The Garden Club of Buzzards Bay will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 12from 9:00 am to noon at St. Mary’s Parish Center, 783 Dartmouth Street, Dartmouth. Members have been propagating and nurturing plants all winter at the club’s greenhouse and will offer a wide variety of annuals and perennials at very reasonable prices. There will be more than 10 varieties of coleus; scented, variegated and unusual geraniums; a wide selection of succulents in interesting containers; herbs and tomatoes (mostly heirlooms); and perennials from members’ gardens, some of the finest plant collections on the Southcoast. The event is free and open to the public.
The GCBB uses proceeds from the sale to fund community projects, including grants, scholarships and maintenance of three gardens and the greenhouse at the Rotch Jones Duff Garden and Museum in New Bedford. The club has awarded more than $40,000 over the past decade to small projects that promote gardening and conservation. Money has been used to support food bank gardens, help school gardening programs, and create several butterfly gardens in the area, as well as several other projects.
Approximately 600 New Bedford fourth graders will come to the RJD the first week in May for the club’s Backyard Botany program. The program is now in its 30th year and is a hands-on way to discover the importance of pollinators and see array of plants in the greenhouse.
The club also runs a Trunk Show in August. This year, more than 20 vendors will display their wide variety of goods at the Wamsutta Club, New Bedford in August.