Hello Plant Sale Fans:
I’m later than I’d posting this but hopefully it is perfect timing for you to start digging as you do your yard cleanup! I’m planning to have a two-day sale this year.
Here’s the detailed information about The Sale, which will be slightly different than last year: This is a sale I hold in my backyard each year. The plants are donated by interested people like you and come from our own gardens. Proceeds from the sale benefit The Nature Conservancy in Virginia. I will begin collecting plants the weekend before the sale and up to the sale. One of my friends, who often donates over 200 plants, moved from her large property and does not have plants to donate this year! So I’m hoping others will make up the difference! (hint, hint)
The dates this year will be:
Friday, May 1st from 4:00 pm – dark and
Saturday, May 2nd from 9am – 1pm
The location is my backyard at 203 Howard Street in Ashland.
Since this will be a two day sale instead of the usual three day sale, I will be holding the preview for donors only from 3:00-4:00 on Friday. (I found that a three day sale was very exhausting for me!) At this time, donors may purchase up to the number of plants donated by that person. So the more plants you donate, the more purchasing power you have. I hope you will note this is not a swap but a sale to raise money for a good cause. J Hang around until 4:00 and the sale is open to everyone for unlimited purchases!
Saturday at 1:00, the sale will be closed and (I’m hoping) there will be a relevant educational talk given in front of my house. Saturday at 1:20, all leftover plants are given to any plant donor in any quantity. This part of the event has become very popular to the donors and there are always lots of great plants available.
If you have plants to donate, you can leave them on my front porch any time during the week or so before the sale (please leave your name so I know who donated what). If you can label them with their names, that’s great. No invasive alien plants will be sold (see attached invasive species list: http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/invlist.pdf – it may surprise you!) and we love to see Virginia native plants at the sale.
The Plant Sale has a Facebook page you can Like: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Annual-Backyard-Plant-Sale/60434839208?fref=ts
Hope to see you at the sale!
Julie Ericksen