Please Note: The Native Plant Sales and Nursery Events Listed Below Are Not Run by Wild Ones HGCNY
Below Are Two Types of Stewardship Events: Upcoming Events and Weekly Events.
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May 13, 2026
Warbler Walk with Steve Kress at Grow Wild!
When: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Where: Grow Wild!, 245 Speed Hill Rd, Brooktondale NY, 14817
Description: Come join us as we take an early morning walk on the land where Grow Wild! resides with Steve Kress as our guide. We’ll be looking and listening for warblers and other birds. Last year it was great fun. I hope you can join us.
STEPHEN KRESS is the founder of National Audubon Society’s Project Puffin and a Visiting Fellow of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. He previously served as Vice-President for Bird Conservation for the National Audubon Society and Director of the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen. He is author of many books on seabirds, bird watching, gardening for birds and teaches Spring Ornithology for the Cayuga Bird Club.
This event is limited to 15 people.
If you’d like to attend this event, please register by emailing me at [email protected]
May 15, 2026
Grow Wild! at the Ithaca Garden Fair & Plant Sale
When: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, May 15, 2026
Where: Ithaca Farmers’ Market, 545 Third Street, Ithaca, New York 14850
Description: One of the Finger Lakes’ most highly anticipated gardening events, the Garden Fair & Plant Sale features a wide variety of vendors who offer plants, garden accessories, and gardening advice. Plants for sale include heirloom vegetables, colorful annuals, fragrant herbs, hanging baskets, flowering shrubs, hardy roses, fruit trees, evergreens, and specialty perennials.
CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners Volunteers participate in the sale to raise funds for their program and share their gardening knowledge. They will also be offering pH testing for garden soil if you bring a sample to the sale. You can buy raffle tickets to win prizes provided by our vendors at the CCE office (615 Willow St, Ithaca) ahead of time or at the sale. Tickets are 1 for $1, 6 for $5, or 15 for $10. You need not be present at time of drawing to win.
Visitors are encouraged to bring carts or wagons to aid in transporting their plant purchases to their cars.
Links:
- Grow Wild!: https://www.growwildnatives.com/event-template
- Ithaca Garden Fair & Plant Sale: https://ccetompkins.org/events/2026/05/15/2026-garden-fair-and-plant-sale
May 15 & 16, 2026
Native Plant Sale at Baltimore Woods
When: 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 15, 2026 & 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 16, 2026
Where: Baltimore Woods, 4007 Bishop Hill Road, PO Box 133, Marcellus, NY 13108
Description: Join us for a fun-filled weekend celebrating the importance of native plants, creating backyard habitats, and supporting Baltimore Woods Nature Center! Shop for a diversity of native plants, herbs, and heirloom tomatoes; enjoy a delicious picnic plate, enter to win a raffle prize, get your gardening questions answered, and more! You won’t want to miss out on the beautiful variety of plants offered.
This year’s vendors include:
- Our Indigenous Garden (Friday Only)
- Amanda’s Native Garden (Friday & Saturday)
- Silver Tree Forest Farm (Friday & Saturday)
- Faverolles Gardens (Friday & Saturday)
Link: https://baltimorewoods.org/annual-native-plant-sale-bwnc/
May 17, 2026
Grow Wild! at the Freeville Farmers Market Plant Sale
When: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 17, 2026
Where: Freeville Elementary School, 43 Main St., Freeville, NY
Description: In addition to our regular vendor lineup, we’re excited to welcome special guests at the market!
Links:
- Grow Wild!: https://www.growwildnatives.com/event-template
- Freeville Farmers Market Plant Sale: https://www.freevillefarmersmarket.org/plantsale-951372.html
May 30, 2026
Spring Native Plant Sale with Cornell Botanical Gardens & Finger Lakes Native Plant Society
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2026
Where: Plant Production Facility, 397 Forest Home Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850
Description: Cornell Botanic Gardens, in partnership with Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, will host a spring plant sale highlighting native plants of the Finger Lakes Region. The Botanic Gardens offerings will include many native plants from locally collected and grown seeds. The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society will be selling native plants propagated from locally collected seeds and divisions of native species from members’ gardens. There will also be a mix of herbs, vegetables, trees, and house plants available. Come and support both organizations and leave with high quality plants to adorn your home landscape this summer! Note: please bring your own boxes, trays, wagons, etc., to get your plants home. Saleswill be credit/debit card only. Please no cash!
Parking is available in the Flat Rock area along Forest Home Drive and on Arbor Road in the F.R. Newman Arboretum.
