Support local garden programs at these spring plant sales

This Saturday, April 12, is studded with local plant sales to support Sacramento-area gardens or gardening groups. Here are some highlights:

BUG Spring Sale: The Luther Burbank High School Urban Garden (BUG) presents its rescheduled Spring Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Vegetables, herbs and flowers are all raised by the students of the LBHS Urban Agriculture Academy. This sale is known for its great plants at even better prices.

Burbank High School is located at 3500 Florin Road, Sacramento.

Details: https://www.facebook.com/BurbankUrbanGarden

Elk Grove Garden Club Spring Sale: This very busy group of green thumbs – including some Sacramento County master gardeners – presents its Spring Plant Sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in Elk Grove.

Find vegetables, flowers, herbs, perennials, succulents, unusual plants plus garden crafts, too; cash or check only. Many of the plants were propagated by local master gardeners who are club members.

The sale will be held at 8609 Brodie Court, Elk Grove. Details: https://www.elkgrovegardenclub.org/

ARC Spring Sale: Famous for its plants and plant people, the Horticulture Department of American River College holds its Spring Plant Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

This huge sale features vegetables, annual flowers, succulents, perennials and more – all plants student-grown. Credit cards are accepted, with proceeds benefiting the Horticulture program.

Expect to find some bargains, too.

“Our plants will be priced to sell in order to make room for next year’s propagation students to fill,” say the organizers.

American River College is located at 4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento. The sale is in the Environmental Resource area, northeast corner of campus, just southeast of the new MTC building and south of Parking lot A on Myrtle Avenue.

Details: https://arc.losrios.edu/campus-life/calendar-and-events/event?id=x91656&date=20250501&time=1030

El Dorado County Edibles Sale: At their Sherwood Demonstration Garden, the El Dorado Master Gardeners present two spring plant sales. The first – set for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday – will feature lots of vegetables, especially tomatoes – plus strawberries, herbs and other edible plants. The second sale, scheduled for April 26, will feature trees and ornamentals. Cash or check is preferred, but Visa or Mastercard will be OK for purchases of $25 or more.

Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville. Details: https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardeners-el-dorado-county/central-sierra-el-dorado-county-master-gardener-classes-0