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The WSU San Juan County
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The Spring Plant Sale is an eagerly anticipated island institution, offering thousands of unique vegetable starts and landscape perennials every May.
Master Gardeners grow all of the perennials in their gardens, so they’re “island-adapted” to our unique maritime climate. Each year’s selections include groundcovers, perennial flowers, ornamental grasses and small shrubs, with many native plants.
Vegetable varieties are those we love for their wonderful flavors and dependability in our short summers, and nearly all are heirlooms or open pollinated varieties not available elsewhere. We have “Arc of Taste” heirlooms, a living catalog of delicious and distinctive food; Master Gardener “taste test” winners; a large number of cherry tomatoes; and veggies that work well in small gardens or containers.
All plants are affordably priced, and proceeds from the sale are used to support Master Gardener programs such as the Demonstration Garden at the Mullis Center, and this sale. The Demonstration Garden provides over 1,500 pounds of produce every year for the Food Bank. Funds also support plant Diagnostic Clinics on Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Islands.
Master Gardeners grow all of the perennials in their gardens, so they’re “island-adapted” to our unique maritime climate. Each year’s selections include groundcovers, perennial flowers, ornamental grasses and small shrubs, with many native plants.
Vegetable varieties are those we love for their wonderful flavors and dependability in our short summers, and nearly all are heirlooms or open pollinated varieties not available elsewhere. We have “Arc of Taste” heirlooms, a living catalog of delicious and distinctive food; Master Gardener “taste test” winners; a large number of cherry tomatoes; and veggies that work well in small gardens or containers.
All plants are affordably priced, and proceeds from the sale are used to support Master Gardener programs such as the Demonstration Garden at the Mullis Center, and this sale. The Demonstration Garden provides over 1,500 pounds of produce every year for the Food Bank. Funds also support plant Diagnostic Clinics on Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Islands.