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Browse the online selection and with just a few clicks you can create breathtaking gardens to enjoy with friends and family.  Don’t delay, buy today!  Plants go fast and may not be here tomorrow!
Click here for the online plant list.

Every purchase you make at the Fayette Cares plant sale shows you care for neighbors in need.

Order by April 13th
Drive-thru pick up April 17th from 9 am – 2 pm
West Jr. High School, Oakland, TN

Hydrangeas continue to be a very popular woody ornamental genus. Widely grown in many coastal settings and increasingly in interior locations they create something special in so many gardens. Experienced hydrangea gardeners along with those new to hydrangeas are often confused over the abundant but often incorrect and misleading pruning information found online regarding hydrangeas.

Mal’s discussion will cover a broad range of best practices for pruning our much-loved H. macrophylla species from the technical perspective to the all important ‘dirt under your finger nails’ issues.
His seasonal step approach will cover the following:
Step 1 – Regenerative Pruning
Step 2 – Detail Pruning
Step 3 – Summer Pinch Pruning

A lifelong gardener, Mal Condon, has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 40 years. An engineer by education and profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of the genus – always searching for new and better plants, evaluating their landscape performance, and finding superior ways to produce and grow them.
His Hydrangea Farm Nursery on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts was a well-known specialty nursery featuring one of the largest hydrangea collections in the Northeast. In 2014, he ‘retired’ and relocated to Cape Cod, where he continues his passion creating another significant garden. Mal frequently shares his many hydrangea learning’s with garden clubs, horticultural associations, and plant societies – in the USA and other hydrangea-centric locations worldwide.

He is currently the Curator of Hydrangeas at Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, MA and totally involved with the continuing expansion of the Garden’s significant collections, including the North American Hydrangea Test Garden and The Cape Cod Hydrangea Society’s Display Garden

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The Dixon plant sale is back this year!

The sale will feature a wide range of plants from difficult-to-find natives to choice shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Shoppers have an opportunity to choose from an excellent selection of native azaleas, ferns, and other shade perennials appropriate for the Memphis area, as well as herbaceous and Itoh peonies.

To address COVID-19 concerns, the number of shoppers admitted throughout the day will be limited to enable social distancing. To guarantee entry, you should register for a shopping time slot in advance. Otherwise, you may have to wait until capacity allows additional shoppers.

Click here to see the list of plants available!

Reservations are encouraged | Click here to reserve your time.

Please read carefully for the dates and times for this sale.

Beautify your garden with hearty, healthy plants grown right here in Memphis by horticulture experts. Thousands of plants will be available for sale at Lichterman Nature Center beginning April 16 via both online ordering, and on-site shopping by appointment. All plants are propagated onsite using environmentally sustainable horticultural practices, and potted in 100% recycled growing containers.  Our plants will be available for sale at Lichterman Nature Center beginning April 16 via both online ordering, and on-site shopping by appointment. All plants are propagated onsite using environmentally sustainable horticultural practices, and potted in 100% recycled growing containers.   

Our plants are predominantly native to the Mid-South. This sale features great butterfly plants like milkweeds and coneflowers, and a variety of shade plants.  We’ll have a special selection of two-year-old plants that will leap into full glory the first year in the ground.  We’ll also offer popular nonnatives like fuchsia, salvia and succulents, as well as annual flowers, vegetables and herbs.   

Click for list of plants for sale.

Online plant order/on site pick up will be available from Friday, April 16 through Saturday, May 29, 2021.  

Days for onsite shopping by appointment: 

Friday, April 16 – appointment times between 9 am and 4 pm.   

Saturday, April 17 – appointment times between 9 am and 4 pm.   

Saturday, May 15 –  – appointment times between 9 am and 2 pm.   

On-site shopping reservations will be accepted beginning April 1.

MEMBERS: Reservations will be accepted beginning March 27 for Members.

To request your on-site Plant Sale appointment:

Email Nature.Reservations@memphistn.gov  

Or call 901.636.2211 between 11 am and 2 pm. Tuesday through Saturday. 

When the forms are posted online, please follow these simple steps to get these amazing plants into your garden: 

1.   Use the Order Form to let us know how many of each type of plant you want.

Quantities are limited.  Orders will be filled “first come, first served” based on date of payment 

The Plant Information & Image File contains images and descriptive information about each plant offered for sale 

2.   Our Reservations Desk will contact you to arrange credit card payment for your order and email you a receipt with pick-up time.   

Pick up times will be from 9 am until noon, Tuesday through Saturday.   

