After a year-long hiatus due to drought, Shasta Chapter CNPS pleased to be resuming its biannual native plant sales. Our in-person Spring 2023 Native Plant Sale will be held over two days, April 7 & 8, at the Shasta Community College Farm greenhouses. (Shasta College’s Horticultural Department plant sale will run concurrently.) Our online sale will follow the in-person sale and run from April 11 through April 20.
Setup & Members-Only Pre-Sale:
Thursday, April 6: 4 to 6 PM
Public Sale:
Friday, April 7: 9 AM to 4 PM
Saturday, April 8: 9 AM to 3 PM
Online Sale:
Starts: Tuesday, April 11, 9 AM
Ends: Thursday, April 20, 5 PM
Please bring your CNPS membership card or the latest copy of your Flora magazine, which should have your member info printed on it, for entry to the in-person sale. Memberships will be available for purchase for $50. (Please note: New-Member Discounts on individual-level memberships are now available through June 30, 2023! Click the link for details!)
Orders of plants bought at the online sale will be picked up at the Shasta College Farm, on a date and time that you will select after you shop. The store will be found at https://cnps-shasta.square.site when it opens on April 11—it will not be open before that date, and the link will give you an error if you try it earlier.
A list of the plants that we will offer can be downloaded here: Spring 2023 Native Plant Availability List. Also, be sure to checkout Susan Gallaugher’s comparative Spotlight on Natives article, To Plant Julia Phelps or Blue-Blossom Ceanothus? Both species of ceanothus will be available at the sale.
Thank you for growing native plants! Your purchases support the CNPS mission of pursuing botanical knowledge and raising public awareness about California native plants. Your local Shasta Chapter supports local and statewide groups that share our commitment to native plants. We advocate locally for rare native plants and native plant habitat. The Chapter’s Propagation Team uses best nursery management practices to grow the wonderful nursery stock that we are able to offer to you at this sale. Shasta Chapter awards scholarships and grants to budding botanical scholars and researchers to help them pursue their educations and careers. We help local schools, businesses, and community organizations plan and plant native gardens. Volunteers demonstrate landscape uses of native plants in the Matson-Mowder-Howe Celebration Garden, which the Chapter helps steward.
Many thanks for supporting our mission. Questions? Please contact us at shastacnps@gmail.com. ~Susan Libonati-Barnes
