This annual garden sale features treasures from local gardens, hanging baskets, veggie starts, and herbs, as well as raffles for a local handmade quilt and a bench and trellis made by Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School Carpentry Shop with wood from Lashway Logging.
The plant sale raises money for books and online resources for the Northampton Public Schools and Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. Schools use their allotted money to diversify their curriculum offerings, add high-interest stories to libraries, strengthen the nonfiction resources in libraries, provide additional books when enrollment increases, and add supplemental texts to enrich students’ learning experiences and to assist those with special needs.
May 9, 2026
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
on the front lawn of Smith Vocational School (80 Locust St.) in Northampton
What will be for sale:
– Perennials
– Annuals
– Shrubs
– Vegetable Starts
– Herbs
– Hanging Baskets
The SVAHS PTO will be selling coffee and baked goods alongside the NEF fundraiser.
Drawings will take place at 12:45pm at the Plant and Garden Market. You do not need to be present to win.
Raffle tickets will be sold at the Plant and Garden Market starting at 9:00 a.m. If you cannot attend the market and would like to purchase tickets in bulk, please reach out to Amy Levine at alevine7@gmail.com or Mandy Gerry at mandygerry@gmail.com.
Monthly in the Valley”.
Approx 80″ x 65″
Made by Kim Drake, Linda Sterling, and Lyn Heady.
Quilted by Linda Zeitler.
Sponsored by Lashway Logging, Keiter Builders, and D.A. Sullivan & Sons.
Built by Smith Vocational carpentry students.
Potted plants may be dropped off from April 22 through May 7 at the following addresses:
373 N. Farms Rd., Florence
36 Wilson Ave., Northampton
31 Forbes Ave., Northampton
Plants may also be dropped off at Smith Vocational (80 Locust St. in Northampton) on Friday evening, May 8, 4:00-7:00.
Please try to label them, pot them early, and water them, so they look happy on the day of the sale!
**Please help prevent the spread of jumping worms by rinsing the roots of your plants first and then potting them into sterilized soil. The worms themselves don’t appear until later in the summer, so please be aware that their eggs are nearly impossible to see.
More info:
https://www.gazettenet.com/HG-JumpingWorms-MacDougall-42849558
https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/jumpingcrazysnake-worms-amynthas-spp
If you need pots, popsicle stick labels, helpers for digging, dividing and/or potting or picking up potted plants please contact Amy Levine at alevine7@gmail.com or Mandy Gerry at mandygerry@gmail.com.
Please help us grow the book fund!
Spread the word, donate plants, volunteer, and shop the sale on May 9.
The plant sale raises money for books and online resources for the Northampton Public Schools and Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School (now its own district). Schools use their allotted money to diversify their curriculum offerings, add high interest stories to libraries, strengthen the nonfiction resources in libraries, provide additional books when enrollment increases, and add supplemental texts to enrich students’ learning experiences or to assist those with special needs.
We need volunteers to collect and organize donated plants on Friday, May 8, and to work at the event offering advice and answering questions to gardeners. Contact Mandy or Amy below.