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Boulder spring plant sales: it’s on!

Carol O’Meara, gardening columnist and host of stellar gardening in Colorado tips videos, pulled together a list of Denver/Boulder-area plant sales, and here are the Boulder ones:

Boulder Garden Club plant sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Eisenhower School, 1220 Eisenhower Dr., Boulder. Homegrown perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, and trees from the oldest garden club in Colorado. Supersizing the sale with the addition of the Boulder Orchid Society table of orchids, you’ll find unique plants and good advice from the staff at the event. Proceeds go toward supporting the club’s civic projects in Boulder and their international projects.

Growing Gardens community plant sale, Saturday, May 8 and 15, hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Held at the Growing Gardens greenhouse, 1630 Hawthorn Ave. in Boulder, the event offers thousands of vegetable seedlings, plus annuals and perennials. Benefits Growing Gardens programming, such as Cultiva! Youth Project, Able Gardening, and community gardens.

Boulder Culinary Gardeners plant sale, May 15, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bickell Sheep Farm, 988 North 75th St., Boulder. Edible plants, vegetable seedlings and perennials are offered. Meet other gardeners interested in growing food, and bring used pots for recycling.

National Wildlife Federation native plant sale, May 15, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 2260 Baseline Road, Boulder (Southwest corner of Broadway and Baseline). A great place to find native plants to provide food for birds and wildlife. All purchases will help NWF employees participate in RTD’s Eco Pass program, to reduce their carbon footprint. For information, contact rmnrc@nwf.org.

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