Green thumbs set to gather at The Gardens

Fall is the best time to plant trees and shrubs, and to get you ready, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens will host its annual Fall Plant Sale on Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 23 from noon to 4 p.m.

Herbs, fall annuals, natives, shrubs, perennials and more will be available, and easy-to-grow, drought-resistant trees will be for sale that have been chosen especially for Birmingham’s climate.

The sale will also offer plants that are good hosts for butterflies, and many native plants that are available are expected to live for several generations.

Proceeds will go to benefit educational programming at the gardens. 

The gardens’ flagship program, Discovery Field Trips, has provided a curriculum-based science education to more than 130,000 Birmingham and Bessemer schoolchildren over the last 18 years completely free of charge, said Blake Ells, public relations coordinator for BBG.

“The plants sold at our plant sales have been grown by our dedicated volunteers, and this group is also on hand at each sale to answer your planting questions,” Ells said. “Your purchases at our plant sales can be informed and be made with the satisfaction that a worthy cause will benefit.”

The sale will be held in Blount Plaza and will be a rain-or-shine event.

For more information, visit bbgardens.org/fall-plant-sale.php.