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• Volunteer for the Fall Native Plant Sale

  • When
    10/11/2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Umstead State Park (2100 N Harrison Ave, Cary, NC 27513)
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  We're looking for volunteers to help us with our popular Fall Native Plant Sale on October 11! Volunteer tasks will include organizing the plants and Umstead State Park merchandise,  assisting folks buying plants and takedown.

  We have the following volunteer time slots:

  • Friday: 9am - 11:30am (perhaps longer depending on number of volunteers)
  • Saturday: 9am-1pm: Event setup, assisting shoppers
  • Saturday: 1pm-5pm: Assisting shoppers, event takedown

  We're looking for up to 30 volunteers to help make this event run smoothly.

  Location: We'll be setting up in the grassy area on the right when you pull into the Reedy Creek entrance parking lot at Umstead State Park (2100 N Harrison Ave, Cary, NC 27513)

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• Fall Native Plant Sale, Saturday, October 11

  • When
    10/11/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Umstead State Park (2100 N Harrison Ave, Cary, NC 27513)

  Register

  Our Fall Native Plant Sale will be on Saturday, October 11 from 12pm-3pm. We'll be selling locally-grown, native  perennials, shrubs and trees.
  

  EARLY ENTRY! — Umstead Coalition Members (with current membership or donations over $15 from October 1, 2024) will get early access from 11am-noon. 

  VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION: We can use about 30 volunteers to help make the event successful, please sign-up to volunteer with this link:  Volunteer for the Fall Native Plant Sale

  100% of all proceeds from the event go to support William B. Umstead State Park.

  Location: We'll be set up in the grassy area on the right when you drive into the parking lot at the Harrison Ave, Cary entrance to Umstead State Park (2100 N Harrison Ave, Cary, NC 27513).

  Registration is not required, but will help us know how many to expect. 

  Pricing

  4 inch: $10

  1 gallon (excluding azaleas and pawpaws): $20

  1 gallon azalea and pawpaw: $25

  
  

  Plant list will be updated with additional plants, so check back.

  1-gallon pots:

  * Amismina triloba "Pawpaw"
  

  Callicarpa americana "American beautyberry"

  Ceanothus americanus "New jersey tea"

  Chionanthus virginicus "Fringe tree"

  Hamamelis virginiana "Witch hazel"

  Hydrangea quercifolia "Oakleaf hydrangea"

  Hypericum densiflorum "Bushy St. Johnswort"

  * Rhododendron arborescens "Smooth/Sweet azalea"

  * Rhododendron atlanticum "Dwarf azalea"

  * Rhododendron periclymenoides "Pink azalea"

  Rosa palustris "Swamp rose"

  Spiraea tomentosa "Hardhack"

  Vaccinium corymbosum "Highbush blueberry"

  Clethra alnifolia "Sweet pepperbush"

  Onoclea sensibilis "Sensitive fern"

  
  

  4-inch pots:

  Onoclea sensibilis "Sensitive fern"

  Osmunda spectabilis "Royal fern"

  Polystichum acrostichoides "Christmas fern"

  Osmundastrum cinnamomeum "Cinnamon fern"

  Likely 4-inch pots (plus more will be added to the list):

  Echinacea purpurea  "Purple coneflower"

  Conoclinium coelestinum "Blue mistflower"

  Eryngium aquaticum "Marsh rattlesnake master"

  Liatris spicata "Blazing star"

  Lobelia elongata "Blue lobelia"

  Solidago rugosa "Wrinkleleaf goldenrod"

  Pycnanthemum muticum  "Clustered mountain mint"

  Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset"

  Monarda fitulosa "Bee balm / Wild bergamot"

  * Pawpaw and azaleas $25

  
  

  Keep checking back - list will be updated closer to Plant Sale

  Interested in volunteering?
  

  We have lots of people attend our sale and needs lots of help. Sign up for a shift here. 

  
  

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