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The Connellsville Geranium Festival has been canceled a second year in a row, but geraniums will still be available for purchase.
âWe were in a super panic last year,â said Phyllis Kovall, the chairperson for the festival.
In 2020, COVID-19 restrictions were put into place after they had already ordered geraniums to be sold. Still, the Connellsville Garden Club, which puts on the festival, found a way to sell the 7,000 geraniums they had already purchased by holding a drive-thru sale.
âIt worked so well for us last year,â Kovall said. âWe had 370 orders, and we did it under four hours.â
After deciding in November they wouldnât hold the festival in 2021, Kovall said, the committee decided sell the flowers the same way again this year.