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Show "Plant Utah-Week" is Sponsored as City, State Beautification Project Utah home owners and businessmen will be activated acti-vated during the week of April 8 to 14 to make Utah more beautiful through the planting of public and pri- vate gardens. "Plant Utah Week" as part of a nation wide "Plant American" program is being sponsored spon-sored throughout the state by the Utah Association of Nurserymen and the Utah Associated Garden Clubs. Civic betterment club in many cities and towns also are , co-operating very enthusiastically. Benefits which will be cumulative from year to year include better living, better business, healthful recreation and higher property values. val-ues. Business houses in towns and cities where highway and park beautification projects have been completed have experienced steady business increases according to Merrill Gottfredson, Springville board member of the Utah Association As-sociation of Nurserymen. Attractive landscaping around cafes, hotels and motels has proved to be particularly valuable in towns depending on the summer tourist trade. Garden club officers in every district are urging their members and all other citizens to participate partici-pate in this civic improvement program to plant their .towns to. help Utah. Garden and nursery experts ex-perts agree that early plantings grow and urged that all planting projects be started during "Plant Utah Week" and completed at the earliest possible date. |