Calling all gardeners from the casual weekend warrior to the ones whose beautiful gardens and landscapes are the envy of the neighborhood to the Mountain Garden Club’s annual plant sale on Saturday, May 24, from 9:00 A.M. until Noon at the Highlands Ball Field on the corner of Highway 64 and Hickory Street.
This eagerly anticipated plant sale offers you the chance to purchase plants grown by some of the most accomplished gardeners on the Plateau.
The plants here have all been lovingly cultivated in native soil and are plants that thrive in our area, so they are ideally suited to our unique ecosystem. These acclimated plants will grow and thrive for years to come. The guesswork has been taken out of the equation of whether it will grow and thrive here. This is where your brown thumb turns green.
There will be as many as 40 different types of plants, from those that attract pollinators such as bee balm, astilbe, and clematis, to the always popular hosta in its many varieties, cinnamon ferns, creeping jenny, coneflower, bleeding heart, forsythia, iris, daylily, and many other offerings, including dahlia bulbs.
If you’ve admired a plant in any local garden, you’ll most likely be able to purchase it here and have a chance to chat with the gardeners who have lovingly tended to those plants from seedling to sale. First-hand growing suggestions and advice from the experts make this sale so special. Remember that the only bad question is one that you don’t ask so use this opportunity to consult the experts.
There is something so satisfying about getting your hands dirty and tilling the soil, bringing beauty to your yard and landscape. Buy your plants here and join the community of your fellow gardeners who work so hard to share the bounty of their knowledge and hard work.
This year you will also have a silent auction for fabulous items donated by local merchants and restaurants. All proceeds from the sale and silent auction are used for scholarships for local students, maintenance of the Highlands School garden, the Historical Jail premises, and the Eckerd Center Garden, as well as for other community projects
Be prepared to come early as the sale is extremely popular and long lines form quickly. Cash or check only, please.
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