Links:
- Cornel Botanical Gardens: https://events.cornell.edu/event/spring-native-plant-sale-2026
- Finger Lakes Native Plant Society: https://flnps.org/activities/2986/native-plant-sale-flnps-cornell-botanic-gardens
June 6, 2026
Color Brighton Green Native Plant Sale
When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, June 6, 2026
Where: Buckland Park, 1435 Westfall Road, Rochester, 14618
Description: Color Brighton Green, along with the Brighton Conservation Board and several Color Your Community Green groups, announces the First Annual Native Plant Sale, to be held Saturday June 6th from 10 AM to 1 PM in Buckland Park, 1435 Westfall Road in Brighton. Featuring 12 growers of seed raised native plants, this will be the largest assemblage of native plants in the region, available for sale to stock your garden with the most optimal plants for our pollinators, birds, and insects. Organizations specializing in native gardening, habitat restoration and sustainability will have booths to answer your questions. A perfect opportunity for gardeners and everyone interested in a healthy planet to learn more about the value of native flora and put that knowledge into practice. For further information, please contact Richard Aerni at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
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June 27, 2026
Native Bee Walk at Grow Wild!
When: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, June 27, 2026
Where: Grow Wild!, 245 Speed Hill Rd, Brooktondale NY, 14817
Inspirational Book Connection: The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation by Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, and John L. Neff
Description: We’re excited to welcome Kass Urban-Mead from The Xerces Society and Rachel Kelty from Tompkins Pollinator Pathway who will lead us on a native bee adventure.
We’ll learn about the amazing native bees who live in our area, the importance of those bees, and how we can encourage and support them to make our yards and gardens their home.
It’s certain to be a good time walking with these two enthusiastic bee experts while visiting the habitat projects at Grow Wild! Hopefully we’ll see some of our bee neighbors while we’re out.
Kass Urban-Mead provides technical assistance on pollinator conservation in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. As part of this work, she assists with planning, designing, installing, and managing habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects. Kass also works with staff and research partners to develop technical guidelines and provide training on pollinator conservation practices.
Her graduate work in the Cornell Entomology Department characterized the wild bees active in early spring forests and forest canopies, and how the movement of bees between forests and orchards can support orchard pollination. Kass grew up raising 4-H dairy goats in the Hudson Valley. She completed a masters at Yale Forestry, worked for a summer at the Arnold Arboretum, and did ecological research in southern France.
Rachel Kelty is a recent graduate of Cornell University, where she attained her M.S. studying native bees across the Northeastern U.S. Previous work as a research technician in Alaska ignited her interest in ecology and conservation, but her true passion is pollinator conservation. She focuses on community outreach and engagement as a volunteer for the Tompkins Pollinator Pathway and enjoys sharing her continuously growing knowledge and understanding of bees, other pollinators, and native plants with the local community.
September 19, 2026
4th Annual Native Plant Festival & Sale at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, September 19, 2026
Where: Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, 3395 US Route 20, Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Description: Fall is an excellent time to plant native trees, shrubs and perennials so please join us for fun, food and flowers at the 4th annual Grow Native! Native Plant Festival and Sale.
Come early (9 am) for a guided nature walk with Master Naturalist, Pete Saracino and stay for our special guest speakers: Janice Wiles from Go Native! Perennials, Molly Jacobson from SUNY ESF Bee Campus, Krissy Boys from Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, John Price from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank and Brian Hoven, Assistant Professor of Biology at SUNY Geneseo. Discover the fascinating relationship between native plants and native pollinators and the impact they have on local ecosystems. Learn how to create and manage habitats, meadows and native gardens and collect native seeds responsibly while getting updates on NY State’s native seed supply chain. Investigate the many ways invasive species get established and affect native ecosystems. Visit our local native plant nurseries, vendors and artisans.
Enjoy lunch from a local food truck and later join our native bee expert for a bug sweep around the marsh or duck into the tent for a workshop on plant propagation.
End your day with a birding adventure on the Wildlife Drive with Audubon Environmental Educator, Fred Leff. This fall take a walk on the wild side and enjoy a fun-filled “day of discovery” at the Refuge!
“Come for the flowers, stay for the fun!”
Link: https://friendsofmontezuma.org/guided-walks-may-2026-2/
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Wednesdays
May 8 to October 28, 2026
ReWilders at Go Native! Perennials
When: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, May 6 to October 28, 2026
Where: Go Native! Perennials, 1686 NY-321, Elbridge, NY, 13060
Description: Join Us: We are the ReWilders.
Come join us on Wednesday mornings 8:30-10:30 from May 6-October 28 to learn about native plants, why they are key to our lives and health, how to grow and rewild with them. Come when you can, stay as long as you wish. Take a plant or two home with you.