Plant sales sprout all over
Published 12:01 am Thursday, May 5, 2011
This weekend — Mother’s Day weekend — isn’t just a big day for local nurseries.
It’s also the Super Bowl of Snohomish County plant sales, with clubs, high school students and nonprofit organizations gathering in force to share their best and brightest starts as well as prized plants from t
heir yards.
We’re talking perennials and edibles aplenty, and a lot of great deals to benefit charities, local groups, scholarship funds and even school kids who want to tour local colleges.
If you’re looking for a last-minute Mother’s Day present, drive your mom to a plant sale on Saturday or Sunday and take her on a shopping spree. If she’s a garden lover, it might be a dream come true.
Perhaps the largest event in the county is the annual Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation plant sale this Saturday.
You’ll find not just 4,000 vegetable and herb starts and 5,000 tomato plants, but also eight specialty nurseries selling unusual, hard-to-find plants, all to benefit the local master gardeners and their extensive volunteer work.
Bring a tarp to keep the back of your car clean, arrive early and be prepared for a workout and, at the best sales, occasional lines.
Bring snacks, drinks, warm layered clothes and visions of a hot, gorgeous summer.
ONGOING
Lake Stevens High School plant sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through May 21, 2908 113th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens; 425-335-1528. Buy baskets, bedding plants, perennials and vegetables.
Snohomish FFA plant sale: 2 to 5 p.m. Thursdays, 12:30 to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through June 4, closed May 27, Snohomish High School, 1316 Fifth St., Snohomish; 360-563-4195.
THIS WEEK
Arlington Garden Club plant sale: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 7, Arlington City Hall Plaza, 238 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington. Perennials, annuals, small trees, ground covers and edibles will be for sale in addition to homemade baked goods. Call 360-435-3892.
Camano Animal Shelter Association plant and bake sale: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 7, Camano Center, 141 E. Camano Drive; 360-387-9311; www.camanoanimalshelter.org. Buy vegetable, herbs, starts, flowers, trees and houseplants.
Edmonds Floretum Garden Club plant sale: 9 a.m. to noon May 7, Edmonds PCC parking lot at the corner of Edmonds Way and 100th Avenue; 425-697-3552. Buy annuals, perennials, small trees, shrubs, native plants and gifts.
Everett Garden Club plant sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 7, corner of 52nd Street and Evergreen Way; 425-257-2255. Buy perennials, trees and usual container plantings.
Everett chapter of Soroptimist International flower basket sale: Noon to 3 p.m. May 5, Best Western Cascadia Inn, 2800 Pacific Ave., Everett; 425-388-7047. Baskets for sun or shade will be for sale.
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden plant sale: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 6 to 8, MsK Rare and Native Plant Nursery in Shoreline. Parking and shuttle service will be available at Richmond Beach Congregational Church, 1512 NW 195th St. on May 6 and 7, and at Spin Alley Bowling Center, 1430 NW Richmond Beach Road on May 8. Call 206-546-1281 or see www.kruckeberg.org.
Marysville FFA plant sale: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7, Marysville Pilchuck High School, 5611 108th St. NE, Marysville; 360-657-6082. Find hundreds of Martha Washington geraniums, fuchsia baskets, hardy fuchsias, herbs, tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, bedding plants and houseplants.
Monroe Garden Club plant sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 7 at the East County Senior Center, 276 Sky River Parkway, Monroe. Plants and crafts, and a bake sale and rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 360-793-1829 for more about the plant sale. Call 360-794-5851 or the senior center at 360-794-6359 for more about the rummage and bake sales.
North Middle School plant sale: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 6 and 9 a.m. to noon May 7, 2514 Rainier Ave., Everett; 425-385-4822.
Pilchuck Chapter, American Rhododendron Society, plant sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7 at the Skagit County Fairgrounds, in conjunction with the master gardener sale. Call Shirley Rock, 360-652-8908.
Seattle Tilth’s edible plant sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7 and 8, Meridian Park, behind the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle; 206-633-0451; seattletilth.org.
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church plant sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7, 1318 E. Highway 532, Camano Island; 360-629-3969.
Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation plant sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 7, Washington State University Extension at McCollum Park, 600 128th SE, Everett. Choose from numerous ornamentals, 4,000 vegetable and herb starts, plus 5,000 tomato plants, available in more than 100 varieties. Eight specialty nurseries will be selling unusual, hard-to-find plants. Call 425-357-6010 or 425-338-2400 or see www.snomgf.org.
COMING UP
Pilchuck Fuchsia Society plant sale: 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. May 14, 2508 Cleveland Ave., Everett; 425-252-6215. Buy hardy and tender fuchsias, hydrangeas, lilies, perennials, houseplants and garden art.
Purrfect Pals plant sales: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 14 and 15 at the shelter, 230 McRae Road NE, Arlington, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 20 to 22 at Lake Ki Resort Park, 2904 Lakewood Road, Arlington. Buy perennials, plus edibles and salsa planter bowls. Call 360-618-0417 or see www.purrfectpals.org.
Granite Falls Historical Museum plant sale: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 21 and 22, 109 E. Union St., Granite Falls; 360-691-2369; www.gfhistory.org. Buy a variety of old-fashioned perennials.
Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation garden garage sale: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 21, Washington State University Extension at McCollum Park, 600 128th SE, Everett. Call 425-357-6010 or 425-338-2400 or see www.snomgf.org. Buy books, tools, pots, art, gloves and seeds.
Sultan Garden Club plant sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 21 and 22, Stockings Garden & Nursery, 29900 Fern Bluff Road, Sultan; 360-793-3902.
