Plant Sale 2025

Bart Boutique

Plant & Garden Items Needed for “Bart Boutique” as part of the Bartlett’s Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 10

Please consider donating one or two special objects to this year’s Plant Sale Boutique.  We are looking for items which will enhance the home or garden, whether new, vintage, antique, or gently used.  Any garden/flower-themed items (useful, decorative, or whimsical) would be greatly appreciated. Past year’s best sellers included vases, planters, hand tools, pot toes, and tuteurs, as well as frog, turtle, dragonfly, bird, and rabbit garden décor

Suggested Items:

  • Donation Drop-0ff

    • Potted houseplants can be dropped off at the Silver Educational Center on Monday and Tuesday morning, May 5 and 6 between 9 am and noon.

    • Garden items may be dropped off at the Silver Educational Center any day of the week between 9 am and 4pm beginning Monday, April 7 through Sunday, May 4, 2025.

  1. Suggested Items:

    • Garden decorations

      • Sculptures, benches, urns, bird baths and feeders, bird and butterfly houses, bee skeps, fairy houses, planters, lanterns, trellises, tuteurs, shepherd’s crooks, pot toes, wind chimes, sun dials, plant stands, small tables, and chairs

    • Tools

      • Garden markers, hose guides, spigots, hand tools, lawn and garden clipping bags, watering cans, soil sifters, tool sharpeners, compost bins

    • Accessories

      • Tool bags, hats, gloves, aprons, decorative pots and vases, flower frogs, wrought iron plant hooks, terrariums, window boxes, wagons, holiday-themed garden accessories (i.e. wreaths, signs, etc.

    • Potted House Plants

      • The plant must include a label with the name of the plant and its watering and light requirements. Please make sure your donated plant is pest and disease-free.

        *Please let us know if you are donating antique or vintage items so that we can properly price them.

        **Unfortunately, we are unable to accept books, baskets, plastic pots/containers, plastic tables, and chairs

        The funds raised through your contributions to the Bartlett Arboretum’s plant sale support its many children’s programs. We thank you in advance for your continued generosity and help.