Wardsboro Library’s annual plant sale this weekend

It is a long standing tradition that the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend is plant sale day at the Wardsboro Public Library. This year, that will be May 23, from 9 am to 1 pm, rain or shine. As always, there will be a bake sale tent, and the library’s used book barn will be open as well.

The event, “From Our Gardens to Yours,” is an array of hardy perennials and small shrubs that come from local gardens and are donated by residents to the library for the sale. Additionally, flats of colorful annuals, such as petunias, marigolds, and geraniums, fill the old market cart and trailers out on the lawn. Veteran shoppers at the sale know that the usual sell-outs every year are the coveted and hard-to-find Gilfeather turnip seeds and seedlings, as well as the locally-sourced tomato and herb seedlings.

This year, the library’s trustees have enthusiastic volunteer support for the plant sale from the GROW Garden Club in Wardsboro. Local Master Gardeners from the club will be at the sale all day to answer every buyer’s questions: sun or shade, wetland or dry, tall or low-growing?

All the proceeds from the plant sale, bake sale, and book sale fund programming, books, events, and supplies at the Wardsboro Public Library. The library serves year-round and seasonal residents in Wardsboro, Stratton, Jamaica, and other nearby towns. Go to www.wardsboropubliclibrary.org for more information.