What's Growing Children's Garden Field Trips Visit City Farm
20th Annual Rare and Unusual Plant Sale
Saturday, May 19 & Sunday, May 20, 2012
10 am – 2pm
Special preview hour for members on Saturday, 9am – 10am
Become a member and save 10% on your purchases! Give a Plant Sale gift certificate to a friend or family member!
All new and renewed memberships up to the Plant Sale will be matched 1:1 by a generous donor! Join today and double your contribution on behalf of our
urban agriculture programs in Providence. Email Susan at susan@southsideclt.org to see if you qualify!
City Farm is home to the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale every year. One weekend in May, hundreds of varieties of annuals, perennials, and fruit and vegetable plant starts are available for purchase. Most of the 18,000 plants were carefully cultivated through the late winter and early spring on-site by the City Farm team, including dozens of volunteers. Hundreds of other perennials and annuals are donated by generous local gardeners.
This celebrated event attracts 2,000 gardeners from all levels of experience, from the brand-new community gardener to seasoned home gardening experts. It is a wonderful kick-off to the growing season, featuring live music and several gardening experts on hand to assist gardeners new and old. As of 2010, the Plant Sale accepts SNAP EBT benefits (food stamps)!
The Plant Sale is a community event, and a community effort. All proceeds from the Plant Sale support Southside Community Land Trust's education and community gardening programs, and plant starts that are not sold are donated to over 30 area non-profits.
Interested in volunteering at the Plant Sale? We need talliers (people who count up the items and enter the number on the tallying sheet...no math needed), people who help carry plants to cars, people to check memberships, people to set up tents/tables before the sale and break down the tents/tables after the sale. They will be standing their entire shift. Lunch will be provided! Contact Michelle Walker at michelle@southsideclt.org or 401-273-9419 ext.26
