CFC taking online orders now for native plant sale

Posted March 16, 2022 11:00 pm

Submitted by Citizens for Conservation

Online ordering for Citizens for Conservation's 26th annual Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sale is available through April 17 on CFC's website, springsale.citizensforconservation.org.

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID precautions, the in-person sale is back and will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, in the Good Shepherd Hospital barn area, 450 W. Hwy. 22 in Lake Barrington. COVID health and safety protocols will be in place.

CFC's sale is one of the largest in the area, offering more than 350 varieties of forbs, ferns, and grasses. This year's sale will also feature a special Mother's Day garden package, which includes an assortment of flowers that will attract butterflies and bees and provide blooms from spring through fall.

Native plants provide many advantages for both gardeners and the environment, and buyers can choose from a huge selection of robust, hardy native plants such as perennials, ferns, sedges, grasses, shrubs and trees. As part of CFC's Milkweed for Monarchs campaign to encourage monarch populations, six species of native milkweed will be available at discounted prices.

But other native plants are essential as well; monarch and other pollinators need flowering native plants as food all season long.

All plants sold are free of neonicotinoid pesticides. To help customers better plan their purchases, CFC's online catalog includes information on plants' color, bloom period, water and sun requirements and size.

Orders are filled on a first-come-first-filled basis, so order early. Pickup date for preorders is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. n Friday, May 6. CFC members will also be able to shop the sale May 6, and members get a 10% discount all days.

To help with plant selection, native plant experts from CFC's Habitat Corridors Program are available for a brief online or phone consultation. Email a request by April 1 to info@habitatcorridors.org with your name and contact information, and a native plant expert will be in touch to set up an appointment. Please include "Native Plant Sale" in the subject line.

For information, contact CFC at cfc@citizensforconservation.org.

Shoppers look over the native plants during a previous Citizens for Conservation's Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sale. After a two-year hiatus, the in-person sale is back and will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday May 7 and 8, in the Good Shepherd Hospital barn area, 450 W. Hwy. 22, Lake Barrington. Courtesy of Citizens for Conservation

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