The Tribune

NEW and unusual plants will be the focus of this year’s fifth annual Camperdown Plant Sale – the largest private sale of plants on the island.

Plant enthusiasts always look forward to this event, which is held every fall at the home of Sarah Lobosky in Camperdown.

This year’s sale will take place tomorrow, Saturday, November 10, from 9am until noon.

Four women who live in Camperdown combine their yearly gardening efforts to produce a wide variety of plants and hanging baskets which they offer at reasonable prices to the public.

Cindy Wilde, Joanna Robertson, Alison Albury and Sarah Lobosky all have beautiful gardens, and several years ago they decided to share some of their excess plants and trees with other plant enthusiasts. Since then, the popularity of this annual event has reached far and wide.

There is no entrance fee to attend the sale, and once people step inside the garden, they are amazed at the wide variety of adeniums, bromeliads, ferns, orchids, palms and various tropical anomalies that would delight any gardener.

There will be hanging baskets, tillandsia displays and tables of various plants from which to choose, all for sale at reasonable prices.

As usual there will be a bargain table ($5 and under) for those gardeners who are on a restricted budget, and there will be plenty of items in this price range to choose from.

In addition, items such as pepper jelly will be available for sale.

Part proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Eastern Community Pacesetters Youth Marching and Concert Band to help with the purchase of musical instruments.