Now that an especially long winter has run its course, spring vegetation is more welcome than ever. A walk through town almost guarantees an eyeful of blossoming trees, but if you want to tend to your own plants, this season is a great time to start. Whether you're a pro gardener or a first-time plant owner, there are dozens of opportunities from now until mid-summer to pick up native flora, perennial flowers, vegetable starters, herbs, and more to grow on your own. Find them all below, ranging from events at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture to the Volunteer Park Conservatory to Moorea Seal, and check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do outside this spring, including the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
APRIL 26-28
Sumner Senior High School
Visit the high school's greenhouse to collect your springtime supply of hanging baskets, vegetable starts, geraniums, and assorted bedding plants.
APRIL 27-28
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Every year, students sell hundreds of crops—like vegetables, herbs, and baskets of fuchsias—for spring gardeners.
Olympic View Elementary School
Browse an assortment of baby vegetables, blooming annuals, perennials, herbs, and other plants that thrive in springtime.
APRIL 27-29
Moorea Seal
Don't have an outdoor garden? Find a perfectly lovely indoor plant at this three-day Swanson's Nursery pop-up. While you decide which leafy friend to take home, enjoy nutritious treats and libations from Pressed Juicery.
Shelton High School
Support agricultural education through the FFA program by showing up at this two-weekend-long spring plant sale.
APRIL 28
Bothell Country Village
Add some color to your plant collection by choosing from 20 varieties of perennial fuchsias.
Cedar Valley Grange Hall
Support Lynnwood's Alderwood Garden Club at their annual plant sale, featuring spring shrubs, veggies, perennials, and much more.
Coupeville Recreation Hall
Purchase spring plants, enter a raffle, and enjoy refreshments.
The Farm at Swan's Trail
Collect locally grown perennials, annuals, herbs, veggie starts, and shrubs to take home and plant.
Lake Forest Park Presbyterian Church
Find dozens and dozens of perennials, annuals, and native plants.
Mercerdale Park
Find a large selection of native trees, shrubs, perennials, and ground covers for your spring garden. Native plant experts will be around to answer all of your gardening questions.
APRIL 29
UW Center For Urban Horticulture
Peruse hard-to-find perennials, as well as classic spring plants, at this sale hosted by the Hardy Plant Society of Washington.
MAY 3-4
Interlake High School
Students will generously sell the annuals, houseplants, mixed hanging baskets, floral arrangements, perennials, vegetables (including one gallon of heirloom tomatoes), and herbs they've worked hard to cultivate.
MAY 4-5
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Every year, students sell hundreds of crops—like vegetables, herbs, and baskets of fuchsias— for spring gardeners.
Sno-Valley Senior Center
Check spring annuals, perennials, shrubs, vegetables, and herbs off your list, and pick up some baked goods while you're at it.
UW Center For Urban Horticulture
Transform the winter dregs of your garden into a fecund bounty of plants by picking up heirloom perennials, rhododendrons, native plants, vegetables, herbs, and "the best tomato choices around" at this Master Gardener Plant Sale.
MAY 4-5 & 18-19
Monroe High School
Spend two weekends shopping for spring plants from the Future Farmers of America.
MAY 5
Bellevue Botanical Garden
Gather armfuls of bright springtime fuchsias.
Crest Learning Center
Support Mercer Island students by purchasing plants they grew in their horticulture program from their very own greenhouse. Plants available for sale will include many varieties of herbs, vegetables, and flowers.
Kubota Garden
The Rainier Valley Japanese garden will sell a variety of plants that can be found on the grounds, including perennials, grasses, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees, Japanese Maples, and dwarf conifers.
Lake Forest Park Elementary School
Lake Forest Park Garden Club will provide their annual melange of perennials, shrubs, bulbs, trees, vegetables, and "garden miscellany" for your spring plant shopping pleasure.
Northwest Stream Center
This sale will offer perennials, shrubs, trees, berries, and grasses, as well as garden art and locally renowned tomatoes.
SeaTac Highline Botanical Garden
April showers will bring many May flowers to this annual plant sale, including fuchsias, roses, irises, and more.
MAY 5-6
Meridian Park
Find organic tomatoes, peppers, squash, corn, and other edible plants that will do very well in your spring garden at this edible plant sale from the Tilth Alliance.
MAY 12
Greater Kent Historical Society and Museum at Bereiter House
Get your spring garden started by picking up some new plants, and browse a selection of donated books, too.
Tukwila Community Center
See presentations from local experts, visit education booths, peruse arts and crafts, and shop for native plants at this wildlife extravaganza.
Volunteer Park Conservatory
Find a variety of houseplants, orchids, cacti, carnivorous plants, tropical plants, and more for your spring plant needs.
MAY 18-19
Monroe High School
Spend two weekends shopping for spring plants from the Future Farmers of America.
JUNE 1-3
Shelton High School
Support agricultural education through the FFA program by showing up at this two-weekend-long spring plant sale.
JUNE 16
Evergreen Arboretum & Gardens
Garden experts will be on hand to answer your plant questions as you shop for new members of your garden.
