About 20 volunteers planted 450 pansies in the containers at the Indianapolis City Market Saturday.

The volunteers, including Marion County Master Gardeners, also will clean up some of the raised beds around the market. The market will provide coffee and bagels for the crews. The crews worked from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. They also planted four containers at the former City Hall, one block north of the City Market.

Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp and Carol Mullins, from Indianapolis Downtown Inc., have coordinated the planting.

Knightstown, Ind. — Cobalt Blue Press Bookstore will hold “Garden Chat Day at the Bookstore,” featuring Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, co-author of the Indiana Gardener’s Guide. Anyone is welcome to come in and chat with her and other gardeners, beginning at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 28.

Sharp, who is editor of Indiana Living Green magazine, will talk about gardening, answer questions and sign copies of her book. Coffee, tea, lemonade and cookies will be served.

Cobalt Blue Press Bookstore, 102 E. Main St. (US 40), Knightstown (about 30 mins east of I-465). For more info: Owner Shannon Cagle, (317) 501-2105.

Author Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp will speak at Epworth United Methodist Church, 6450 Allisonville Road, on Sunday, March 29, on tips for growing edible plants in your flower bed. All are welcome to attend the presentation at 10 a.m. in the church sanctuary.

Potted cabbage. (C) Photo Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Sharp is editor and part owner of Indiana Living Green magazine. As the Hoosier Gardener, she has been writing and speaking about natural gardening for nearly 20 years. She also is a garden coach, a landscape consultant and works every spring at Sullivan Hardware & Garden at 71st Street and Keystone Avenue.

An Indianapolis-based free-lance writer, Meyers Sharp is a co-author of Indiana Gardener’s Guide Revised Edition. She also contributes to several publications, including the Indianapolis Business Journal, The Indianapolis Star, Housetrends, Angie’s List magazine, the American Gardener and others.

She is director of the Garden Writers Association, a board member of the Indianapolis Museum of Art Horticultural Society, secretary of Friends of Garfield Park, and secretary of the Marion County Extension Board of Directors. She is also a member of the Indiana Nursery and Landscape Association, Indiana Organic Gardeners Association, and the Marion County Master Gardeners.

Indiana Living Green: A Hoosier’s Guide to a Sustainable Lifestyle magazine and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful have teamed up to offer Green Scene: Greening Your Outdoor Space, 9 a.m. to noon, March 14 at KIB’s headquarters, 1029 Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis.

Topics include: Natural Lawns, Trees, Rain Barrels, Rain Gardens, Natural Habitats, Organic Gardening and more! I’m doing the natural lawn segment.

Other ILG Green Scenes:

Greening Your Lifestyle, sponsored by WFYI, 1630 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, 9 a.m. to noon, March 28. Topics include: Smart Fashion, Recycling, Local Foods, Home VOCs, Travel Wisely, Plastic Water Bottles and more!

Updating Your Home to Green, sponsored by Community Building and Holliday Park, 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis, 9 a.m. to noon, April 4. Topics include: Green Interiors, Energy Audits, Green Maintenance, Geo Thermal Heating/Cooling, Energy Retrofits and more!

The seminars are free, but registration is required.