CHAPTER PLANT SALES

CHAPTER PLANT SALES
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The California native wildflower seeds that SacValley CNPS is stocked for this Fall are: Baby Blue Eyes, Blue Bells, California Poppy, Chinese Houses, Five Spot, Globe Gilia, lupines, Goldfields, Tidy Tips, and wildflower mix (annuals and perennials). We don't stock CA native grass seed, but you can buy from several companies in CA. I buy seed from Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply, groworganic.com.

September 22, 2007 FALL PLANT SALE
There are a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for about 40-50 people. You can coordinate efforts or be a team member, use plant expertise or volunteer for one of the support positions, and there are both presale and day-of-sale activities. Take a minute
to see where you might fit in, and then give us a call. If you'll be out of town for the sale, consider helping out ahead of time.

Our Sac Valley CNPS Fall Plant Sales are held at the
Shepard Garden and Arts Center in McKinley Park:
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento.

Spice Bush photo by Steve Woodward

Plant information cards -- Presale activity. Wonderful native plants don't sell without an information card. We now have a database to add to, we're looking for pictures to print on the cards and the cards need to be laminated.
Plant sale layout and set up - Presale activity. Design the layout and get your workout moving plants: no need to go to the gym.
Food - Presale and day-of-sale activity. Good food makes for happy volunteers and vendors!
Sales and cashiers - Day-of-sale activity. Money makes the world go around and supports preservation of native plants.
Plant experts - Day-of-sale activity. Help answer questions on planting and care of native plants and what works where.
Landscape design consultations - Day-of-sale activity. Very popular program that helps people get the right plants for the right place. Several Board members are doing their part with Books, Teeshirts, Membership, and Coordinating the Nurseries.

Give Chris Lewis a call and let us know how you can help!
916 482-5282 or lewisc@surewest.net.

Our chapter's native plant sales are a great way for you to connect with the best and brightest local native plant gardeners, growers, horticulturalists, eco-landscapers. In addition, the chapter plant sales are also our primary source of income. We look forward to connecting with you at any one of the upcoming native plant sales listed below.

GENERAL PLANT SALES:

ALL THINGS WILD Featuring California native plants, wildlife structures, habitat and wildlife consulting, and, assorted nature products. Check out their flyer (pdf)

CORNFLOWER FARMS Cornflower farms is taking a "break" this year from second Saturday plant sales. Their native plant stock is only available at community events and plant sales. For more information, please visit their site.

HARTLAND NURSERY - first and third Friday and Saturday of the month (April-October), 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Hartland Nursery (near Walnut Grove) specializes in growing plants native to Northern California's Central Valley and plants that thrive in our Mediterranean climate zone of cool, rainy winters followed by hot, dry summers. During the Spring we also offer seasonal vegetable and annual flowering plants, including heirlooms, for your summer garden. The nursery grounds have demonstration gardens that showcase many of our natives and plants of special interest to entice the adventurous gardener. For more information, visit their site.

LAS PILITAS - Friday & Saturday & Mail Order Too 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Las Pilitas (Santa Maragita) was started in San Luis Obispo in 1974 and moved to Santa Margarita in 1978. The nursery has an overall footprint of about nine acres with a one-acre demonstration garden around the house. They have a thriving mail order business and an on-site nursery for those who want to come and visit. For more info about the nursery, current plant list and mail order process, and much more visit their site.