2013 Plantapalooza!

Plantapalooza!

Imagine a huge plant sale with the latest cultivars displayed beside heirloom and tried-and-true plants, just as spring is warming up and you are in the mood to garden. Now add a group of experts to help you with your plant selections – horticulturists, garden curators, UGA professors and Master Gardeners – and multiply that image by three. Welcome to Plantapalooza!, when three plant sales will happen at the University of Georgia in Athens on Saturday, April 6 from 8 am to 2 pm:

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia – 2450 S. Milledge Avenue

The Trial Gardens at UGA – 220 W. Green Street

UGA Horticulture Club – Intersection of College Station Road and Riverbend Road


Each sale offers a different experience and the opportunity to gather plants and information to help grow a beautiful garden. Trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables and more will fill the Visitor Center & Conservatory and its front and back plazas at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, with garden curators, horticulturists, and master gardeners in full force to help. UGA horticulture professors will share their knowledge at the UGA Horticulture Club sale. Allan Armitage will be offering tours and book signings at The Trial Gardens at UGA. All locations have free parking and the State Botanical Garden has a coffee/sandwich shop and garden-themed gift shop. More information is available at 706-542-6014 or plantapalooza.uga.edu.

Participants will receive a 5% discount stamp at each plant sale that can be used at the following local nurseries. All three stamps will add up to a 15% discount on full price plants during normal business hours that weekend:

Cofer’s Home and Garden Showplace     706.353.1519
1145 Mitchell Bridge Road, Athens

www.cofers.com

Goodness Grows     706.743.5055
332 Elberton Road, Lexington
www.goodnessgrows.com

Piccadilly Farms     706.769.6516
1971 Whippoorwill Road, Bishop
www.sites.google.com/site/piccadillyfarm

Specialty Ornamentals     706.310.0143

3650 Colham Ferry Road, Watkinsville
www.specialtyornamentals.com

Thomas Orchards and Nursery     706.769.5011

6091 Macon Highway, Bishop
www.thomasorchardsandnursery.com

Wildwood Specialty Nursery     706.613.3758

4970 Lexington Road, Athens

www.wildwoodspecialtynursery.com

Native Plant Nursery List

You want to use native plants in a gar­den­ing, farm­ing, or res­tor­ing pro­ject but you don’t know where to purchase plants, plugs, stakes, or seeds? Look no fur­ther than our list here! These spe­cialty nurseries and grow­ers and pro­duc­ing qual­ity native plants appro­pri­ate for Georgia and the SE US, and they are fol­low­ing eth­i­cal col­lec­tion and pro­duc­tion guide­lines.


None of the organi­za­tions listed here have pro­vided the State Botanical Garden of Georgia with any finan­cial or other ben­e­fits in order to be included. We offer this resource as a public ser­vice, serv­ing Georgia cit­izens as their State Botanical Garden. We try to keep this list updated. If you have infor­ma­tion to share, we would be inter­ested to hear from you.