Ever wonder how the Driftwood Garden Club gets over 1,000 healthy plants for our annual plant sale? Starting in mid-April, we send our Dig & Divide teams out into multiple Marblehead locations to carefully divide emerging plants from our hosts’ gardens. Driftwood members also divide prize plants from their own gardens.
Each member of the D&D team takes plants home to’ baby-sit’, water, and nurture so they grow into the healthy plants offered for sale. By the time our plant sale arrives, the plants have grown into hardy specimens ready for a new home in your garden.
Thinking of becoming a host garden for Driftwood Garden Club’s annual fundraiser? Dividing perennials offers several benefits to your garden, including:
- Improved Growth and Flowering: Regular division can rejuvenate plants, preventing them from developing bald centers and floppy stems, which can reduce flowering.
- Reduced Disease: Division improves airflow in garden beds and can limit the spread of diseases like powdery mildew.
- Propagation: Dividing perennials allows for the propagation of new plants, which can be a cost-effective way to multiply your garden.
Dividing plants reduces overcrowding and leads to healthier plants and more radiant blooms so the perennials remain strong and vibrant throughout the growing season.
Harvesting locally-grown perennials is a ‘Win – Win’ for the host gardens, for the plants, and for our plant sale! We hope you can join us at Driftwood Garden Club’s Annual Plant sale at the Masonic Hall, 62 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA on Saturday, May 9th from 8:30-11:30 AM.
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