East Coast Garden Center held its 4th Annual Brews, BBQ and Bushes event Aug. 2 at the nursery near Millsboro. Local breweries and wineries offered samples of their beverages, Bethany Blues brought its food truck, bushes were discounted and a class was held educating customers about various bushes.

Spring Meadows Nursery Account Manager Kimberly Noffke, right, talks about an Arborvitae Fluffy produced by Proven Winners, as ECGC owner Valerie Cordrey helps answer questions.

Lyndsey Shockley, left, a sales representative from Crooked Hammock Brewery, laughs with Mark Voelkel, a landscape designer with RSC Landscaping.

Mike Anderson, left, director of sales for Big Oyster Brewery, pours a brew for ECGC owner Rick Cordrey.