Oct. 20-21- Birmingham Botanical Gardens Fall Plant Sale

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens will host its 2012 Fall Plant Sale October 20-21 at Blount Plaza. The sale will start Saturday at 9 a.m. and go till 5 p.m. It will resume Sunday from noon-4 p.m.

The fall season is the best time to plant trees and shrubs, which will be sold along with fall annuals, fall lettuces, biannuals,daylilies, herbs, irises, camellias, ferns, perennials and natives.

The plants offered have been specially selected to thrive in Birmingham’s climate and weather conditions. They are drought tolerant and will not contribute to insect pestilence or plant disease.

This event is one of the biggest the Birmingham Botanical Gardens presents each year. Profits from the event will go to the Gardens and its educational mission including Discovery Fieldtrips, its flagship program.

For more information including how to sponsor this event, contact Shelly McCarty at 414-3965 or smccarty@bbgardens.org.