The number of orders available for pick up at one time will be a determined in accordance with Shelby County Health Department directives 

This socially distanced sale will end on May 29. 

3.   Drive to Lichterman Nature Center at the designated day and time.  Place your receipt in your windshield (or show to Plant Loader on your mobile device) 

4.   Open your trunk, and we will load your plants in corrugated cardboard trays.  

5.   Enjoy your plants! 

Plant Sale revenue directly supports environmental education in our community! 

The Dixon plant sale is back this year!

The sale will feature a wide range of plants from difficult-to-find natives to choice shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Shoppers have an opportunity to choose from an excellent selection of native azaleas, ferns, and other shade perennials appropriate for the Memphis area, as well as herbaceous and Itoh peonies.

To address COVID-19 concerns, the number of shoppers admitted throughout the day will be limited to enable social distancing. To guarantee entry, you should register for a shopping time slot in advance. Otherwise, you may have to wait until capacity allows additional shoppers.

Click here to see the list of plants available!

Reservations are encouraged | Click here to reserve your time

The Spring Plant Sale at the Garden Returns for all of your Garden Needs this April and May!

In-Person Shopping:

April 22-24, 9am to 5pm, AND April 26-30, 10am to 2pm

MBG’s largest plant sale of the year features a huge assortment of sun and shade annuals, perennials, tropicals, herbs, shrubs, and trees, plus specialty garden items by local artisans.

Shoppers can choose from thousands of plants carefully curated for the sale and well-suited to thrive in the Mid-South climate, including many from the Garden’s greenhouses.

Shoppers can look forward to a wide variety of hostas and ferns, unusual varieties of begonias, hydrangeas, drift roses, houseplants, herbs, vegetables, small fruit, and so much more. It truly is a one-stop-shop for spring garden needs!

Our expert horticultural staff and Master Gardener volunteers will be on hand at the sale to answer any questions as well as help customers with suggestions about plantings in their own gardens and offer advice on plant care and maintenance.

All purchases benefit the Memphis Botanic Garden.

Did you know? Memphis Botanic Garden Members receive a 10% discount on plant sale purchases. Not a Member? Learn more and join today by clicking here. 

The event is free and open to the public, but shopping entry is only guaranteed with an advanced reservation. Those without reservations may have to wait until capacity allows additional shoppers.

MBG Members will have first dibs to sign-up for shopping entry time slots beginning Monday, April 12. The reservation sign-up opens to the general public on Friday, April 16. In-person shopping will take place April 22-24 and April 26-30.

Click here to get the reservation invite delivered to your inbox by signing-up for MBG emails.

Online Shop Open: May 5-28

The link to our online shop will be available here beginning May 5 as well as emailed to our email subscribers.

Changes to accommodate COVID-19 concerns include capacity limitations, encouraging social distancing, mandatory masks for shoppers, staff, and volunteers, and online reservations available for shopping entry time slots.

The Spring Plant Sale at the Garden Returns for all of your Garden Needs this April and May!

In-Person Shopping:

April 22-24, 9am to 5pm, AND April 26-30, 10am to 2pm

MBG’s largest plant sale of the year features a huge assortment of sun and shade annuals, perennials, tropicals, herbs, shrubs, and trees, plus specialty garden items by local artisans.

Shoppers can choose from thousands of plants carefully curated for the sale and well-suited to thrive in the Mid-South climate, including many from the Garden’s greenhouses.

Shoppers can look forward to a wide variety of hostas and ferns, unusual varieties of begonias, hydrangeas, drift roses, houseplants, herbs, vegetables, small fruit, and so much more. It truly is a one-stop-shop for spring garden needs!

Our expert horticultural staff and Master Gardener volunteers will be on hand at the sale to answer any questions as well as help customers with suggestions about plantings in their own gardens and offer advice on plant care and maintenance.

All purchases benefit the Memphis Botanic Garden.

Did you know? Memphis Botanic Garden Members receive a 10% discount on plant sale purchases. Not a Member? Learn more and join today by clicking here. 

The event is free and open to the public, but shopping entry is only guaranteed with an advanced reservation. Those without reservations may have to wait until capacity allows additional shoppers.

MBG Members will have first dibs to sign-up for shopping entry time slots beginning Monday, April 12. The reservation sign-up opens to the general public on Friday, April 16. In-person shopping will take place April 22-24 and April 26-30.

Click here to get the reservation invite delivered to your inbox by signing-up for MBG emails.

Online Shop Open: May 5-28

The link to our online shop will be available here beginning May 5 as well as emailed to our email subscribers.

