December Plant Sale
DECEMBER 3, 2011
A sampling of the available plants:
The Spring 2011 Plant Sale has been completed but plan to attend the 2012 Plant Sale on the 3rd Saturday in May!
- Date: May 19th, 2012
- Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Place: At Dirt Works, in Yauger Park (Click the name for a map)
The sale features a wide variety of plants including Great Plant Picks, Perennials, Shrubs/Trees, Grasses, Native Plants, Heirloom Tomato starts, and Herb/Vegetable starts. Along with the sale, Dirt Works garden is open to the public the whole day. Education of the community about plants, water-wise gardening, other related organizations and composting are major focuses of the event.
Foundation members will also be offering a variety of garden related handicrafted items for sale. These include bee boxes, plant supports and decorative stakes, wooden trellises, market bags, gardening aprons, and felted soap for scrubbing off all that dirt after planting your purchases. All proceeds help to support Master Gardener and Master Recycler Composter program activities.
Something else to look for is a demonstration on tool sharpening and maintenance. Bring your pruners, loppers or shears and learn as they are sharpened. The sharpening tool will be available for sale, with proceeds going to the Foundation.
The Master Recycler Composters of Thurston County will be demonstrating yard and worm composting. There will also be bins on site for you to see and purchase from the MGFTC. If you don't want to wait to purchase bins, go to http://www.compostbinsthurstoncounty.com/index.html or call (360) 481-4204 (between 8am and 10pm).
Composting workshops the day of the sale:
Yard Waste 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM
Worm Bin 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Many volunteers from the MG program work tirelessly throughout the year potting, labeling, feeding, watering and weeding the plants that we have for sale. Rain or shine, they show up on Tuesday's to help get the plants ready for YOU!
2010 Pictures of Plant Sale Area
