Annual Volunteer Plant Sale at Lichterman Nature Center
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 05/15/2021
Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.
Our plants are predominantly native to the Mid-South. This sale features great butterfly plants like milkweeds and coneflowers, and a variety of shade plants. We'll have a special selection of two-year-old plants that will leap into full glory the first year in the ground. We’ll also offer popular nonnatives like fuchsia, salvia and succulents, as well as annual flowers, vegetables and herbs.
Click for list of plants for sale.
Online plant order/on site pick up will be available from Friday, April 16 through Saturday, May 29, 2021.
Days for onsite shopping by appointment:
Friday, April 16 – appointment times between 9 am and 4 pm.
Saturday, April 17 – appointment times between 9 am and 4 pm.
Saturday, May 15 - – appointment times between 9 am and 2 pm.
On-site shopping reservations will be accepted beginning April 1.
MEMBERS: Reservations will be accepted beginning March 27 for Members.
To request your on-site Plant Sale appointment:
Email Nature.Reservations@memphistn.gov
Or call 901.636.2211 between 11 am and 2 pm. Tuesday through Saturday.
When the forms are posted online, please follow these simple steps to get these amazing plants into your garden:
1. Use the Order Form to let us know how many of each type of plant you want.
Quantities are limited. Orders will be filled “first come, first served” based on date of payment
The Plant Information & Image File contains images and descriptive information about each plant offered for sale
2. Our Reservations Desk will contact you to arrange credit card payment for your order and email you a receipt with pick-up time.
Pick up times will be from 9 am until noon, Tuesday through Saturday.
The number of orders available for pick up at one time will be a determined in accordance with Shelby County Health Department directives
This socially distanced sale will end on May 29.
3. Drive to Lichterman Nature Center at the designated day and time. Place your receipt in your windshield (or show to Plant Loader on your mobile device)
4. Open your trunk, and we will load your plants in corrugated cardboard trays.
5. Enjoy your plants!
Plant Sale revenue directly supports environmental education in our community!
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.