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Check out these regional plant sales – and don’t be afraid to travel, many of the same plants are native to all of these states. Just make sure to choose plants that are appropriate for your area and your landscape conditions.
New York
April 30 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (all natives)
- The Native Plant Center
- Westchester Community College
- 75 Grasslands Rd
- Valhalla, NY 10595
- http://www.sunywcc.edu/about/npc/npcevents/
April 30 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (some natives)
- Manhattan Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society
- El Sol Brillante Community Garden
- 522- 528 East 12th Street (between Aves A & B)
- https://www.nargs.org/event/mcnargs-annual-plant-sale-%E2%80%9Cuncommon-plants-city-folk%E2%80%9D-0
May 5 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. (some natives)
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- 1000 Washington Avenue
- Brooklyn, NY 11225
- http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/plant_sale_2016
May 21 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. (all natives)
- Hudson Highlands Nature Museum
- On Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road
- Cornwall, NY 12518
- http://hhnaturemuseum.org/index.php/native-plant-sale
May 21 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (some natives)
- Lasdon Arboretum
- 2610 Amawalk Rd.
- Katonah, NY 10536
- http://www.lasdonpark.org/home.html
June 3 & 4 and June 10 & 11 (time TBD) (all natives)
- Long Island Native Plant Initiative
- Suffolk County Community College
- 121 Speonk Riverhead Rd.
- Riverhead, NY 11901
- http://www.linpi.org/
Connecticut
May 7 9 a.m. -4 p.m. (some natives)
- Garden Education Center of Greenwich
- 130 Bible Street
- Cos Cob, CT 06807
- http://www.gecgreenwich.org/mgm.html
May 14 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (some natives)
- Bartlett Arboretum
- 151 Brookdale Rd.
- Stamford, CT 06903
- http://bartlettarboretum.org/
May 20 TBD (orders due by April 30) (all natives)
- Audubon Greenwich
- 613 Riversville Rd.
- Greenwich, CT 06831
- http://greenwich.audubon.org/spring-native-plant-sale
New Jersey
April 23 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (all natives)
- Pinelands Preservation Alliance
- 17 Pemberton Rd.
- Southampton, NJ 08088
- http://www.pinelandsalliance.org/exploration/ppaprograms/plantsale/
May 14 & June 11 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. (all natives)
- Clemson Farms Native Nursery – retail sale days
- 108 Linwood Ave
- Estell Manor, NJ 08319
- http://www.clemensonfarmsnativenursery.com/retailsaledays.html
May 20 & May 21 (all natives)
May 20 3 pm – 6 pm; May 21 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- D&R Greenway Land Trust
- 1 Preservation Place
- Princeton, NJ 08540
- http://www.drgreenway.org/PlantSales.html
May 20 & May 21 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (all natives)
- New Jersey Audubon Society
- Nature Center of Cape May
- 1600 Delaware Ave
- Cape May, NJ 08204
- www.njaudubon.org
June 4 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (all natives)
- New Jersey Audubon Society
- Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary
- 11 Hardscrabble Rd.
- Bernardsville, NJ 07924
- https://community.njaudubon.org/combined-calendar?cgid=1&ceid=4641&cerid=0&cdt=6%2f4%2f2016
June 4 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. (all natives)
- New Jersey Audubon Society
- Plainsboro Preserve
- 80 Scotts Corner Rd.
- Cranbury, NJ 08512
- https://community.njaudubon.org/combined-calendar?cgid=1&ceid=4446&cerid=0&cdt=6%2F4%2F2016
These native plant sales will usually have knowledgeable volunteers available to help you select appropriate plants for your landscape. A shopping tip before you go – when buying native perennials, make sure to buy in quantity. You want to create easy targets for pollinators and other wildlife. And don’t forget native trees and shrubs for wildlife habitat and food sources.
Kim Eierman, a resident of Bronxville, is an environmental horticulturist and Founder of EcoBeneficial. When she is not speaking, writing, or consulting about ecological landscapes, she teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center and Rutgers Home Gardeners School.
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