Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale, Orcas Island

Healthy herbs, tomato and pepper starts, and locally grown perennial landscaping plants need new homes!  

One of the most anticipated signs of spring, the San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale on Orcas Island will take place on Sunday, May 18th.  Please come early for the best selections. Popular varieties go quickly.

When: Sunday, May 18th, 10 a.m. to noon

Where: Orcas Grange, 3398 Orcas Rd. 

Nearly all vegetable plant varieties for sale will be heirlooms or open-pollinated varieties much loved for their wonderful flavors and dependability in our short San Juan County season and marine environment. Most are not available elsewhere.  

There will be 17 tomato varieties including the heirlooms Stupice, Cherokee Purple, Little Napoli and Principe Borghese as well as many favorite cherry tomatoes. Among the short season plants available are Marketmore Slicer and Suyo Long Slicer cucumbers and Costata Romanesco zucchini. Multiple varieties of other Master Gardener taste-test winners will include  8 kinds of peppers and herbs that work well in small gardens or containers.  

Perennials include both natives and non-natives adapted to many different garden environments.  Because they’ve done well in our gardens they’ll likely do well in yours.

Proceeds from the sale are used to support the Master Gardener program and its priorities, such as teaching local communities about pollinators, water-wise gardening and landscaping techniques, and sustainable methods for growing local food.  With your support, we pursue  our educational priorities through such initiatives as the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, which provides over 1,500 pounds of produce every year for the Friday Harbor Food Bank; community outreach and education programs for both adults and children, including Ask a Master Gardener, Grow Your Own Food, and Camp Eagle Rock; Plant Diagnostic Clinics on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan Islands; the Orcas School Native Plant Garden and OCS Edible Garden and the Lopez Heirloom Apple Orchard.