Spring Plant Sale Round Up
With spring really kickin’ it, the plant sales are popping up like wildflowers. Here are a few coming up:
Asheville: Asheville Herb Festival: April 30-May 2. What you’ll find: More than 55 herb businesses from Western NC and even a few from Tennessee.
Charlotte: UNCC Botanical Garden Spring Plant Sale: April 16-17 , 8 AM – 3 PM. What you’ll find: A wide selection of native plants and exotic botanicals –wildflowers, trees and shrubs, perennials, carnivorous plants, orchids, tropicals, and indoor plants. This is their largest sale of the year and directly supports greenhouse and garden operations.
CPCC Horticulture Program Spring Plant Sale: April 16-17, 9 AM to 2 PM What you’ll find: Summer vegetables, herbs, annuals, perennials, native plants, and select shrubs.
Wing Haven Spring Plant Sale: April 21-25, 10 AM to 4 PM. What you’ll find: unusual shrubs, antique roses, herbs, perennials, native plants, groundcovers, bulbs, and more.
Concord: Fifth Annual Spring Herb and Plant Festival: Saturday April 17th 2010 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. What you’ll find: Over 75 vendors offering: common & unusual Herbs, perennials, annuals, tropicals, vegetables, baked and homemade canned goods, pottery, iron and copperworks, garden art, birdhouses and feeders, antiques, and much, much more….
Hendersonville: Garden Jubilee Festival: May 29-30, 10 AM to 6 PM. What you’ll find: Over 125 vendors selling handmade arts and crafts, plants and items to enhance your outdoor living area, plus nurseries selling many varieties of annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and hard to find plants.
Raleigh: Pi Alpha Xi Plant Sale at the JC Raulston Arboretum: April 17 and 18. What you’ll find: Several different vendors will be on-site with rare finds and drought-tolerant woodies, perennials, and annuals. The proceeds from these sales are donated to local non-profit organizations to promote horticulture.
Also the Spring Plant Sale Held on the Grounds of the NC State Fairgrounds: April 17-19. What you’ll find: More azaleas than you can shake a stick at, native perennials and ground covers, as well a less common new plants, and forgotten favorites.
Now, off to find that mysterious money tree before next weekend.
If you know of any more, please leave info in the comments section and I’ll add it to the list.
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