By JIM BUTLER

One of the most-anticipated Spring events in the area is rapidly approaching.

The free-admission annual Kent House Spring Herb Day/Arts & Crafts Festival/Yard Sale is scheduled from 8 a.m. through 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 6. It’s an annual opportunity to get expert advice on what herbs and bedding plants will likely do best on a particular site and then make selections from the variety available.

The grounds at 3691 Bayou Rapides Road (just west of MacArthur Drive) will also feature local arts, crafts and food vendors.

Then there is the indoor yard sale, featuring items donated (no clothing) for the fundraising event that helps provide Kent Plantation House programs.

Deadline for donating items for the sale is Wednesday, April 3.

Guided tours of the main house that is essentially living history will also be available.

As Pierre Baillio II might have said as he began building the house before the Louisiana purchase, “haz tus planes.”