Plant Sale Saturday: Go Early!
This Saturday is the biggest day of the year for garden club plants sales which raise tens of thousands of dollars for local civic projects. Since many of the plants are dug from members' yards you never know what you might find, or what the prices may be. These sales are kind of like plant yard sales. You can find some choice rarities or bargains if you are lucky - and if you come early. Here's some of the day's sales:
8-10 a.m., the Milton Garden Club Perennial and Cow Manure Sale will be held outside the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Ave., Milton.
8:30 A.M. - early afternoon,The Garden Club of Amherst "Annual Plant Sale" will be held on the Amherst town common (rts. 9 & 116).
9 am -1 pm, the Open Gate Garden Club of Chelmsford 50th Anniversary Plant Sale will feature Herbs, Annuals, Perennials, Hangers, Planters, Mother’s Day Gifts, Refreshments, a Design Demonstration and a Master Gardener available for questions at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 2 Westford Street, Chelmsford Common at the corner of Rte. 110 & Rte. 4.
9:00 a.m. -12 noon the Bridgewater Garden Club "Annual Plant Sale" featuring perennials from members gardens will be held at the Bridgewater Cole-Yeaton Senior Center, 10 Walley Krueger Way, Bridgewater.
9 am - 2 pm Boggestow Garden Club of Sherborn will hold their Geranium Sale at 19 Washington Street, on the lawn of the Library. Rain or Shine.
9 am - 1 pm the Norwood Evening Garden Club will hold their Annual Plant Sale at Hawes Pool Park, Washington St., Norwood, MA
9 am -1 pm the Billerica Garden Club Plant Sale will be at the Billerica Senior Center, 25 Concord Road, Billerica
9 am -1 pm The Country Gardeners Georgetown Plant Sale will be at 30 E. Main Street, Georgetown.
9 am -2 pm The Boxford Village Garden Club Plant Sale will be at 2 Elm Street, Boxford MA. (Elm Street is the main street in Boxford Village, where the East Boxford Church is located.)
9 am -12 noon the Framingham Garden Club Plant Sale will offer a variety of different plants from members’ gardens and other gardening information. Members will be available for questions at the Cushing Maintenance Building at the Winter St.(near Keefe) entrance.
9:00 A.M. -1:00 P.M. the Billerica Garden Club Plant Sale will be held at the Billerica Council on Aging 25, Concord Road, Billerica.
Carol Stocker has been writing about gardening for the Boston Globe for 30 years. She has won the top newspaper writing award of the Garden Writer's Association of American three times. Her newest book is "The Boston Globe Illustrated New England Gardening Almanac."
