NPA Spring Plant Sale

The 2009 NPA Spring Plant Sale will be held April 19, from 10 am to 3 pm, at a wonderful indoor location, North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N, Seattle. Here’s your chance to shop for thousands of plants from more than 20 specialty nurseries, along with a huge selection from our famous NPA Border and members’ gardens. Discover new plant introductions, the rare and unusual, as well as established favorites.

You’ll also be able to indulge your artistic side in our new section of Garden Art. We’ve selected the very best craftsmen, to offer a variety of garden art to complement your plants.

Click here for a list of Vendors

Click here for driving directions.

How to donate plants

Are there plants in your garden that you would like to donate? We welcome all kinds of plants: divisions, seedlings, treasures, favorites and everyday plants. Click here for a list of plants that are best divided and potted up in the fall. Please include the plant name (Latin and/or common) on a white plant label. For questions, or to find out where to drop off your plants, contact Gayle Richardson email Gayle.

Volunteer for the sale

Unload plants, set up tables, price plants, set up displays, cashier—there are dozens of volunteer jobs to do at the Spring Plant Sale. Many NPA members volunteer so that they can get into the sale early and scope out the choice plants before the hordes of shoppers hit. Everyone has fun and it’s a great way to meet other NPA members.

If you want to work at the next NPA Spring Plant Sale, sign up here. You must be a NPA member to volunteer. Join NPA today.

The Plant Sale Story

In 1984, the NPA Plant Sale began in the driveways and garages of members’ homes. Attendees brought plant donations and their lunches, shopping for a few hours and then enjoying the companionship of fellow plant lovers.

As the sale size grew, in 1988 it moved to a schoolyard in North Seattle—a friendly site, except when it rained. Along with the member-donated plants, there was choice stock from the NPA Borders at the Bellevue Botanical Garden and from local vendors. With continued growth, the sale moved to Magnuson Park in 2000 to gain more space and a covered area, first using the old fire station for several years, then moving to a maintenance building.

In 2007, the sale was held in a hangar so large, it could hold all of our members shopping at the same time—but it was cold and the restrooms were terrible. In 2008 we moved the sale to the comfort and convenience of North Seattle Community College.