Friends School Plant Sale, State Fairgrounds, May 8-10

Update: Find all the info on the 2019 Friends School Plant Sale HERE!

Are you ready to get starting on your garden or landscaping?  This weekend is the Annual Friends School Plant Sale.  It is held each year at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds. Dates this year are May 8th-10th.  Vegetables, herbs, perennials, annuals, grasses, roses, trees.. yup something for everyone with a green thumb. Even if you don’t have a green thumb there will surely be something there for you:) There is no admission charge and parking is also free.

If you have never been to the sale, it might be helpful to read some of the tips beforehand.  If you are a serious planner, then checking out the map might be a good idea as well.

Each year on Mother’s Day weekend in May, Friends School puts on the biggest fundraising plant sale in Minnesota, perhaps even in the Midwest! Over 2,500 varieties of plants are offered for sale on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The 2015 sale will be held May 8, 9, and 10. The hours are:

• Friday, May 8, from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Saturday, May 9, from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Sunday, May 10, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 pm. Sunday is discount day.

The sale is held in the State Fair’s Grandstand Building (1755 Dan Patch Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108), where there is lots of indoor space with plenty of light and even indoor bathrooms. Free parking is available anywhere on the Fairgrounds, but especially in the Midway, just southwest of the Grandstand.

We stock a full line of annuals, perennials, climbing plants, native wildflowers, and vegetables, with selected water plants, roses, and trees and shrubs. A catalog of our current offerings is available for reference, with PDF versions available in the catalog section of the site.