The Northampton Education Foundation had its 28th Annual Plant Sale on May 10 on the lawn of the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. Each year hundreds of plants are donated from backyards across the valley, and volunteers spend the night before the sale getting everything ready. The day brought with it all the weather that spring can muster, and plant lovers came from all over to see what they could add to their gardens. Everyone joined in the countdown to the 9 a.m. start time.

This year we raised over $10,000, all of which goes toward the purchase of books and literary materials for Northampton Public Schools and Smith Voc. We could not have done this without the generous help from our sponsors: DA Sullivan and Sons, Friends of Marcia Burick, Greenfield Savings Bank, Marisa Labozzetta & Martin Wohl, Fierst Bloomberg Ohm LLP, Keiter, and Wohl Family Dentistry. Our plant and material donors are: Bay State Perennials, Fairview Farms, Harvest Farms, and Lashway Forest Products. Thank you Lyn and Linda for the beautiful quilt and Smith Vocational Carpentry Department for the amazing trellis! Thanks also to Stop and Shop and Big Y Northampton who donated food and drink for volunteers.

Many thanks to all the plant donors, plant sale volunteers and the plant sale committee for helping to make the plant sale a spring tradition and a wonderful community event! If you would like to volunteer or have plants to donate, please visit us at https://northamptoneducation.org/community-events/plant-sale

Mandaryn Gerry

Northampton