Grassland Heritage Foundation's 13th Annual Native Plant Sale
GHF's 13th Annual Spring Native Plant Sale will be held Saturday, May 10th, 2025 from 10 AM to 1 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church in Downtown Lawrence, KS. In addition to in-person shopping, we are offering pre-orders exclusively for GHF members. We'll have approximately 65 species of Kansas native plants available! Most individual plants are $4.50 each on May 10th, available to anyone with no pre-order. Members may pre-order most plants at a discounted price of $4.00 each from April 21 to May 04. See below for details.
Our spring plant sale is GHF's biggest fundraiser of the year. All of the money earned from this sale will be used to further promote our mission of prairie preservation though education, stewardship, and land protection. Specifically, the sale of each plant will help fund our education and community outreach events that share the importance of the tallgrass prairie and how individuals can help protect our native landscapes.
GHF is excited to share that we will have several new features this year. We are introducing a new online pre-ordering system, and will have discounted rain garden kits available the day of the sale only. We will host educational activities for youth as well as feature Dr. Liz Koziol, an expert on native soil fungi who has developed a unique soil inoculate to increase the health and vigor of native prairie plants. Read below for more information on these exciting new features.
Pre-Order for best selection
All current members of GHF are invited to place a pre-order for plants to be picked up at the sale, either the Friday evening before the sale or Saturday during the sale. GHF is excited to introduce an online pre-order and payment system this year.
Instructions for placing a pre-order:
2. GHF will verify membership status and send an email to all current members with a passcode to access the online pre-order store in mid-April.
3. Place your pre-order and pay online from April 21 - May 04, 2025.
4. Pick up your order at the plant sale on Friday, May 09 from 5 to 7 pm or Saturday, May 10 from 10am to 12pm.
Not sure if your membership status is current? Any donation made in the past year in the amount of $15 or more is considered to be a current membership. Please email ghfplantsale@gmail.com to inquire about your membership status.
Spring Native Plant Sale
Saturday May 10th, 2025
10 AM to 1 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church's Courtyard
Native Plant Garden Signs
Show your pride in planting native plants! We will have our Native Plant Garden signs available for purchase at the sale in May. Be sure to pick one up for your garden space!
Exciting opportunities to enjoy during the sale
Grassland Heritage Foundation is excited to announce a few new special features for the Spring Native Plant Sale this year!
Explore educational activites
Visit GHF's educational table with youth of all ages to explore hands-on learning activities focused on prairie ecology. Local educators and GHF Board members are excited to share their enthusiasm and knowledge about prairies with our youngest of supporters!
Pick up a rain garden kit
With the generous support from the City of Lawrence, GHF will have a limited number of rain garden kits available for purchase the day of the sale. Two different kits will be available, each containing 12 plants that are well-suited for full-med sun areas with moist soil conditions.
Come early to take advantage of this fantastic deal!
Learn about soil fungi
Visit with Dr. Liz Koziol , an expert on soil fungi at her table at the GHF plant sale to learn about these amazing microbes. Liz also runs a small business called Mycobloom that sells a granular product made of AM fungi collected from native prairie soils. Interested people can place orders for inoculum with her at the GHF sale.
Read more about Dr. Koziol in our April Newsletter.
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Native Plant Gardening Resources
If you are new to gardening with natives or would like to learn more as we gear up for gardening season in the spring, GHF helped create a comprehensive guide to gardening and landscaping with native plants, in partnership with K-Sate Extension- Douglas County and the Kansas Rural Center. This is a great local resource as you begin to plan and design your garden space. Our Planting Natives in Northeast Kansas Resource Guides can be found at:
https://plantnativeks.weebly.com/
You may also download our Basics of Native Plant Gardening pamphlet or pick up a printed copy at the plant sale.