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[Sandra Repp <sjr37 AT cornell.edu>]

New Location for Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale (5/14)

Due to ongoing construction at Ithaca High School, this year's annual
Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale will be held at a NEW LOCATION -- the
New York State Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Road (off Rt. 13) in Ithaca -- on
Saturday, May 14 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.  The Armory site includes
ample and easily accessed parking, a large indoor room for gardening
groups, and outdoor space for more than  40 growers and gardening
groups that will participate this year.  Admission is FREE and
visitors are encouraged to bring carts or wagons to aid in transporting
their plant purchases to their cars. 

The Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale features a wide variety of
vendors from our region who offer specialty plants and gardening advice
on topics ranging from growing rock garden plants to selecting native
species for the garden.  Plants for sale include organically grown
and heirloom vegetable transplants, colorful annuals, fragrant herbs,
hanging baskets, small flowering shrubs, hardy roses, fruit crops,
evergreens, and specialty perennials. Master Gardeners from CCE-Tompkins
and other community groups participate in the Fair to raise funds through
plant sales, and to create awareness of their programs. 

For more information, call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County at (607) 272-2292 or email Monika Roth at mr55 AT cornell.edu. 
An up-to-date list of participating growers and groups is available
online at

http://ccetompkins.org/plantsale.

2011 PARTICIPATING VENDORS (as of 4/25/2011)

• A.J. Teeter Farm - veggie transplants
• Bakers' Acres - perennials, herbs, specialty annuals
• Besemer Hill Greenhouses - annuals, perennials
• Blue Heron Farm - certified organic veggie transplants, herbs, annuals
• Cayuga Landscape - perennials, ground covers, shrubs, rock garden/alpine plants, small fruits
• Cheryl's Place - heirloom tomatoes, other veggies, herbs and perennials
• Chickadee Farm - wildflowers
• Coldwater Pond Nursery - ornamental trees and shrubs
• Der Rosenmeister - specialty roses
• Fir Farm - lilacs, conifers, ornamentals
• Graceful Gardens - annuals, perennials, hanging baskets
• Horse Head Woodworks - wooden garden trellises
• Iron Kettle Farm - annuals, hanging baskets
• Judy's Greenhouse - annuals, perennials, hanging baskets
• Little's Greenhouse - annuals, hanging baskets
• Lorraine's Concrete Leaves - garden decoration/concrete birdbaths
• Michaleens Florist and Garden Center - annuals perennials, nursery stock, tropicals, hard goods
• Natural Beginnings - annuals, perennials, shrubs, small fruit, trees, veggie transplants
• Pleasant Valley Gardens - annuals, perennials, baskets, herbs, bromeliads, lilies
• Red Knickers' - herbs and vegetable transplants
• Red Tail Farm - vegetable transplants and annual flowers
• Stony Creek Nursery - annuals, perennials, herbs, small fruits
• The Magic Garden - annuals, perennials, herbs, vines
• The Plantsmen Nursery - native plants
• Thomas Fields - perennials, vegetables, annuals, herbs, hanging baskets, tufa planters
• Tobeytown Nursery - hosta
• Water's Edge - trees, shrubs, perennials, pottery
• West Haven Farm - certified organic vegetable transplants
• White Oak Nursery - native trees & shrubs
• Wilgrow Perennials - perennials and dwarf conifers
• Wilhides North Spencer Market - annuals, vegetable transplants, hanging baskets, small shrubs
• Wolftree Farm - edible flowers, herbs, vegetable transplants

GARDENING GROUPS

• Adirondack Chapter - North American Rock Garden Society - many choice rock garden and woodland plants
• Auraca Herbarists - information
• CCE Tompkins Master Composters - information on how to compost
• CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners - perennials for sale, free soil pH testing and garden literature
• Dewitt Middle School - annual flowers, vegetables & herbs
• Dryden Beautification Brigade - garden tour promotion, tickets
• Fall Creek Garden Collective - information about summer garden tour
• Finger Lakes Beekeepers Club - information on beekeeping, honey production
• Finger Lakes Native Plant Society - native plant seedlings, information
• Ithaca Children's Garden - activities for kids
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Garden Club - 200 geraniums in small pots
• Southern Cayuga Garden Club - perennials, house plants
• Veteran's Sanctuary - perennial edible and medicinal plants

 FOOD

• 4-H Cultural Exchange Club - Club members will sell tacos, fruit, hot dogs, bagels, coffee, juice, soda, water, and baked goods.