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Spring Plant Sale - Falls Church Garden Club

Spring Plant Sale

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Falls Church Community Center - Gymnasium

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8:00 AM until 11:30 AM (or until we run out of plants).

Come early; the really good stuff goes fast! Free admission and great deals on the plants and accessories!  More info at: www.fallschurchgardenclub.org/spring-plant-sale

The Spring Plant Sale is not only the main event of the Falls Church Garden Club  year, it is our biggest fundraiser. Club members volunteer to work together in digging, donating, gathering, potting, marking, pricing, transporting, setting up, and selling plants. The Spring Plant Sale is a terrific opportunity for FCGC members and non-members to come together and share their love of plants and horticulture.

Our Plant Sale event is a long-standing tradition of FCGC and is open to the public at large; admission is free. Although the sale runs for the entire morning, choice plants sell out very quickly, and it is not unusual for half of the plants to sell within the first hour.

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Plants are locally grown by our members, who are also on hand to answer questions. Often, you can talk to the gardener who donated a particular plant, if not to others who have experience with it. It’s a garden plant sale: although the prices are a fraction of what you would pay in a commercial establishment, cultivar names are often unknown.

Selection varies greatly from year to year, although the backbones of the garden are always represented. Big or little treasures do show up, depending on what our members donate (orchids, tree peonies, or hardy cyclamens may be for sale, for example). You may depend on herbs, trees, and shrubs, sun lovers and shade seekers. 

 In summary, you’ll never know what may be found, but it’s fun and inexpensive. Just make sure to be there early for the best selection.

NOTE:  The Falls Church Garden Club meets at the Falls Church Community Center on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm most months (except the summer and January).  We have great programs and activities with annual membership only $15-20/year! For more information on our club and activities, see our website:  www.FallsChurchGardenClub.org

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