Get ready to garden: Belfast Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale is Saturday

BELFAST — Gardeners ready to refresh their landscapes will find more than 1,000 plants to choose from at the Belfast Garden Club’s annual plant sale Memorial Day Weekend.

The highly anticipated yearly event is Saturday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at Steamboat Landing and the Belfast Boathouse, 34 Commercial Street. Shoppers will find everything they need to brighten up their garden beds: perennials, annuals, herbs, shrubs, and pollinating natives such as swamp milkweed, wild geranium, and mountain mint.

“Our annual plant sale kicks off the gardening season for so many residents in Waldo County,” said Belfast Garden Club President Lexa Clifford. “We always appreciate their energetic support of our mission.”

The plant sale assembles in one place select donations from Midcoast Maine’s most respected nurseries and garden centers. These include Aubuchon Hardware, Bahner Farm, Barley Joe Farm, Bloomin’ Root Nursery (formerly Carol’s Collectibles), Brambles, Crystal Lake Farm & Nursery, Debby Smith Gardening, Evergreen Valley Farm, Fernwood Nursery & Gardens, Fire Flower Garden, Guini Ridge Farm & Garden Center, Hammond Lumber Company, Honey Petal Plants, Peacemeal Farm, Plants Unlimited, Rebel Hill Farm, Rooted Elements, Tractor Supply, and Villageside Farm.

A significant number of four and six-pack selections will be coming from the club’s own greenhouse initiative at McKay Farm and Research Station in Thorndike. This year’s offerings include a diverse array of flowers, herbs and vegetables, hardened off and ready to go right into your garden.

The sale also includes garden-related items such as tools, books, plant stakes and statuary. The club is especially grateful this year to be able to offer contents from the garden shed of Richard Howland (Dick) Swain, the locally beloved teacher, librarian, musician and gardener who passed away in January.

The garden club’s annual plant sale is one of its most important fundraisers. Proceeds support school programs, camp scholarships, library donations, and Belfast’s public gardens.

Founded in 1928, the Belfast Garden Club promotes the knowledge and love of gardening, the protection of native flora and fauna, and the beauty of Belfast’s public places.  For more information, visit www.belfastgardenclub.org.