Saturday, May 9 will be a good day to shop.  Beginning at 8:30 am and running until 11:00 am, the Marblehead Garden Club will present its 84th Annual Plant Sale at The Gerry 5 VFA, 210 Beacon Street in Marblehead.  From 8:30 – 2:30 you may also visit the Littleton Country Gardeners Plant Sale at the Common at the intersection of Rtes 110 and 119. Items include perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetables, Mother’s Day Gifts, Fairy Gardens, rock garden plants, moon garden plants, plants native to Massachusetts, cemetery arrangements, Ikebana supplies, attracting bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and gift certificates to a local farm stand, Larsen Farms, located on Russell Street in Littleton. All proceeds from the Plant Sale are used for year round plantings at 13 civic sites in Littleton, garden therapy projects for senior citizens, garden related workshops, annual third grade Arbor Day programs (each third grade student gets their own tree), Littleton High School Scholarships, and more. And finally, from 9 – 1, the Norwood Evening Garden Club will hold its Annual Plant Sale at Hawes Pool Park next to the Coakley Middle School. Washington Street in South Norwood.  Details of all three events may be found at http://gcfm.org/Calendar-News/Calendar/tabid/77/sortBy/cf7/currentpage/2/Default.aspx. Image of ‘Hardy Blues’ perennial geranium from www.vernonplants.com.