Spring Plant Sale
The 2012 Plant Sale will be held on Saturday May 19, 9:00am-1:00 pm at the NYS Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Road, off Rt. 13 in Ithaca.
One of the Finger Lakes' most highly anticipated events is the annual Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale, organized since 1982 by Master Gardener volunteers from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County. See our Event Listing which includes this year's date, details and directions!
The Garden Fair & Plant Sale features a wide variety of vendors who offer specialty plants and gardening advice on topics ranging from growing rock garden plants to selecting native species for the garden. Plants for sale include organically grown and heirloom vegetable transplants, colorful annuals, fragrant herbs, hanging baskets, small flowering shrubs, hardy roses, fruit crops, evergreens, and specialty perennials.
Master Gardeners from CCE-Tompkins and other community groups participate in the sale to raise funds or create awareness of their programs. In past years, these have included members of the Finger Lakes Beekeepers, Auraca Herbarists, the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, several smaller garden clubs, and the Adirondack Chapter of the Rock Garden Society. Tompkins County Solid Waste, CCE-Tompkins Master Composter Program, and The Ithaca Children's Garden.
Visitors are encouraged to bring carts or wagons to aid in transporting their plant purchases to their cars. Admission is FREE! Refreshments will be available for sale.
2012 PARTICIPATING VENDORS
(Confirmed as of May 15, 2012)
- A.J. Teeter Farm- veggie transplants
- Alpine Acres - dwarf conifers
- Besemer Hill Greenhouses - annuals, perennials
- Blue Heron Farm - certified organic veggie transplants, herbs, annuals
- Cayuga Landscape - perennials, ground covers, shrubs, rock garden/alpine plants, small fruits
- Cheryl's Place
- Chickadee Farm - wildflowers
- Coldwater Pond Nursery - ornamental trees and shrubs
- Der Rosenmeister - specialty roses
- DeWitt Middle School
- Graceful Gardens - annuals, perennials, hanging baskets
- Grant's Plants
- Horse Head Woodworks - wooden garden trellises
- Iron Kettle Farm
- Judy's Greenhouses
- Little's Greenhouse - annuals, hanging baskets
- Locust Lumber Company
- Lorraine's Concrete Leaves - garden decoration/concrete birdbaths
- The Magic Garden - annuals, perennials, herbs, vines
- Michaleen's Florist and Garden Center - annuals perennials, nursery stock, tropicals, hard goods
- Natural Beginnings - annuals, perennials, shrubs, small fruit, trees, veggie transplants
- Pleasant Valley Gardens - annuals, perennials, baskets, herbs, bromiliads, lilies
- Stony Creek Nursery - annuals, perennials, herbs, small fruits
- The Plantsmen Nursery - native plants
- Thomas Fields
- TST BOCES
- Tree Gate Farm - veggie transplants, herbs, and perennials
- Water's Edge - trees, shrubs, perennials, pottery
- White Oak Nursery - native trees & shrubs
- Wilhides North Spencer Market - annuals, veggie transplants, hanging baskets, small shrubs
Gardening Groups
- Adirondack Chapter - North American Rock Garden Society - many choice rock garden and woodland plants
- Auraca Herbalists - information about the group
- CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners - perennials for sale, free soil pH testing and garden literature
- Cornell Plant Breeding/Synapsis - with interesting new Cornell seed varieties to try
- Fall Creek Garden Collective - information about summer garden tour
- Finger Lakes Beekeepers Club - information
- Finger Lakes Native Plant Society - native plant seedlings, information
- Gardens 4 Humanity (G4H) - plants, information, and a home food gardening survey
- Southern Cayuga Garden Club
- Tompkins County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Tompkins County Solid Waste
- Veteran's Sanctuary - perennial edible and medicinal plants
Food
- 4-H Cultural Exchange Club
