You all know that I love plants. Well, I happened to see an online advertisement for a close-by (Franklin, NC) plant sale benefitting BVFAS residents. I love plant sales and if I can help out a non-profit organization by buying plants that might be a great thing. But first I wanted to know who were these BVFAS residents. So I went to Bella View Farm’s Facebook Page and discovered they are an animal sanctuary...but not just any sanctuary—- they give forever homes to disabled farm animals. How cool is that? Phil and I jumped in the truck and headed for Bella View Farm Animal Sanctuary. We immediately saw why it was named Bella View... it does have BEAUTIFUL views. Peacocks, ducks, turkeys, horses, and goats announced our arrival to anyone listening. I wandered around and then went in the plant sale area where I met Rhonda, the owner. Rhonda told me that she sells plants to help cover the cost of care for her special needs animals. Presently she has five special needs goats. Two of them are learning to use a special wheelchair so they can be mobile. She also has horses—one of which is blind, and chickens (one uses a special wheelchair). Rhonda’s plants are available throughout the growing season, but she is so busy providing care for her animals that she announces on their Facebook page the dates she will devote to selling plants. I think her animals are trained to cheer on shoppers because every time I took another plant to the counter, the turkey would let loose with a loud gobble and the peacock would answer with his own unique sound. They were definitely cheering me on! I was proud to see the peacock donating towards his upkeep. Beautiful peacock feathers were $1.00 each! I helped out by buying: 3 Blue Moon Woodland Phlox, 7 Golden Tiara Hosta, 3 Mel’s Blue Stokes Aster, 3 Chocolate Foxglove, 3 Columbine, and 1 Fireball Hibiscus. Rhonda also had coral bells, foam flowers, nine bark, several fern varieties, native flame azaleas, trees, and so much more. Her prices were impressively low. Read the literature below and visit her soon.
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