Event Details

No admission fee required for PlantFest; regular admission to visit the Garden

Thursday, Sept. 13, 4 – 7 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Avid gardeners know fall is a great time for planting! Lewis Ginter Fall PlantFest (formerly the Fall Plant Sale) features vendors selling plants ranging from well-known favorites to rare exotics. Presented by Garden volunteers.

Please bring your own wagon to make shopping easy!

Please support our vendors. A portion of the vendor proceeds is donated to the Garden.

Watch our PlantFest video to learn more.

Check out our list of vendors:

All Treasures / Eqqumarka – Clay & glass sculptures; Specialty plant arrangements in sculptural clay containers

Bees & Beetles – Mums, native plants, host & nectar plants for pollinators, small shrubs

Country Gardens – Heirloom pumpkins, asters, mums, hardy mums, berried shrubs, rare perennials & more

Deb’s Daylilies – Daylilies

Dominion Energy / 3 Degrees – Educating & enrolling customers into the Dominion Energy Green Power Program

Down the Garden Path – New, antique & vintage items for the garden and home

Espresso-A-Go-Go – Espresso, coffee, smoothies, sweets, chicken salad & egg salad

Expert Metalworks – Metal lawn & garden art.  Eucalyptus, pvc pipe birds

Forest Lane Botanicals – Perennials, Japanese maples, natives, pitcher plants & flytraps

Garden Gate Landscape & Design – Perennials, shrubs & trees native to Virginia

Ginter’s Greatest – Plants grown by LGBG volunteers. Potting bench raffle

Harvey Gardens – Home-grown gourds that are hand crafted into bowls, vases, lamps, bird feeders & plant holders; Children’s books

Henrico County Ext Office (Master Gardeners) – Plant clinic; answer Horticulture related questions & promote extension services

Hill House Farm & Nursery – US Native Plants – perennials, shrubs, vines, grasses & ferns

JES Foundation Repair – Foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawlspace encapsulation and concrete lifting

King of Pops – Frozen treats

Living Art – Unique succulent designs & succulent pumpkins

Meadowview Biological Research Station – Pitcher plants, fly traps, bog plants, long-lead pines, wetland shrubs

Moose Hill Worm Farm – Organic worm castings

Pine Knot Farms – Hellebores & other shade plants

Poplar Ridge Nursery – Ornamental grasses, perennials & flowering shrubs

Putnam Hill Nursery – Native & non-native perennials for sun & shade

Reedy Creek Environmental – Native plants of local ecotype; perennials, grasses, trees & shrubs

Richmond Area Daylily Society – Daylilies

Richmond Horticulture Association – Perennials, shrubs & small trees

Roots and Blooms – Bare root herbaceous peonies, potted re-blooming bearded irises, flower bulbs & companion perennials

The Rose Gardener – Barnel pruners, Bionic gloves, Expandable vases & water activated luminaries

Tsuchibuta Pottery – Handmade ceramic orchid, bonsai & flower pots; bird feeders, bird houses, wind chimes, lanterns, vases and other garden related ceramic items

Vera’s Vittles Seasonings – Salt free seasoning blends & other related type gifts

Wandering Cow Farm – Natural soap, lotions, bath & body products; bug repellent, laundry detergent, wool, yarn felt art, bird houses & feeders

Wood Thrush Natives – Rare and unusual native plants of the Appalachian Region

 

Please bring your own wagon to make shopping easy!

• Register to be a Vendor at PlantFest