Changes to accommodate COVID-19 concerns include capacity limitations, encouraging social distancing, mandatory masks for shoppers, staff, and volunteers, and online reservations available for shopping entry time slots.

Please read carefully for the dates and times for this sale.

Beautify your garden with hearty, healthy plants grown right here in Memphis by horticulture experts. Thousands of plants will be available for sale at Lichterman Nature Center beginning April 16 via both online ordering, and on-site shopping by appointment. All plants are propagated onsite using environmentally sustainable horticultural practices, and potted in 100% recycled growing containers.  Our plants will be available for sale at Lichterman Nature Center beginning April 16 via both online ordering, and on-site shopping by appointment. All plants are propagated onsite using environmentally sustainable horticultural practices, and potted in 100% recycled growing containers.   

Our plants are predominantly native to the Mid-South. This sale features great butterfly plants like milkweeds and coneflowers, and a variety of shade plants.  We’ll have a special selection of two-year-old plants that will leap into full glory the first year in the ground.  We’ll also offer popular nonnatives like fuchsia, salvia and succulents, as well as annual flowers, vegetables and herbs.   

Click for list of plants for sale.

Online plant order/on site pick up will be available from Friday, April 16 through Saturday, May 29, 2021.  

Days for onsite shopping by appointment: 

Friday, April 16 – appointment times between 9 am and 4 pm.   

Saturday, April 17 – appointment times between 9 am and 4 pm.   

Saturday, May 15 –  – appointment times between 9 am and 2 pm.   

On-site shopping reservations will be accepted beginning April 1.

MEMBERS: Reservations will be accepted beginning March 27 for Members.

To request your on-site Plant Sale appointment:

Email Nature.Reservations@memphistn.gov  

Or call 901.636.2211 between 11 am and 2 pm. Tuesday through Saturday. 

When the forms are posted online, please follow these simple steps to get these amazing plants into your garden: 

1.   Use the Order Form to let us know how many of each type of plant you want.

Quantities are limited.  Orders will be filled “first come, first served” based on date of payment 

The Plant Information & Image File contains images and descriptive information about each plant offered for sale 

2.   Our Reservations Desk will contact you to arrange credit card payment for your order and email you a receipt with pick-up time.   

Pick up times will be from 9 am until noon, Tuesday through Saturday.   

The number of orders available for pick up at one time will be a determined in accordance with Shelby County Health Department directives 

This socially distanced sale will end on May 29. 

3.   Drive to Lichterman Nature Center at the designated day and time.  Place your receipt in your windshield (or show to Plant Loader on your mobile device) 

4.   Open your trunk, and we will load your plants in corrugated cardboard trays.  

5.   Enjoy your plants! 

Plant Sale revenue directly supports environmental education in our community! 

The Spring Plant Sale at the Garden Returns for all of your Garden Needs this April and May!

MBG’s largest plant sale of the year features a huge assortment of sun and shade annuals, perennials, tropicals, herbs, shrubs, and trees, plus specialty garden items by local artisans.

Shoppers can choose from thousands of plants carefully curated for the sale and well-suited to thrive in the Mid-South climate, including many from the Garden’s greenhouses.

Shoppers can look forward to a wide variety of hostas and ferns, unusual varieties of begonias, hydrangeas, drift roses, houseplants, herbs, vegetables, small fruit, and so much more. It truly is a one-stop-shop for spring garden needs!

Our expert horticultural staff and Master Gardener volunteers will be on hand at the sale to answer any questions as well as help customers with suggestions about plantings in their own gardens and offer advice on plant care and maintenance.

All purchases benefit the Memphis Botanic Garden.

Did you know? Memphis Botanic Garden Members receive a 10% discount on plant sale purchases. Not a Member? Learn more and join today by clicking here. 

Online Shop Open: May 5-28

The link to our online shop will be available here beginning May 5 as well as emailed to our email subscribers.

Changes to accommodate COVID-19 concerns include capacity limitations, encouraging social distancing, mandatory masks for shoppers, staff, and volunteers, and online reservations available for shopping entry time slots.

The Annual Cooper-Young Garden Walk is a self-guided tour of 80-plus inspiring and imaginative urban gardens and green spaces in the historic Cooper-Young neighborhood of Memphis. Visitors will see edibles, chickens, beehives, artist studios and water features. The event also features garden speakers and art vendors.

The Annual Cooper-Young Garden Walk is a self-guided tour of 80-plus inspiring and imaginative urban gardens and green spaces in the historic Cooper-Young neighborhood of Memphis. Visitors will see edibles, chickens, beehives, artist studios and water features. The event also features garden speakers and art vendors.