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Medfield Garden Club's Annual Spring Plant Sale is Saturday

Garden Club's annual plant sale keeps Medfield blooming.

The Medfield Garden Club’s annual Spring Plant Sale – a town tradition that is now nearly four decades old – will be held Saturday, May 19 at the Unitarian Church on North Street.

The perennials at this year’s plant sale “are terrific and attractively priced,” according to Medfield Garden Club organizers.

“[However], the best part about supporting the sale is that the proceeds get plowed directly into those colorful planters and islands all around town, according to the garden club.

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The annual spring sale is one of two Medfield Garden Club fundraisers held during the year and it’s the proceeds from the sale that allow the club to maintain nearly 20 roadside gardens all around town. The sale is this Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Unitarian Church on North Street.

Over the years, the sale has changed with the town, according to Medfield Garden Club chair Nancy Tella.

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“There was a time when you thought, ‘Garden Club plant sale … oh, yes, geraniums,’” Tella said.  “Now we focus on perennials.”

And those perennials are anything but run-of-the-mill, Tella explains. 

“Are you looking for bearded or Siberian iris? Astilbe?  What color?  Chances are, we’ve got it,” Tella said. “These are the plants that grow in our members’ gardens. Our members are meticulous about dividing plants for this sale and over-wintering them carefully. What we sell is New England weather tested and gardener approved.” 

Tella says you will also find ground covers, edibles, native plants and even saplings of ornamental trees.  For more information, visit the horticultural information table and have your questions answered by a Certified Master Gardener. If you want to improve your soil and reduce landfill waste then you can also pick up an Earth Machine composter for your backyard.

Proceeds of the sale fund the wayside gardens - now numbering 19 - that dot Medfield and are planted and maintained by the club’s members. 

“The money we make on the sale allows us to purchase thousands of dollars of flowers and plants each year for our public spaces, and to maintain and expand the plantings at places like the Medfield Police and Fire Station,” said Club president Debbie Gaines.  “Supporting the sale is a great way to keep Medfield blooming.”


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