Annual Shasta College Horticulture Department’s Spring Plant Sale (Spring 2015)

The 44th annual Shasta College Horticulture Department Spring Plant Sale will be held Thursday and Friday, April 16-17 from 8 a.m.-5p.m. and Saturday April 18th from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the Shasta College campus at the Farm. The sale will feature a variety of plants all grown by students from the Horticulture Department and the California Native Plant Society. Selection of plants will include annual flowering, perennial, herb and vegetable plants, trees, and shrubs. California native plants and house plants. There will be lots of fun new colors at the sale as students have chosen to grow some of the newest varieties of annual color. They have also planted a large selection of Certified Organic vegetable starts, and drought tolerant landscape plants. Plants are selected to do well in the local climate and all plants have been grown using sustainable practices. All proceeds will help support Shasta College’s Horticulture Program and student scholarships.

The sale is planned and staffed by horticulture students who propagated and grew all the plants on display. Students from the nursery management class will be building displays to showcase a variety of the plants that will be for sale. Horticulture Club Students, University of Calif.  Master Gardeners and California Native Plant experts will be on hand to answer questions. The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) will also sell a wide selection of California Native plants at the sale.