Spring Plant Sale

Benefiting the Washington Park Arboretum

April 2027 (Date TBD)
10 AM – 2 PM
Graham Visitors Center
Free parking and admission

Add new life and beauty to your home by buying trees, shrubs, and perennials at our volunteer-run Cloney-Harris Plant Nursery and Pat Calvert Greenhouse, located next to the Graham Visitors Center.

The sale will feature live music, horticultural demonstrations, environmental education activities, and a community tabling event. We’ll also showcase a fun selection of gardening and nature-themed items from the Arboretum Gift Shop.

Shop with purpose: All purchases benefit our core horticulture, environmental education, and volunteer programs at the Arboretum.

Member Early Access

This year, Arboretum Foundation members will be able to access the plant sale an hour early. Join us at 9am for a complimentary coffee and treat, as well as first pick of the plants at the sale.  

Connect With Community Partners

We’ll also be hosting a community tabling event on the Graham Visitors Center patio. Enjoy fun, nature-themed educational activities and learn about ways to make your home and garden more sustainable. Who’ll be there:

• Washington Native Bee Society
• Puget Sound Mycological Society
• Rainwise
• Elisabeth C. Miller Library
• UW Botanic Gardens Youth and Family Programs
• UW Botanic Gardens Adult Education
• Master Gardeners of King County
• Davey Tree Service

Live Music & Gift Shop Showcase

A regular fixture at Arboretum Foundation events, the wonderfully talented harpist Leslie McMichael will perform during the sale. At checkout, look for a fun selection of gardening items from the Arboretum Gift Shop. These will include Bamboo Fit gloves from Garden Works, hori hori weeding knives from Garden Guru, seed packets from Hudson Valley Seed Company, and our ever-popular pinecone wind chimes.

What you’ll find at the nursery

• Spring-flowering plants such as trilliums, wood anemone, voodoo lillies, and false Solomon’s seal.
• Native ferns, groundcovers, and perennials, such as camas.
• Summer-blooming perennials such as coreopsis, phlox, rudbeckia, and geraniums.
• Young Japanese maples.
• And much more.

What you’ll find at the greenhouse

• A unique selection of young shrubs (hydrangeas, camellias, cistus, osmanthus and much more) and trees propagated from Arboretum collections.
• Perennials and groundcovers for spring, summer, and fall.
• Compact conifers.
• And much more.

Questions about the sale? Email us at info@arboretumfoundation.org.

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