Hays County Master Gardeners to host spring plant and tree sale

Hays County Master Gardeners have announced its Spring Plant and Tree Sale will be online and inperson this year.

Springtime is the best time to plant, and the plant sale can help you skip the line at the grocery store and harvest fresh in your backyard. The Master Gardeners will bring their favorite vegetables and herbs and put to practice their expertise to bring you their finest plantings and transplants from their home gardens. These will include Texas Superstars, Texas native and adapted perennials, ornamental grasses and sedge, trees and succulents perfect for the Hill Country climate.

The online sale link (hemga.square. site) will be activated March 18 through 26. Online purchases can be picked up at the in-person shopping locations on Sunday, March 24, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Buda Downtown Greenspace and Gazebo and on Wednesday, March 27, from 3-6 p.m. at Dripping Springs Farmers. Find more information on our website at hayscountymastergardeners. org.

The plants in this sale are propagated by Hays County Master Gardeners and selected specifically for the environment in our area of the State.

The proceeds of this sale benefit continuing education programs and training classes in the community.

The sale will feature spring and summer vegetables and herbs, Texas native and adapted plants and perennials including for xeriscape, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, ground covers and other landscape plants.

Texas Master Gardeners is a volunteer service program designed to bring the best horticultural practices throughout the state to residents. To become a Texas Master Gardener, a trainee attends a minimum of 50 hours of instruction conducted through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, then shares this knowledge by donating 50 hours of volunteer service back to the community.

Texas Master Gardeners’ assistance is found across the state — in school garden projects, horticultural therapy projects, community gardens and demonstration gardens by volunteers who also conduct gardening education and discussion programs and answer gardening questions.

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