Event Details

• • Because it is located in the parking lot, there is no admission fee or tickets required for PlantFest. However, if you wish to visit the Garden, timed tickets are required.
  • Be sure to visit the Garden Shop for outdoor pots and statuary, a variety of special gardening tools, gardening books, and decorative accessories. Members receive a 15 percent discount during PlantFest!  
  • The Ginter’s Greatest tent takes credit cards. Some, but not all of the vendors take credit cards.

 

2021 Participating vendors:

580Pottery, LLC – Handmade on a potter’s wheel – hanging & tabletop ceramic planters

A Wise Gardener – Unique garden flora and natives including trees, shrubs, vines, perennials and annuals

Acer Acres Inc. – Diverse Virginia grown Japanese Maples

Deb’s Daylilies – Daylilies, annuals & shrubbery

Down the Garden Path Ltd – New, antique & vintage home and garden items not usually found in retail stores (Twine holders, iron shears, birdfeeders, etc.)

Early Dawn Dairy, Inc. – Composted cow manure; hanging baskets

East Coast Honey – Local honey, raw unfiltered, all natural that is sourced in Powhatan County, VA

English Acres Nursery – Annuals, perennials, herbs, pillows & wreaths, hanging baskets, vegetable plants & shrubs

Eqqumarka – Sculptural containers for rare botanic creatures & other sculptures in clay & glass

Espresso-A-Go-Go – Coffee, espresso, smoothies, pastries & light salads

Evergreen Lavender Farm – Three species of lavender: angustifolia, x-intermedia, and stoechas with various cultivars of each. Soap, spray, lotions, culinary lavender, dried bouquets & loose, plus herb in handmade pottery with a focus on cocktail gardening.

Forrest Green Farm LLC – Culinary & medicinal herb plants, flower plant starts, vegetable plant starts, shrubs & trees, herbal teas, dips & seasonings

Fox’s Garden – Saplings, seedlings, cards, fresh & dried herbs, succulents, seeds; Mother’s Day botanical gifts

Full Pocket Farm – Locally grown succulents & hand crafted containers.

Garden Gate Landscape & Design, LLC – Native Virginia plants, perennials, shrubs & milkweeds

Gathered Threads – Herbal products – teas, spices, oils, bath salts, sprays & more

Ginter’s Greatest – Plants grown and handmade gardening aprons by LGBG volunteers

Herb Angel – Eclectic array of interesting plants, small batch herbal products & naturally dyed silk scarves

Hill House Farm & Nursery – U.S. native plants, mostly of the Mid-Atlantic region, including perennials, shrubs, vines, ferns & grasses/sedges

Lewis Ginter Education: Library – An assortment of garden related books

Lewis Ginter Education: Watershed Awareness – A watershed is defined as an area of land that drains all of the precipitation to a common body of water, like a river, stream or bay. Stop by the LGBG Education Booth to discover how plants play a vital role in keeping pollutants out of the water we use!

 

Moose Hill Worm Farm – Worm castings & merchandise (totes & t-shirts); Baby blankets, towels, bibs, burp pads, wash cloths & more

Morningside Farm & Nursery – Many varieties of herbs; large selection of perennials including many native & pollinators plants; tender succulents & unusual annuals

Mr. Leonard’s Sharpening Service – On-site sharpening of knives, scissors & hand garden tools.

Nickolai Walko – Hand-cut tape art pieces on panels of wood and prints of originals.

Pine Knot Farm – Hellebores & ferns

PlantSmart – Hostas & other shade perennials

Plants with Purpose Farm – Edible landscape plants such as blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, grape, kiwi and fig mostly in 2 gallon nursery containers

Radical Roots Organic Farm – Certified organic vegetables, culinary & medicinal herbs & fruiting shrubs, featuring 20 different heirloom tomatoes, 7 kinds of basil & 10 varieties of peppers

Red Root & Co – Culinary, beverage, health & wellness products crafted in herbalist tradition.  Syrups, shrubs, oxymels, tonics & bitters

Roots & Blooms, LLC – Potted re-blooming bearded irises & companion perennials

Shade Metal – Botanical jewelry – species specific castings in silver & gold

Vera’s Vittles Seasonings – Organic, GMO & salt free blended spices mixes. Use as rubs, marinades or as baked on flavor.

Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program – Plant Virginia Natives Campaign: Will distribute & provide information about the campaign, including a pledge banner and decals.

Virginia Master Naturalist – Riverine Chapter – Environmental Education / Outreach display with information for adults and children.

Wandering Cow Farm – Farm made natural soaps, lotions, bath & body products. Wool, yarn felt animals, fused glass & more

Winding Brook Farm – Japanese maples, Arborvitaes & shade trees

 

Please bring your own wagon to make shopping easy!

• Register to be a Vendor at Our Plant Sale