Hello Gardening Friends:
Spring is here! And with it, the annual announcement of the Annual Backyard Plant Sale.
I’m Deborah Barber, Julie’s friend from Arlington. I come down each year to help with the plant sale because I LOVE to spend a spring day in a beautiful place talking with people about plants! This sale is held in Julie’s back yard, and the plants are donated by people like you and me, mostly from our own gardens. Proceeds from the sale benefit The Nature Conservancy in Virginia.
The dates this year will be:
Friday, May 4th from 4:00 pm – dark …and…
Saturday, May 5th from 9am – 1pm
The location is Julie’s backyard at 203 Howard Street in Ashland.
Friday from 3:00-4:00 pm is the preview for donors. At this time, donors may purchase up to the number of plants that they have donated. So the more plants you donate, the more purchasing power you have. Please note this is not a swap but a sale to raise money for a good cause. At 4:00 pm the sale is open to everyone for unlimited purchases.
Saturday at 1:00, the sale will be closed and there will be an educational talk given in front of the house. Saturday at 1:20, all leftover plants are given to any plant donor in any quantity. This part of the event is popular with the donors and there are always lots of great plants available.
If you have plants to donate, you can leave them on the front porch any time during the week before the sale (please leave your name so we know who donated what). If you can label them with their plant names or leave a list, that’s great. No invasive alien plants will be sold (see the Virginia invasive species list – it may surprise you!) Also, we LOVE to see Virginia native plants at the sale.
For more frequent updates, Like the Annual Backyard Plant Sale page on Facebook.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you in May!
Deborah Barber
