Plant sales sprout up as gardening season kicks off

All the local plant sales.

By Monika Spykerman, Staff writer

April 23, 2026 8:04 am

Camas, Clark County, Life

People explore the plant sale in 2019 at the Home and Garden Idea Fair hosted by Clark Public Utilities at the Clark County Fairgrounds. The event includes one of the largest plant sales in the area. (The Columbian file photos)

Logan Lewi, 11, of Brush Prairie, volunteers to help shoppers with their purchases along with other Boy Scouts from Troop 475 at the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale. (The Columbian files)

Battle Ground Schools will host its annual plant sale on eight different days and in three locations this year. Items for sale include beautiful, blooming hanging baskets. (The Columbian files)

Plants are prepared for Clark Public Utilities’ Home & Garden Idea Fair at the Clark County Event Center. (The Columbian files)

May 7 and 8 are the last two days of the plant sale at Prairie High School. Reserve your purchases online then pick them up at the greenhouse. (The Columbian files)

Plants for sale at the fair include evening primrose, lavender, iris, calla lilies, alstroemeria, hellebores, lilac, forsythia, violets and even a few camas lilies. (The Columbian files)

Visitors enjoy the annual Mother’s Day Plant and Garden Fair in downtown Camas in May of 2017. Lacamas Lavender Farm is a longtime vendor at the fair. (The Columbian files)

Shelley Serface, of Ridgefield, carries plants she selected at the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County Mothers’ Day Weekend Plant Sale. (The Columbian files)

Lura Morrow, left, of Battle Ground and Sharon Handlos, right of Brush Prairie, carry plants they selected at the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County Mothers’ Day Weekend Plant Sale. (The Columbian files)

If your yard looks dangerously devoid of blooms and shrubbery, fill it to the brim with purchases from the following plant sales. Most plants are locally grown and many events are fundraisers for schools, museums and nonprofit organizations. Several sales offer gardening tips and advice from on-site experts, while other sales include additional garden goodies such as tools or mason bee supplies.

A few events are full-scale outdoor celebrations, like the Camas Plant and Garden Fair and the Clark Public Utilities Home and Garden Idea Fair.

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