Press Release: It must be spring! Time for Mass Hort’s Gardeners’ Fair

The Mass Hort's Gardeners' Fair and Plant Sale is on Saturday, May 14. 

Vendors will be on site, offering everything you need to plan, dig, plant, and enjoy your home garden space. Allandale Farm, Boston's oldest working farm will bring a wide selection of heirloom and hybrid tomato plants grown right on the farm! Peppers, eggplants, cucumbers and other starter plants will also be available.

The Gardeners’ Fair will take place Saturday, May 14, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s The Gardens at Elm Bank, Route 16, in Wellesley. The Gardeners' Fair is an opportunity to find rare and unusual perennials, trees and shrubs; ready-to-plant herbs and vegetables; and tomato varieties by the dozens. It's also a chance to hear talks by experts, find unique garden tools, garden ornaments and accessories, as well as other gardening necessities. The fair will feature tomatoes by Allandale Farm, the Herb Society Plant Sale and over 20 vendors.  Admission is $5 per car for the general public, free for Mass Hort members.

The Gardeners’ Fair provides fun and shopping for the whole family. Mass Hort will sponsor daily children’s programs and garden tours. The Wellesley Band will play at 1:00 p.m., and a truck will be on site for lunch and snack. The New England Unit of the Herb Society garden activities will include tours at 9:00 a.m., tours at noon, family-oriented workshops, Fairy Houses at 10:00 a.m., and Herbal Seed Starting at 1:00 p.m.

Vendors from around New England will be here selling plants and garden supplies to help you get your garden and yard ready for the summer. This year’s vendors include: Allandale Farm, NE Unit Herb Society of America, New England Daylily Society, American Rhododendron Society MA Chapter, Slug Shield, Lorelei's, Iron Arts, The Warren Farm and Sugarhouse, MDAR,  Deborah's Kitchen, Stonegate Farm and Flowers,  New England Hosta Society, American Conifer Society, Greystone Garden, Teaberry Garden, Horizon Line Ceramic, Copper Cuties, Lakonia Greek Products, Elwell Associates, Stephen Proctor Ceramics, the Miniature Plant Society, and James Hardie Building Products.

Massachusetts Horticultural Society and The Gardens at Elm Bank are located at 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, MA 02482. 

For more information, please visit: http://www.masshort.org/Gardeners-Fair.