What's New This Year?

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Looking for plants on the website: Each plant has its own page on the site, with photos of over 80 percent of the plants. You can plan your shopping online by adding them to “your list.” You can save the list, print it, or email it to bring to the sale. Remember, you cannot order online. The plants on the site at this time are our 2011 sale list. We will update to the 2012 list during the last week in March at the same time that our paper catalog goes to the printer.

We open at 9:00 on Friday: This change was made in 2011 to give you two more hours to shop. All other hours remain the same as last year.

The main gate will be OPEN: The Living Green Expo has returned to the weekend before the plant sale, so traffic around the Fair should be a bit less crazy this year.

Sunday discount: As of 2011, all plants are 1/3 off on Sunday from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. As you know, all money raised supports the Friends School scholarship fund.

The Garden Fair will be in the same place as last year: The new location of the Garden Fair worked out really well in the big grassy area between the Midway parking lot and the Grandstand. There's more room for people to wait in the morning before we open, and more space for the Garden Fair. If you buy something big or heavy at the Garden Fair, you can leave it with the seller while you shop at the Plant Sale, then load it into your car at the same time you get your plants. More about the Garden Fair here.

Rare Plants booth: Rare Plants moved in 2011, and it will remain in the same spot for 2012. It’s now straight ahead as you come in the main door. It will ­continue to serve a limited number of shoppers at a time, but it will now have its own cashier. After paying, you can take your rare plants with you instead of returning to pick them up, as in the past.

Bulbs & Bareroots: As in 2011, the Bulbs & Bareroots is  located along the left (west) side of the Perennials section. Look there for any perennials listed as Bulbs & Bareroots: lilies, daylilies, some iris and bleeding hearts, and a few others.