William Paca Garden Plant Sale
Date: June 3 - 12, 2020
It's the William Paca Garden Plant Sale - reimagined! A tradition for over 40 years, the William Paca Garden Plant Sale will still provide the opportunity to take home a piece of history,
but due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, we've had to get a bit creative.
The William Paca Garden Plant Sale will operate on a pre-order/curbside pickup model from June 5 through June 12, 2020.
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Online ordering is currently open! Ordering will be open through 12 pm on June 11th, or while supplies last. Click the Shop Now button to shop!
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Orders will be scheduled for curbside pickup at 1 Martin Street from June 5th through 12th (M-F: 10 am - 12 pm, Sat: 10 am - 2 pm, Sun: 11 am - 2 pm). When you order, you'll be able to select your date and time for curbside pick-up.
The 2020 Plant Sale Catalog is now available! Click the button to view.
The William Paca Garden Plant Sale will have everything you need to plant your COVID-19 Victory Garden and bring some colorful history to your garden. Victory Gardens began in World War I to help feed Europeans who were suffering from food shortages. At the same time, Americans were facing shortages of canned goods, and began backyard gardens as a way of filling the gap and allowing more commercial crops to be sent to the troops overseas. To fill your own Victory Garden, the William Paca Garden Spring Plant Sale will feature thousands of culinary, annual, perennial, and vine plants, plus shrubs and trees, all hand raised by Historic Annapolis volunteers. Along with other culinary crops, some special tomatoes including the Micro Tom Tomato will be offered, considered to the be world’s smallest tomato with plants only 6-8 inches tall. In addition to both yellow and red cherry tomatoes, the relatively new Celano Hybrid, a 2020 AAS (All-American Selections Winner) will be available.
A new, fun crop to grow with children are the heirloom peanuts, originally brought to the United States from West Africa in the 17th century and one of the first peanuts imported and grown in the colonies.
Among the annuals that bring color to the garden all summer are Wishbone Plant (Torenia kauai) that likes the shade! And, we have biannual Hollyhocks, Nicotiana (flowering Tobacco), and Verbena Bonariensis (Tall verbena) among many other beautiful, flowering annuals. Among the offerings in the vine category will be the fragrant Snail Vine, which was said to be Thomas Jefferson’s favorite, and Annapolis’s favorite Hyacinth Bean with its purple flowers, stems and beans.
All proceeds support the programs of the William Paca Garden. Your purchase will ensure the maintenance of our precious cultural site and its future. Thank you!
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