WARDSBORO, Vt. – It has been a longstanding annual tradition that the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend is the day of the plant sale at the Wardsboro Public Library. This year, the sale will be held on Saturday, May 23, at 9 a.m., rain or shine, and will run until 1 p.m. There is always 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 residents have taken from their own gardens and donated 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 library lawn. Veteran shoppers at the sale know that the usual sellouts 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 are 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. For more information, visit www.wardsboropubliclibrary.org.