The Marion Garden Group is hosting its bi-annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 14 from 9 am to 12 noon, at Bicentennial Park, located across the street from the Marion Art Center.
The plant sale is a wonderful community service, providing a wide variety of plants at fabulously low prices. Plants will range from as little as $3 to $10.
Members have been digging, dividing and repotting a wide selection of beautiful perennial plants, herbs and shrubs that have thrived in their local gardens as well as in the town gardens sponsored by the garden group. In addition, a wonderful selection of popular herbs and veggies have been started by Chrissy Maier especially for the sale.
“We have a generous supply of hardy and well-established plants,” reports Liz Hatch, President of the Marion Garden Group. They include lilies, daisies, trees, ornamental grasses, astilbes, russian sage, mums, iris, hydrangea, roses, sedum and ferns and much more!
“How wonderful that these plants,” says Ms. Hatch, “will provide years of continued enjoyment. They have been proven to thrive in our coastal climate and sandy soil. What a pleasure to prepare these plants to share with our neighbors at such an affordable price. It certainly is a community service and labor of love to bring this to the townspeople.”
Plant information and pictures will be provided for most of the varieties for sale. In addition, there will be an informational component to warn and inform about one of our biggest dangers in Marion – Ticks! Come buy and learn!
The plant sale has been a popular event, typically selling out quickly. Mark your calendar and come early.
All proceeds from the Marion Garden Group sale benefit the town. The Marion Garden Group plants and maintains the window boxes and planters throughout the village, they have established and maintain many lushly landscaped garden beds for the town and support many local worthy causes, all for the benefit of the town. Please come out and support our initiatives to do more for the town.
Round out your day after shopping at the plant sale by attending a SouthCoast Spring Arts @ the MAC event! The Marion Art Center is offering an outdoor Paint & Sip Workshop on Saturday, May 14 from 1-3pm (cost is $30.) Paint your very own version of a gorgeous sunflower, led by artist Barbara Healy while sampling some great wines along the way! In the evening, you can attend a Jazz Jam in the MAC Theater from 7-9:30 pm (tickets just $12.) Improvising musicians interpret jazz standards in various style formats, led by trombonist Phil Sanborn. Join as a participating musician, or come to listen in the audience! The MAC is located at 80 Pleasant Street, Marion. See the full 10-day schedule of Spring Arts @ the MAC events and register online at marionartcenter.org/scspringarts.
The non-profit organization welcomes donations to help support its mission. Contact them at Marion Garden Group, PO Box 403, Marion, MA 02738 or visit their website at: www.mariongardengroup.org.