Shepard Center hosts huge Spring Sale

Where will you find gardeners – and garden clubs – this spring? Shepard Garden and Arts Center in Sacramento’s McKinley Park. Why? Because of the excellent sales and flower shows the center hosts!

Also, the center is the hub for Sacramento gardening and crafts clubs, which use the center as their official clubhouse. It’s the place to learn more about specialty gardening from perennials to succulents to carnivorous plants.

This weekend, sample those clubs (along with their favorite plants) at one of the center’s most popular spring events.

Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15, the garden and arts center hosts its annual Spring Sale, featuring the more than two dozen clubs that call Shepard home.

Shop for plants, flowers, crafts, jewelry, books, garden art and more at this huge event. Bring your dull knives and garden tools for sharpening (for a small donation).

Among the featured plants for sale will be cymbidium orchids – which are now coming into bloom – from the Sacramento Valley Cymbidium Society. The club also will offer orchid potting mix, pots and free expertise.

Looking for a new hobby or gardening advice? This event is also a great chance to learn more about local garden and crafts clubs that meet at Shepard Center.

Sale hours are 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking are free.

March kick-starts the Shepard spring calendar, but April is when floral events really get into gear – along with spring flowers. Upcoming Shepard Center events (each with long histories) include: the 66th annual Sacramento Spring Bonsai Show and Sale (April 11-12), presented by the American Bonsai Association, Sacramento; the 75th annual Sacramento Iris Show and Sale (April 18-19); and the 78th annual Sacramento Rose Show (April 25), including a sale of cut roses, rose photos and potted plants.

Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. For details and directions: https://www.sgaac.org/.