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Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2009 Plant Sale

Wednesday, May 6 | 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Thursday, May 7 | 9 a.m.–Noon

Take a "staycation" in your own home and garden this year. Join us for this spectacular annual event featuring the largest and most exciting collection of quality plants in the metropolitan area.

Kirtland's Warbler on Blackhaw Viburnum, Illustration by Dr. Stephen K-M. Tim

Kirtland's warbler on blackhaw viburnum. Illustration by Dr. Stephen K-M. Tim.

Members-Only Preview Sale

Tuesday, May 5, 2009
4:30–8:30 p.m.

Admission with BBG membership card only.

Memberships (starting at $35/seniors, $40/individuals) may be purchased at the sale.

For information, contact membership@bbg.org or call 718-623-7210.

The Plant Sale takes place on the Cherry Esplanade (tented).

Free Special Events on Wednesday, May 6

10 a.m. & 3 p.m.
Herbs in Cooking

10–Noon & 2–3 p.m.
Bonsai Clinic and Demonstration
Bring your own pest-free bonsai to BBG bonsai curator Julian Velasco for pruning, repotting, and advice. Service charge: $25 per bonsai, which includes new soil and wire. Public welcome to watch, free of charge.

10:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Selecting Annuals
Advice for choosing easy care, long-blooming and unusual plants.

11:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.
Hidden Treasures
Get the most bang for your buck with shrubs and perennials.

Noon & 3 p.m.
Orchid Care
Cracking the mystery of repotting and reblooming orchids with curator David Horack.

2 p.m.
Houseplants for Sun and Shade

More Information

Special $1 Plants for Children
Conveniently located adjacent to the Children's Garden. School classes may enter at 900 Washington Avenue or at the Flatbush Avenue gate. An ideal introduction to BBG's Children's Garden program. Children's classes are not permitted in main sale area.

Terrace Café
Snacks and beverages available.

Payment
Mastercard, Visa, American Express, cash, or check.

Plant Checkroom
Check as you buy!

Hours
Garden opens at 9 a.m. on days of sale.

To Reach the Garden by Subway
View map and more travel directions.

Admission to Garden & Plant Sale

Adults $8
Seniors (65 and over) & students
with ID		 $4
Children under 12 accompanied by an adult free
Members and school classes free

With each paid admission, visitors will receive a coupon for free admission to use on a return visit to the Garden.

Visitor Entrances
Eastern Parkway; Flatbush Avenue at Empire Boulevard; Flatbush Avenue at Cherry Esplanade; and 900 Washington Avenue adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, where there is an attended parking lot. Additional parking on Flatbush Avenue near the special Plant Sale entrance/plant pickup area.

Some carts are provided, but bring your own if you can.

Plant Sale on BBG's Cherry Esplanade.

Benefit Plant Sale presented by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Auxiliary and sponsored by Monrovia.

Plant Sale Frequently Asked Questions

What do you sell?

Every kind of plant, both for indoors and outdoors: annuals, perennials, small trees and shrubs, roses, herbs, vegetables, all kinds of tomatoes, houseplants, orchids, hanging basketsÖand more. Plants are the best quality at the best prices: unusually choice specimens, many rare varieties and native plants, handpicked and selected.

Will you have X (naming a specific plant)?

YES, we will have that or something very similar to it. Come to the sale, you'll be sure to find what you want. There will be a huge selection, largest on the East Coast, better than a catalog because what you see is what you get.

Are all your plants grown at BBG?

All our plants are specially grown for the sale by selected growers, most of them local.

Will there be lots to choose from on Wednesday and Thursday?

YES! There will be thousands of first-rate plants. There will also be free special events on Wednesday—lectures and demonstrations (details above).

How can I pay? Can I use credit cards?

Pay by Mastercard, Visa, American Express, cash, or check.

How can I get my plants home?

There will be a free checkroom where you can leave plants overnight and pick them up the next day.

Tell me about the Member-Only Plant Sale Preview.

Only members will be allowed in. You can join the Garden on the spot (annual membership starts at $40) to attend the Plant Sale Preview.

