Update on Garden Club Plant Sales
By Carol Stocker
Globe Correspondent\
Garden Club Plant Sales continue through early June, raising money for worth local causes and providing bargains for shoppers with sharp eyes. Don't buy the spreaders!
May 24, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The Stoneham GC "Annual Plant Sale & Lobster Roll Luncheon" at All Saints Episcopal Church 79 Central St. Stoneham. For information contact geotren@rcn.com
May 26, Dracut Garden Club 3rd Annual Plant Sale, 9:00 AM – NOON. Rain Date – May 27th– Featuring Garden Favorites, Vegetable Plants, Colorful Planters, Potted Flowers, Seedlings on the Dracut Historical Society Lawn, Lakeview Avenue
May 26, 9 am - noon, Osterville Garden Club Plant & Bake Sale, Osterville Garden Club Plant & Bake Sale, Special Features: Heuchera-Heucherella (Coral Bells), Herbs, Garden Items, Home Baked Goods, “Plant Doctor” Table at Osterville Library Green, Wianno Avenue, Osterville
May 29, 6:45 pm The Norwood Evening Garden Club's Donna Lane presents her "Container Garden" Program at the Carriage House of the First Baptist Church, 71 Bond St., Norwood, MA. $5 donation requested.
June 1 and 2, 9:00 A.M. (on both days) -5:00 P.M., Belmont Garden Club, "Signs of Spring" Flower Show at the Belmont Public Library's Assembly Room, 336 Concord Ave., Belmont.
June 2, 9 am - noon, Fairbanks Garden Club, Plant Sale, rain or shine, The Fairbanks House Museum 511 East Street, Dedham
June 2, 9 am - 3 pm Needham Garden Club Annual plant sale, corner of Highland Avenue and Great Plain Avenue, Needham
June 2, 9:00 A.M. -1:00 P.M. Scituate Garden Club "Annual Plant Sale " on the grounds of the historic Mann House, Greenfield Lane, Scituate with tours of the club's adjacent award winning wild flower garden.
June 2, 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon, Fairbanks Gareden Club of Dedham, "Plant Sale" on the grounds of The Fairbanks House Museum. The sale will take place rain or shine at 511 East Street, Dedham.
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."
