2012 LAURITZEN GARDENS PLANT SALE
Located on the festival garden lawn
Members-Only Plant Sale – Friday, May 18
4:30 to 7 p.m.
Plant Sale open to the public – Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lauritzen Gardens will be offering the following:
Annuals – click on "annuals" for a full list
Perennials – click on "perennials" for a full list
**Available listed plants are limited and all are subject to change up until the date of the sale. Addiitonal plants not yet listed may also be available.
GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE
Located in the floral display hall
Benson Plant Rescue – recycles overstock plants from area retailers and local gardeners. They sell a wide variety of perennials, grasses, roses, shrubs and trees. Proceeds raised by this all-volunteer organization benefit the Omaha Public Library.
Providing information and selling plants.
Big Garden - The Big Garden began in 2005. Initially funded by the USDA's Community Food Project, the Garden had a goal of creating 12 community gardens in three years. Five years later, the Big Garden includes 26 gardens in the metro Omaha area and has added a sister project, the Big Rural Garden, in Southeast Nebraska.
Selling seedlings, fair trade pots, jewelry, garden related items and cookbooks.
City Sprouts- Sustaining community through gardening.
Will have herbs, vegetables and perennials for sale, as well as t-shirts.
Greater Omaha Iris Society - dedicated to the promotion and education of the iris flower and maintaining the Sass Memorial Garden at Mahoney State Park.
Selling iris rhizomes
Greater Omaha Orchid Society- aims to promote the growing of orchids and to encourage and educate members and the public in the culture and conservation of orchids.
Selling orchids and orchid growing supplies, as well as providing information about growing them.
Great Plains Pond Society- aims to promote pond keeping and water gardening of all types and to provide a source of information on how to create and maintain a pond of any size.
Ikebana International #60 Omaha Chapter - showcases the Japanese art of flower arrangement, a disciplined art form where nature and humanity are brought together, steeped in the philosophy of developing a closeness with nature.
Display of Ikebana arrangements
Joslyn Castle Trust - seeks to generate awareness, foster appreciation, and attract financial support to preserve and restore the buildings and grounds of this magnificent property.
Learn about the castle and its events. Participate in a raffle to win one of two great prizes.
Lauritzen Gardens Guild- Founded in 1998 with the support of the Loveland Garden Club, the Lauritzen Gardens Guild membership comprises of enthusiastic civic leaders from Omaha and its surrounding suburbs. The Laurtizen Gardens Guild is a volunteer organization dedicated to the support and growth of Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha's Botanical Center.
Midwest Geranium Club - acquaints people with the diverse beauty of the geranium.
Selling geraniums and geranium-related books.
Nebraska Bonsai Society – dedicated to advancing the art of bonsai throughout the state of Nebraska and surrounding areas. Strive to promote, educate and inspire enjoyment in the study of bonsai.
Selling bonsai, pre bonsai (stock), supplies and accessories.
Nebraska Daylily Society - promotes and educates people on the beauty and ease of growing of daylilies.
Selling bare root daylily plants
Nebraska Florists Society -educates both florists and the general public on the latest floral techniques.
Display of arrangements, mini design show, and small arrangements will be available for purchase.
Nebraska Sierra Club – founded in 1973, the NSC is the state affiliate of America’s oldest, largest and most influential environmental organization. With a 2,000-member grassroots network, and the only full-time environmental lobbyist at the state house, it is the prominent voice to conserve air, water and food for future generations in Nebraska.
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum - designed to create a network of arboretums in Nebraska where plants could be grown and displayed “to enrich lives through the beauty and wonder of plants.” What resulted was the founding of an arboretum unlike any in the world, a remarkable network of arboreta, parks, historic properties and other public landscapes accessible and relevant to citizens across Nebraska. For more than three decades, NSA has provided plant and landscape information and publications, worked to promote rare trees and plants and underutilized native plants, and inspired gardeners all across the Great Plains.
Omaha Council of Garden Clubs - The goal of the Council is to create a mutual interest in the art of gardening, to act as a liaison between affliliated clubs, to bind our members together in a bond of friendship and to contribute to civic and educational endeavors.
Providing information about garden clubs in the Omaha metro area.
ReTree Nebraska - raises public awareness of the value of trees, reverses the decline of Nebraska’s community tree and forest resources and improves the health and sustainability of community trees and forests across the state for future generations. The primary goal is to work in partnership with people across Nebraska to foster the proper planting and maintenance of one million new trees by 2017.
River City Cactus & Succulent Society – will display cactus and succulents along with plant information and handouts.
Shady Choice Hosta Society - serves eastern Nebraska and western Iowa with growing tips, garden planning, idea exchange, plants and friendship.
Displaying and selling hostas and providing information on growing hostas.
South Omaha Horticulture Society-
Expands knowledge through monthly speaker presentations and often garden works and field trips. Maintains the Bailey Wye garden at the zoo.
Information on club, photos of Bailey Wye garden at zoo, raffle for a container garden.
UNL Extension Master Gardeners -Disseminates research based information on a range of subjects: gardening, lawn care, insects, wildlife, food and nutrition, food safety, water quality, composting and recycling.
Will provide an “Ask the Master Gardener” booth as well as sell plant tags.
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