DAPHNE, Ala. — Who says money doesn’t grow on trees? Daphne High School’s agriculture classes and the Lake Forest Garden Club might have hoped that adage would be squashed Saturday and March 29, during their 15th annual plant sale.

Geraniums, petunias, pansies and begonias lined the aisles of DHS greenhouses.

Crates and hanging baskets were filled with vibrant colors and shades of green, thick leaves.

DHS and the garden club split the profits, which organizers did not disclose, though DHS agriculture teacher Lance Harbison hinted that the March 29 sale was a success; things were slower on Saturday due to rain. Agriculture classes will use the funds for seeds, soil and a watering system, Harbison said.

“The kids don’t have to spend money on … field trips and we put money back into next year’s planting,” he said. “We get $1,000 a year from the school system to run our program.”

Also, the Lake Forest Garden Club awards scholarships to the agriculture students, he said.

One such scholarship recipient, Steven Green, 17, said he’s taken all the agriculture classes offered at DHS since he was a freshman.

“We plant these plants and take care of the greenhouse and we fertilize the plants,” he said.

Green said the scholarship money would help him next year when he goes to Auburn University to study horticulture.

“I got it (the scholarship) for a lot of work I’ve done in Harbison’s class,” he said.

Harbison said the agriculture classes are good for students in many ways.

The class teaches students which groups of plants have similar water needs, and to weed and care for flora, he said.

“There’s a lot of time spent keeping them weed-free and a lot of time moving plants because their requirements change,” he said.

He said the sale teaches kids many things.

“It’s a tremendous program because the children can see what it takes to produce plants but also see the business side of it,” he said.

“They can see what the public’s wants and needs are.”