Plant Life

More Plant Sales

Hello Dear Readers – Here are three more plants sales on tap.

Kingston Garden Club – Saturday May 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kingston Community Center on Highway 104 just before the ferry terminal.

Holly Ridge Center – Gold Wing Road Rider Association is holding a plant sale on Friday May 10 benefitting Holly Ridge Center. The sale will be at the Rocky Point Fire Station (1550 Rocky Point Road in Bremerton) from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Also not to be missed on May 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is the Heronswood open garden and plant sale presented by the Port Gamble S’Klallam Foundation. Entrance to Heronswood is at 7530 NE 288th in Kingston; gates will close at 4 p.m. Visitors will take self guided tours of the garden. Nurseries on site with lots of plants for sale are: Windcliff, Far Reaches, Colvos Creek, Sundquist, Naylor Creek, Friendly Natives, Dragonfly, Foxglove, Chimicum Woods, Celestial Dreams, Keeping It Green, Desert Northwest, and Rhododendron Species Foundation. Featured speakers will be Dan Hinkley, Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken.

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Don’t miss the Bloedel Reserve Premier Plant Sale and Open House on Saturday April 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission to the Reserve is free both days. There will also be lectures by Dan Hinkley and Kelly Dodson.

For complete details visit www.bloedelreserve.org.

Plants at the sale have been propagated and grown at Bloedel Reserve and by these premier Northwest growers: Dan Hinkley, Hardy Fern Fundation, Sundquist Nursery, Far Reaches Farm, Naylor Creek Nursery, Desert Northwest, Steamboat Island Nursery, Keeping It Green, Mesogeo Garden, Chimicum Woods, Bambu-U, Dragonfly Farms, and Rhododendron Species Foundation.

This is a not to be missed event. You will also have the option of strollng the Reserve. It’s a lovely time of year to dodge the rain and enjoy the charm of the Bloedel Reserve and the verdant plantings throughout this treasure right here in our own backyard.

For a list of other upcoming plant sales see my Plant Life column dated April 16, 2011 in Saturday’s Kitsap Sun.

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Don’t forget this weekend is a weekend of lots of plant sales: Poulsbo Garden Club (May 8), Hansville Garden Club at Buck Lake (May 8), Master Gardener Plant Sale at the Van Zee Building at the Fairgrounds (May 7 and 8), Bainbridge Garden Club (May 8) and a new plant sale at the Fire Hall on Rocky Point in Bremerton (May 8). If you’re too busy this weekend there’s a plant sale on May 22 in Port Orchard.

Here’s the list of plant sales, locations and times:

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April and May brings plant sales to benefit local garden clubs and the Master Gardener Foundation of Kitsap County. Here’s the schedule so far:

April 2 & 3 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. -Kitsap Dahlia Society at Crystal Grange, 2160 NE Paulson Road

April 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. & April 24 from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. -Central Valley Garden Club, at Central Valley Community Hall, 10200 Central Valley Road

May 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. & May 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Master Gardener Foundation of Kitsap County, at Van Zee Building at the Kitsap Fairgrounds

May 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Bainbridge Island Garden Club – Ace Hardware, Hwy 305 and High School Rd, Bainbridge

May 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Evergreen Garden Club – Olympia Savings Bank, Drive Through, Belfair

May 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Poulsbo Garden Club – NW Design Center, Hwy 305 and Hostmark, Poulsbo

May 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Long Lake Garden Club – 619 Bay Street, Port Orchard (across form Kitsap Bank)

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