Spring Plant Sale
The 2011 plant sale will be held at the NYS Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 on Saturday May 14 from 9:00am to 1:00pm.
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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.
2011 PARTICIPATING VENDORS
- A.J. Teeter Farm - veggie transplants
- Bakers' Acres - perennials, herbs, specialty annuals
- 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 - heirloom tomatoes, other veggies, herbs and perennials
- Chickadee Farm - wildflowers
Coldwater Pond Nursery - ornamental trees and shrubs - Der Rosenmeister - specialty roses
- Fir Farm - lilacs, conifers, ornamentals
- Graceful Gardens - annuals, perennials, hanging baskets
- Horse Head Woodworks - wooden garden trellises
- Iron Kettle Farm - annuals, hanging baskets
- Judy's Greenhouse - annuals, perennials, hanging baskets
- Little's Greenhouse - annuals, hanging baskets
- Lorraine's Concrete Leaves - garden decoration/concrete birdbaths
Michaleens 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
- Red Knickers' - herbs and veggie tranplants
- Red Tail Farm - veggie transplants and annual flowers
- Stony Creek Nursery - annuals, perennials, herbs, small fruits
- The Magic Garden - annuals, perennials, herbs, vines
- The Plantsmen Nursery - native plants
- Thomas Fields - perennials, veggies, annuals, herbs, hanging baskets, tufa planters
- Tobeytown Nursery - hosta
- Water's Edge - trees, shrubs, perennials, pottery
- West Haven Farm - certified organic veggie transplants
- White Oak Nursery - native trees & shrubs
- Wilgrow Perennials - perennials and dwarf conifers
- 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 Herbarists - information
- CCE Tompkins Master Composters - information on how to compost
- CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners - perennials for sale, free soil pH testing and garden literature
- Dewitt Middle School - annual flowers, vegetables & herbs
- Dryden Beautification Brigade - garden tour promotion, tickets
- Fall Creek Garden Collective - information about summer garden tour
- Finger Lakes Beekeepers Club - information on beekeeping, honey production
- Finger Lakes Native Plant Society - native plant seedlings, information
- Gardens 4 Humanity (G4H) - plants, information, and a home food gardening survey
- Ithaca Children's Garden - activities for kids
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Garden Club - 200 geraniums in small pots
- Southern Cayuga Garden Club - perennials, houseplants
- Veteran's Sanctuary - perennial edible and medicinal plants
Food
- 4-H Cultural Exchange Club - tacos, fruit, hot dogs, bagels, coffee, juice, soda, water, baked goods
