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  • Garden Club Plant Sales

    Tis the season. Be on the lookout for plant sales sponsored by local Garden Clubs, and patronize them. Proceeds support neighborhood beautification projects, scholarships, and programming benefiting all. Here is just a sampling:

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Reading Garden Club will be hosting its Annual Plant Sale at the Reading Town Common on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 (rain or shine). Annuals, perennials, native plants, milkweed, geraniums, herbs and vegetables will be available from Tewksbury Florist and Greenery. Also for sale will be the much sought after members’ perennials.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – Acton Garden Club Plant Sale. The sale takes place on the grounds of the “Red House” municipal property located at 468 Main Street, between Woodbury Lane and Newtown Road. They emphasize the sale of “Local” plants, approximately 2000 of which are dug and donated from the gardens of Club members. Plants are also dug from the Club-maintained town gardens. Fred Knipple generously provides a variety of bare-root daylilies propagated in his gardens. Annuals, vegetables and pollinator plants are purchased through several local farms: Cucurbit Farm in Acton, Brigham Farm Stand and Greenhouses in Concord and D&D Farms in Stow. Tickets are sold for raffle prizes ranging from gardening treasures to dining experiences.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Arlington Garden Club Plant Sale, on the Jason Russell House Lawn, 7 Jason Street in Arlington.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – The Sharon Garden Club Annual Plant Sale at the First Congregational Church of Sharon, 29 North Main Street. The annual Plant Sale is an opportunity to purchase beautiful plants, purchase Daffodils for Fall planting, and to support the Club’s activities such as the College Scholarship, Library Arrangements, Holiday Greens Workshop, Civic Beautification, and more. Featuring seedlings from local Copper Kettle Farm, including common and unusual herb varieties, and Dahlias.

    Saturday, May 20, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Garden Club of Norfolk Plant, Bake, and Garden Treasures Sale (rain date Sunday, May 21, noon – 3), at the Town Hill & Gazebo, 2 Liberty Lane in Norfolk. You’ll find plants grown by members of the Garden Club of Norfolk, home baked treats, and treasures to decorate your home or garden. Funds raised support horticultural programs that welcome all to attend as well as a campership to Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary.

    Saturday, May 20, Southbridge Garden Club Spring Plant Sale on the Sturbridge Town Common.

    Saturday, May 27, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Annual Harwich by the Sea Plant Sale, at Doane Park in Harwich Port, featuring hundreds of plants – perennials, annuals, shrubs, hanging baskets – most donated from member gardens.

    Saturday morning, June 10, you will once again be able to find plants in abundance at the Garden Club of Hingham’s popular annual Plant Sale. With hundreds of perennials from Hingham gardens, the plant sale has always attracted a line of eager gardeners awaiting the opening moment. As always, the Garden Club will be offering perennials which thrive on the South Shore such as salvia, astilbe, heuchera, yarrow, columbine, and peonies, and anticipates including drought-resistant plants, as well as some unusual shade plants. The main fundraiser for the Garden Club offers choice plants dug from members’ gardens for sale to the community. Proceeds from the Plant Sale help to underwrite the planting and education programs of the Garden Club of Hingham each year. The time is 9 am – 12 noon in the Hingham Common, 2 Middle Street in Hingham.

  • Friday, June 1 – Sunday, June 3, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – Hosta and Perennial Sale

    Historic New England will hold its annual Hosta and Perennial Sale at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses, 185 Lyman Street in Waltham, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 1 – 3, from 9:30 am – 4 pm. Admission is free. For more information visit http://shop.historicnewengland.org/GRE-HOSTASALE-1-10167/

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  • Saturday, May 20 – Garden Club Spring Plant Sales

    On Saturday, May 20, many Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts member clubs will hold plant sales with a full range of horticultural offerings, all to benefit their diverse public projects in their communities.  Please consider supporting these organizations when you are acquiring your spring plants. Image from www.growingcolors.com.

    The Friendly Garden Club Plant Sale – 9 – 12 at the Beverly Council on Aging, 90 Colon Street in Beverly.

    The Weymouth Garden Club Plant Sale – 9 – 1 at the Department of Public Works, 120 Winter Street in Weymouth.

    The Lexington Field & Garden Club Plant Sale – 7 – noon at the Hadley Public Works Facility, 201 Bedford Street in Lexington.

    The Scituate Garden Club Plant Sale – 9 – 1 at the Mann Farmhouse, 108 Greenfield Lane in Scituate.

    The Springfield Garden Club Annual Plant Sale – 9 – noon at the Springfield Museums at the Quandrangle, 21 Edwards Street in Springfield.

    The Reading Garden Club Annual Geraniums and More Plant Sale – 9 – 1 at the Reading Town Common (across from Town Hall), Rts. 28 & 129.

    The Stoneham Garden Club Plant Sale and Lobster Roll Luncheon – 10 – 2 at the First Congregational Church, Central Street in Stoneham.

    The Fairbanks Garden Club Plant Sale, 9 – noon at the Fairbanks House in Dedham.

    Also, on May 27 from 8 – noon, visit the Osterville Garden Club Annual Plant and Bake Sale at the Osterville Village Library.

     

  • Saturday, May 9 – Three Plant Sales of Note

    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.

  • Saturday, May 7 – Three Plant Sales of Interest

    The Boxborough Garden Club will host a plant sale, raffle and bake sale on Saturday, May 7, from 8:30 – 11:30 am on the Boxborough UCC Community Church Lawn, 723 Massachusetts Avenue in Boxborough.  On the same day, from 9 – 1, the New England Unit of the Herb Society of America will host its 31st Annual Great Herbs & Heirloom Plant Sale at Elm Bank Horticultural Center’s Field, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, where they will sell culinary, fragrance, remedy herbs, heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplants, and the herb of the year – horseradish!  You may also buy hand planted container and fairy gardens for Mother’s Day gifts, and there will be free chives and johnny jump-up plants for the kids.  For more information, log on to www.neuhsa.org.  The Norwood Evening Garden Club will be holding its Annual Plant Sale at Hawes Pool Park in South Norwood, from 9 – 1, and they say this is an excellent opportunity to purchase a gift for Mom as well as plants for your own garden.  Perennials from member gardens will be offered at reasonable prices, most under $10.  Some annuals, herbs, single geraniums, patio pots, and hanging baskets will be featured – call 508-668-4039 for more information.  All sales from these three events will promote civic projects, so find your spot and bring cash or checks, rain or shine.