5 Great Reasons to Shop the Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale September 25th

5 Great Reasons to Shop

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Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale

September 25th

The Parkfairfax Native Plant sale is a rare opportunity to buy native azaleas, native fruiting shrubs, native carnivorous plants and select sepcies of native perennials and woodies.

Despite what many people do, fall is a fabulous time to plant. The weather is cooler, it's easier to water and the plants get a good head start on putting down roots. The real payoff comes in the spring with lots of new growth.

The sale is organized and run by volunteers. Its purpose is to promote native plant gardening in our region. Gardening with natives helps the watershed, woodlands, and wildlife!

1 - Last chance to buy from Lower Marlboro! It's the final season for the nursery that Mary-Stuart Sierra has run for 21 years. Mary-Stuart focuses primarily on growing regionally native plants and her selection has always been worth a look.

2 - The return of Atlantic Star Nursery! Sam Jones returns to the Parkfairfax sale for the first time in six years! He grows some very special woody plants, but he doesn't do the circuit of plant sales that he once did. He hasn't sold in Virginia in years, but he will bring a number of select woodies to try this sale once again. If it goes well, he may come back!

3 - Find fabulous ferns in the Fall! Natives Plus, a new vendor from South Carolina specializing in ferns, will be at the fall sale. If you think it is unusual to find ferns at a fall sale--it is. Ryan Allred has written me that "[Natives Plus] will have more species than we had at the spring sale. Ferns are still looking pretty nice here. We should have a good showing."

4 - More wagons to haul plants! Almost a dozen Radio Flyer wagons for anyone's use to take plants to his/her car or to the plant-sitting area for "drive up and load.'

5 - First-ever Plant Sale T-shirt! Celebrating the 7th Anniversary of the Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale. The T-shirt will be given as door prizes and everyone is eligible just by dropping their name in a jar. We are hoping for unprecedented demand and another print run.

5 Great Reasons to Shop the

Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale