rappahannockareacsb.org/dayservices
