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2018 Plant Sale

2018

Spring is a great time to add to your garden and who doesn’t love to shop…Stop by the Woodlands Garden Plant Sale to learn from the experts what plants are perfect for your home landscape.  Plants available range in price from $5 to $35 and have been grown by volunteers, cultivated at Woodlands Garden, and donated by local nurseries. All proceeds from the Plant Sale help fund the maintenance of this public garden.

Come shop with us from 9:00am-4:00pm on these upcoming weekends:

  • Saturday, April 14
  • Sunday, April 15
  • Saturday, April 21
  • Sunday, April 22

Plant Availability List: All of the plants listed below can be found at the Sale. Staff will be away from email and phone during the weekends of the Spring Plant Sale so the best way to know what is currently in stock at any moment is to come shop for yourself. We apologize in advance for any spelling or nomenclature errors in the below list-working fast to get the list updated for your use!

Plant Availability List-updated 4/17/18

  • Achillea millefolium ‘New Vintage Red’ (Yarrow)
  • Amsonia tabernaemontana (Eastern Bluestar)
  • Aquilegia candensis (Columbine)
  • Artemesia ‘Powis Castle’
  • Aster ‘Kickin Lavendar’
  • Aster carolinianus
  • Aster divaricatus
  • Autumn Fern
  • Begonia (hardy)
  • Boltonia asteroideds
  • Brugmansia (Angel’s Trumpet)
  • Callicarpa americana (Purple Beautyberry)
  • Canna
  • Chrysanthemum × rubellum ‘Clara Curtis’
  • Coreopsis
  • Creeping Jenny
  • Decumaria barbara (Climbing Hydrangea)
  • Dirca palustris (Leatherwood)
  • Dixie Wood Fern
  • Euonymus americanus (Strawberry Bush or Hearts-a-Bustin’)
  • Gardenia ‘Crown Jewel’
  • Gardenia ‘Jubilation’
  • Guara ‘So So’
  • Hellebores
  • Hemerocallis (Daylillies)
  • Hibiscus ‘Pink Crush Rose Mallow’
  • Houseplants
  • Hosta ‘Empress Wu’
  • Hosta ‘Halcyon’
  • Hosta ‘Halcyon’
  • Hosta ‘Twilight’
  • Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’
  • Hydrangea macrophylla ‘LA Dreamin’
  • Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Penny Mac’
  • Iris ‘Apricot Silk’
  • Iris japonica ‘Eco Easter’
  • Japanese Painted Fern
  • Jeffersonia diphylla (Twinleaf)
  • Knockout Roses
  • Leucothoe axillaris ‘Margie Jenkins’
  • Mertensia virginica (Virginia Blue Bells)
  • Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’ Bee Balm
  • Pittosporum
  • Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
  • Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ (Variegated Solomon’s Seal)
  • Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)
  • Polystichum polyblepharum (Tassel Fern)
  • Quercus alba (White Oak)
  • Raphiolepsis (Indian Hawthorne)
  • Rhodea japonica (Sacred Lily)
  • Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldtstrum’
  • ryan’s Pink
  • Scutellaria laterfolia
  • Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
  • Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine Poppy)
  • Vernonia (Ironweed)
  • Xanthorhiza simplicissima (Yellowroot)
  • Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
  • Bramble Fern
  • Dendranthema ‘Pumpkin Igloo’
  • Frost Proof Gardenias
  • Lobelia siphilicata
  • Louisiana Wood Fern
  • Saxifraga stolonifera
  • Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Suwannee’
  • Trachelospermum jasminoides (Confederate Jasmine)
  • White gold Japanese Spirea

The Woodlands Garden Plant Sale is made possible by a group of dedicated volunteers.  Let us know if you’d like to help organize future Plant Sales or participate with any Garden efforts.  Email volunteer@woodlandsgarden.org to find out more….The Garden is a special place due to the many hands that make it grow-come join the fun!

Become a Donor

Help support this thriving greenspace by donating to Woodlands Garden. Your financial contributions help to maintain the horticulture collections, purchase supplies for volunteer projects, and much more!

All donations are greatly appreciated and can be submitted securely online with a credit card here or mailed directly to Woodlands Garden at 932 Scott Blvd Decatur, GA 30030.

Please contact director@woodlandsgarden.org with any questions or suggestions. We are always open to ideas of how to generate support for this community resource.

$25k Imlay grant for streambed restoration project

In October 2017, Woodlands Garden was awarded a $25,000 grant from The Imlay Foundation towards its streambed restoration project. The Imlay Foundation is a private charitable foundation established in 1990 by John P. Imlay Jr., the late Atlanta-based entrepreneur and philanthropist, to support charitable and cultural organizations within Atlanta and Scotland.

Morse Creek running through Woodlands Garden

Woodlands sought funds to stabilize the banks of Morse Creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee River that runs through the Garden. In March this year, the Garden hired Ecological Solutions Inc., a natural resources consulting firm, to assess the site and create a plan to repair the damage to the creek and surrounding area. Their report showed that erosion and poor storm water management upstream have compromised the creek’s water and banks over time.

The Imlay Foundation’s grant will be used to purchase stream restoration materials, including root wads, boulders, and plants, among other materials. Mary Ellen Imlay, Board Chairman of The Imlay Foundation, said, “The Imlay Foundation is pleased to continue its support for Woodlands Garden with a grant for the Morse Creek streambed restoration project. As a native of Decatur and a friend of the Morse family, I am delighted that Woodlands Garden is working hard to preserve this beautiful natural oasis in the middle of a rapidly developing area of Metro Atlanta.”

Woodlands will be engaging the community to help complete the restoration work so sign up today to join the volunteer effort. The Morse Creek restoration project continues Woodlands’ ongoing work to preserve its Piedmont forest and engage the broader Atlanta community in the natural world.

Follow in the footsteps of the Imlay Foundation by donating to Woodlands to support garden projects and programs in this community greenspace by visiting http://www.woodlandsgarden.org/support-woodlands/.

Decatur Focus published a version of this article in their December 2017 issue (pg 16). You can read it here: http://www.decaturga.com/home/showdocument?id=11007 

Fall Plant Sale – Thank you!

Special thanks to these local nurseries, organizations, and businesses for your support to make the Fall Plant Sale a great success!

  • Ace Hardware Tucker
  • Arborguard
  • Ashe-Simpson Garden Center
  • Atlanta History Center Goizueta Gardens
  • Baker Environmental Nursery
  • Brushwood Nursery
  • Buck Jones Nursery
  • Chattahoochee Nature Center
  • Dorough Nursery
  • Family Tree
  • Frank Smith’s Nursery
  • Georgia Wholesale Nursery
  • Garden*Hood
  • Georgia Perimeter College Garden
  • Goodness Grows
  • Halls Flower Shop
  • Intown Ace Hardware – Decatur
  • John Dunn
  • Ladyslipper Rare Plant Nursery
  • Native Forest Nursery
  • Night Song Native Plant Nursery
  • Piccadilly Farm Nursery and Gardens
  • Pike’s Nursery Regional Office
  • Randy’s Nursery
  • ReVisioned Furniture
  • Southern Native Plantings
  • The Kinsey Family Farm
  • Transplant Nursery
  • Wilkerson Mill Gardens
  • Woody’s Wholesale Nursery

The Woodlands Garden Plant Sale is made possible by a group of dedicated volunteers.  Let us know if you’d like to help organize future Plant Sales or participate with any Garden efforts.  Complete this online Volunteer Application to provide your interests and get more involved at Woodlands. The Garden is a special place due to the many hands that make it grow; come join the fun!