Otsego Master Gardeners Annual Plant Sale Set for May 16 at Fenimore Farm
By AMY OENOKIDASUNY Institute for Local NewsCOOPERSTOWN
Gardeners across Otsego County will have the opportunity to shop for locally-grown plants and receive expert advice when the Otsego Master Gardeners host their annual plant sale on Saturday, May 16.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fenimore Farm in Cooperstown and is one of the volunteer-run organization’s largest fundraising and community outreach efforts of the year.
“We will have over 1,000 plants to sell,” said Carol Phelps, an Otsego Master Gardener volunteer and chair of the plant sale committee.
The sale features a wide selection of vegetables, herbs, annual flowers, perennials and native plants, all grown locally by Master Gardener volunteers.
“We do not have other vendors at the sale,” said Phelps.
Organizers emphasize that native plants are prioritized and every plant offered has been selected with the region’s climate in mind.
“All the plants we grow should thrive in upstate New York,” Phelps added.
Tomatoes are a particular highlight of the sale.
“We usually sell out of tomato plants,” she warned.