Plant Sale Committee

(as of March 1, 2009)

Chairs

  • Lois Carswell
  • Lucille Plotz

Co-Chairs

  • Ginny Bach
  • Liwa Chiu
  • Kate Doran
  • Joan Gardiner
  • Vera Julia Gordon
  • Marianne LaForge
  • Margaret Leung
  • Ruth Lichtman
  • Trish Lindeman
  • Joan McDonald
  • Frannie Mendlow
  • Janet Otranto
  • Lina Phillips
  • Mary-Kathryn Roelofs
  • Madge Rothzeid
  • Michael Sokasits
  • Nancy Tim
  • Brooke Travelstead
  • Joanne Woodfin
  • Joanne Young

Members

  • Dulcie Barlow
  • Eleanor Bloom
  • Michelle Brewster
  • Marilyn Cassidy
  • Ann Chisena
  • Helen Ciuzio
  • Mary Cole
  • Sue Feldbaum
  • Robert Florin
  • Pearl Goldfarb
  • Aliette Goldmark
  • Sheila Hanks
  • David & Kristin Harman
  • Susan Hoshino
  • Mary Harney-Allatin
  • Allan Kramer
  • Byron Lloyd
  • Ken Leung
  • Carol & Bob Linn
  • EveLyn McBride
  • Thad McGar
  • Jerri Mayer
  • Scot Medbury
  • Nadia Merzliakow
  • Zoe Moffitt
  • Pamela Morgan
  • Michele Newman
  • Barbara Pace
  • Rick Perdian
  • Jim Russell
  • Mary Ryniec
  • Elizabeth Scholtz
  • Joyce Smith
  • Marie Smith
  • Ellen Sporn
  • Maureen Swetow
  • Craig Tozzo
  • Katie Trampe
  • Donna Travers
  • Pat Twente
  • Jean Volpe

Patrons

  • Estelle Abramowitz
  • Mrs. Lucy G. Adams
  • Francesca Anderson
  • Ginny & Art Bach
  • Lucy M. Barker
  • Dulcie D. Barlow
  • Karen Berley
  • Frederick Bland
  • Eleanor M. Bloom
  • David Booth & Jane Garnett
  • Ellen L. Borker
  • Kathie Borowitz
  • Mrs. Michelle
  • Grosjean Brewster
  • Sally Brody
  • Patricia A Brooks
  • Mrs. Lydia Bryan
  • Lois Carswell
  • Constance Casey
  • Marilyn E. Cassidy
  • Robert B. Catell
  • Ann Chisena
  • Liwa Chiu
  • Helen Ciuzio
  • Bevin Cline
  • Jessica Cohen
  • Mary Howland Cole
  • Gertrude Conception
  • Ms. Eileen Conyers
  • Will Cosby
  • Burnley Duke Dame
  • Alexis Daran
  • Virginia DeLano
  • Dr. Gerald Dempsey
  • Robert Derrenbacher
  • Katharine B. Desai
  • Kate Doran
  • Judi Dumont
  • Ernestine Feinland
  • Mary Ann Fastook
  • Sue Feldbaum
  • Judy & Alan Fishman
  • Robert Florin
  • Sally Freedman
  • Susan Braverman Fried
  • Susanna Furfaro
  • Mary Kay Gallagher
  • Joan Gardiner
  • Helen Gardner
  • Mr. Jamie Gibbs
  • Beverly Ginsberg
  • Felicia Glucksman
  • Pauline & Simeon Gluckson
  • Pearl Goldfarb
  • Rhoda Goldfisher
  • Aliette Goldmark
  • Ann Goldsmith
  • Vera Julia Gordon
  • Seymour Greenberg
  • Helen B. Halliday
  • Sheila Hanks
  • Kristin Leck Harman
  • Mary Harney
  • Katherine S. Harris
  • Pauline H. Herd
  • Joan Hintermeister
  • Ellen Hooker
  • Lola Lloyd Horwitz
  • Susan Hoshino
  • Dorothy & Richard Hulbert
  • Robert T. Hyland
  • Cathy S. Iselin
  • Dr. Edison O. Jackson
  • Jane B. Jacobs
  • Ms. Betsy Jacobs
  • Ms. Alane Joynes
  • Betty Kahn
  • Nancy K. Kalodner
  • Jack Kaplan
  • Ann Marie Katz
  • Joan & Leo Keegan
  • Mrs. Paul D. Kelly
  • Holly Kempner
  • Allan F. Kramer II
  • Joan & Albert Kronick
  • Susan Lacerte
  • Mrs. George B. Levey
  • Ruth K. Lichtman
  • Trish Lindemann
  • Carol Linn
  • Marion A. Lipton
  • Byron Lloyd
  • Helen Rollins Lord
  • Bernard Loyal
  • Malcolm MacKay
  • Maud Mac Stoker
  • Joan Mangano
  • Merlin Markinson
  • Jamie Markowitz
  • Suzy Marquard
  • Linda D. Marschner
  • Helen Mattin

