Pollinator Palooza Native Plant Sale
What: 2024 Pollinator Palooza Native Plant Sale
When: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 10am – 3pm
Where: Oligny’s Garden Center, 390 Wilton-Gansevoort Road, Gansevoort
Parking: Across the street at 393 Wilton-Gansevoort Road
Our plants are $10 per pot including sales tax. Payment by cash or check preferred
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Native plants for native pollinators
Your yard has an important role to play in protecting pollinators. Come to the Pollinator Palooza native plant sale on Saturday, June 1, to buy native plants and meet people dedicated to protecting our precious pollinators, their habitat, and other natural resources.
Greenhouse full of plants before last year’s sale
This family-friendly event includes
- Over 35 varieties of native plants for sale
- Information about native plants and pollinators
- Free soil pH testing by Cornell Cooperative Extension (bring about 1/4 cup of dry soil)
- Help with your gardening questions
- Local organizations focused on native plants and ecosystems
- Kids’ activities
- Raffles to win books, gift certificates, plants, and more
- Food Trucks
Participating Organizations
- Capital Region PRISM
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Saratoga County Master Gardeners
- Grassland Bird Trust
- Home Earth Alliance (will also be selling plants)
- Merck Forest and Farmland Center
- North Shore Animal League
- Saratoga PLAN
- SoBro conservancy of Saratoga
- Southern ADK Audubon Society
- Wild Ones Capital Region (will also be selling plants)
- Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park
- Oligny’s Garden Center will also have plants for sale
Grab something to eat at our FOOD TRUCKS
Plants suited to local conditions
You’ll find plants suited to a variety of conditions, from sun to shade and dry to moist soil. Here’s what will be available for purchase:
Anaphalis margaritacea – Pearly Everlasting
Anemone cylindrica – Thimbleweed
Antennaria plantaginifolia – Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
Aruncus dioicus – Goat’s Beard
Asarum canadense – Wild Ginger
Carex stricta – Upright/Tussock Sedge
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Eragrostis spectabilis – Purple Lovegrass
Eurybia macrophylla – Big Leaved Aster
Eutrochium purpureum – Purple Joe Pye Weed/Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Fragaria virginiana – Wild Strawberry
Geranium maculatum – Wild Geranium
Heliopsis helianthoides – Oxeye Sunflower
Heuchera americana – American Coral Bell/Alumroot
Lespedeza capitata – Round Headed Bush Clover
Liatris spicata – Dense Blazing Star
Lonicera sempervirens – Coral Honeysuckle
Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells
Mimulus ringens – Allegany Monkey-flower
Monarda punctata – Spotted Beebalm
Packera aurea – Golden Groundsel
Phlox maculata – Wild Sweet William
Polemonium reptans – Jacobs Ladder
Pycnanthemum incanum – Hoary Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – Slender Mountain Mint
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem
Sedum ternatum – Woodland Stonecrop/Three-leaved stonecrop
Silene virginica – Fire Pink
Solidago caesia – Blue Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens – Seaside Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum – Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve – Smooth Blue Aster
Tiarella cordifolia – Creeping Foamflower
Verbena hastata – Blue Vervain
Download the PLANT LIST and bring it with you for easy shopping
Download our planting and care tip sheet
It’s a labor of love
Thanks to the generous support of Oligny’s Greenhouse, our Sustainable Saratoga volunteers raise and care for all of the plants we sell right here in Gansevoort, NY.
Heliopsis helianthoides_Oxeye Sunflower
Geranium maculatum_Wild Geranium
Fragaria virginiana_Wild strawberry
Eutrochium purpureum_Purple Joe Pye Weed
Eurybia macrophylla_Big-Leaved Aster
Eragrostis spectabilis_Purple lovegrass
Echinacea purpurea_Purple Coneflower
Carex stricta_Upright Sedge
Asarum canadense _Wild Ginger
Aruncus dioicus_Goats Beard
Antennaria plantaginifolia_Plaintain Leaved Pussytoes
Anemone cylindrica_Thimbleweed
Anaphalis margaritacea_Pearly Everlasting
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium_Slender Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum incanum_Hoary mountain mint
Polemonium reptans, Jacob’s Ladder
Phlox maculata_Wild Sweet William
Packera aurea_Golden Groundsel
Monarda punctata_Spotted Bee Balm
Mertensia virginica_Virginia Bluebells
Mimulus ringens_Allegany Monkey-flower
Lonicera sempervirens_Coral Honeysuckle
Liatris spicata_Dense Blazing Star
Lespedeza capitata_Round Headed Bush Clover
Heuchera americana_Alumroot
Verbena hastata_Blue vervain
Tiarella cordifolia_Creeping foamflower
Symphyotrichum laeve_Smooth blue aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum_Calico Aster
Solidago sempervirens_Seaside goldenrod
Solidago caesia_Blue stemmed goldenrod
Silene virginica _Fire pink
Sedum ternatum_Three-leaved stonecrop
Schizachyrium scoparium_Little bluestem
Event map
Please pull into the driveway ONLY for handicapped parking and to pick up plants you have purchased.
Parking
Parking is across the street at 393 Wilton-Gansevoort Road. Slow down as you approach and look for signs and parking staff.
Previous Pollinator Palooza events
Sustainable Saratoga held our first Pollinator Palooza native plant sale in June of 2022 to make native plants available in the Saratoga area. That first sale was an unqualified success, drawing plant and pollinator lovers from Saratoga and surrounding counties. We sold over 1500 plants of 30 varieties selected for suitability to our area. Pollinator Palooza is now an annual June event.
See the 2023 plant list
See the 2022 plant list
June 5, 2022
Pollinator Palooza 2023 Spectrum News story
READ MORE
NATIVE & INVASIVE PLANTS
Our friends at Saratoga Springs Public Library have put together a list of materials about pollinators: https://guides.sspl.org/pollinators
Have questions? Email us at pollinators@sustainablesaratoga.org