Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale

Friday, May 19

Ithaca Farmers Market

12:00-6:00 pm

One of the Finger Lakes' most highly anticipated gardening events is the annual Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale, organized since 1982 by Master Gardener volunteers from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

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, trees, 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. Visitors are encouraged to bring carts or wagons to aid in transporting their plant purchases to their cars. Admission is FREE!

2023 Vendor List

Additional vendors will be added as we get closer to the Plant Sale date.

A.J. Teeter Farm, Ithaca, NY - Vegetable and herb transplants
Botanist Coffeehouse & Shalebrook Landscaping
Cayuga Landscape Co., Inc.
Coldwater Pond Nursery, Phelps, NY - Ornamental trees and shrubs
Der Rosenmeister, Ithaca, NY - Specialty roses
Edible Acres, Trumansburg, NY - Perennial food-bearing shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants. Super hardy, resilient, easy to grow food plants
Frivolous Cottage
Flutterby Plantarium, Perennial plants attracting and supporting our local pollinators, as well as some culinary herbs
Hector Hot Peppers
Horse Head Woodworks, Offers trellises in a variety of styles and sizes, both painted and natural
Ithaca Organics
Ithaca Soap
Kate's Spot- Pottery by Kate
Kingbird Farm, Berkshire, NY - Certified Organic tomatoes, peppers, herbs, houseplants, and passion flowers
Knapp Farms
McKissick Farms
Muddy Fingers Farm, Hector, NY - Vegetable transplants
Ort Family Farm, Potted fruiting plants, fruit trees, and herbs
Pleasant Valley Gardens
Rainshine Acres
RC's Plants and Produce, Brooktondale, NY - Hanging baskets, bedding plants, annuals, perennials, fall mums, seasonal produce
Six Circles Farm
Sommarstuga Gardens, Trumansburg, NY - Annuals, perennials, vegetable transplants
Stoltzfus Family Farms
Stony Creek Nursery, Genoa, NY - Hardy perennials, herbs, flowers, houseplants, hens + chicks, and vegetable starts
The Magic Garden, Interlaken, NY - Perennials, Annuals, Herbs, and Vines. Goodies for the Garden! Pre-orders welcome
Under the Tree, Willseyville, NY - fruit trees and berry bushes, willow trees, vegetable transplants, annual and perennial flowers and herbs
West Haven Farm - Certified Organic vegetable, herb, and flower starts. Mostly annuals, but a few perennial flowers

Gardening & Community Groups

Auraca Herbarists - Herb plants and information on growing and using herbs
CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners - Information from experienced gardeners, summer bulbs
CCE Master Composters- Information and displays on composting
Finger Lakes Bonsai Society - Display of bonsai. No Sales.