 

  • Jerri Mayer
  • Josh Mazess
  • Stephen McBrien
  • Marge McCarthy
  • Lynn A. McCary
  • Joan E. McDonald
  • Thad M. McGar
  • Scot Medbury & Brian Lym
  • Frannie Mendlow
  • Nadia Merzliakow
  • Lloyd & Cassandra Metz
  • Zoe Moffitt
  • Susan & Donald Moore
  • Pam Morgan
  • Selvena L. Osborne-Mosley
  • Brenda K. Mulligan
  • Carlos Naudon
  • Jack Nayer
  • Michele Newman
  • David H. Nial
  • Bonnie Nuzum
  • Wendy-Ann Olivier MD
  • Ann Osnato
  • Janet Otranto
  • Mary J. Owens
  • Mrs. Samuel H. Owens Jr.
  • Barbara Pace
  • Judy Pantano
  • Katherine L. Patton
  • Rick Perdian
  • Luci Perry
  • Mrs. Lina K. Phillips
  • Mary S. Phipps
  • Lucille & Charles Plotz
  • Mary Plowden-Wardlaw
  • Mrs. James C. Pressey
  • Mrs. Anna Rainone
  • Donald & Madonna Reed
  • Edward S. Reid
  • Mrs. James Riordan
  • Mary-Kathryn Roelofs
  • Riva Rosenfield
  • Dorothy Rosensweig
  • Madge Rothzeid
  • Martha Adams Rubin
  • Jim Russell
  • Wendy A. Russell
  • Joan L. Ryan
  • Mary Ryniec
  • Helen F. Sahadi
  • Mrs. Peter Salvatore
  • Grace Sawyer
  • Stephen Scanniello
  • Elizabeth Scholtz
  • Ms.Consuelo Seidel
  • Dagni B. Senzel
  • Mrs. Donald C. Shafer
  • Rosalind Siklay
  • Kitty Skrobela
  • Dorothy L. Small
  • Joyce S. Smith
  • Miss Marie-Therese Smith
  • Anastasia Sochynsky
  • Louisa Spencer
  • Ellen L. Sporn, EdD
  • Marion M. Stein
  • Diane Steinberg
  • David Steinhardt
  • Judy Steinhardt
  • Muarice R. Sternberg
  • Mr. & Mrs. James W. Sterrett
  • Ruth Ann Stewart
  • Regina K.Sullivan
  • Maureen Swetow
  • Karen Tayeh
  • Constance L. Thatcher
  • Nancy M. Tim
  • Mel Tota
  • Katie McVey Trampe
  • Brooke Travelstead
  • Donna Travers
  • Anne E. Trimble
  • Faity Tuttle
  • Pat Twente
  • Kathy Urbina
  • Isabel Wacker
  • Anne Walsh
  • Earl D. & Gina Ingoglia Weiner
  • Roberta Weisbrod & David Trager
  • Brenda Weisman
  • Jane & Jonathan Weld
  • Joyce Lee White
  • Donna & Robert Whiteford
  • Marillyn B. Wilson
  • Mary Wilson
  • Joanne S. Woodfin
  • Mrs. Joseph J. Yaccarino Jr.
  • Linda & John Yang
  • Joanne K. Young