Customers look at marigolds and other plants during the Spring Plant and Art Sale at the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The annual Spring Plant and Art Sale at the Indian Creek Nature Center grows every year.
Signs mark a variety of “filler” plants at the sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
This year, more than 20 partners and vendors participated in the event, on Saturday, May 4, at the Nature Center at 5300 Otis Rd. SE.
Hundreds of visitors found flowering annuals, perennials, vegetable seedlings, herbs, garden art and more.
Held the first Saturday in May, the weather can sometimes be less than ideal, but picture-perfect conditions greeted visitors to the 2019 sale.
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Vehicles lined Otis Road when the parking lot filled as the sale began.
The Spring Plant and Art Sale is one of two annual fundraising events benefiting Indian Creek Nature Center and hosted by the Friends of the Nature Center group, along with Nature’s Noel holiday market in December.
If you missed this Saturday’s event, mark your calendar for next year. Find other local plant sales here, and see more photos from this year’s plant sale, below:
Vehicles filled the parking lot of the Indian Creek Nature Center as the plant sale began. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Customers filled boxes with plants at the annual sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Monarchs in Eastern Iowa was among groups represented at the plant sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
The Monarch Research Project offered free milkweed seed to visitors. Milkweed is the sole food source for monarch caterpillars. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
The nonprofit Feed Iowa First sold “salsa boxes,” with tomato and pepper seedlings. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Volunteers with Feed Iowa First help customers at the Indian Creek Nature Center plant sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Members of “incerti” play recorders during the plant sale on Saturday, May 4, 2019. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Echollective Farm sells seedlings during the plant sale in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Alpaca Fiber Arts of Mount Vernon was among vendors at the plant sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Volunteers at the checkout line awaits customers during the plant sale on Saturday, May 4, 2019. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
The holding area fills with boxes of plants at the Indian Creek Nature Center. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Colorful gaillardia were among flowers sold at the plant sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Customers look at salvia and other perennials at the plant sale on Saturday, May 4. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Nirvana Garden Creations sells teacup bird feeders at the sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Daylilies are sold at the Indian Creek Nature Center Spring Plant and Art Sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Blooming annuals and perennials were among plants sold at the Indian Creek Nature Center. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Succulents are sold at the Spring Plant and Art Sale on Saturday, May 4. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
The Spring Plant and Art Sale featured more than 20 partners and vendors in 2019. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Customers use a wagon to carry purchases at the plant sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Hundreds of visitors found a variety of plants to purchase at the Indian Creek Nature Center Spring Plant and Art Sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Customers look at purple coneflower and other plants during the Spring Plant and Art Sale at the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
The Indian Creek Nature Center’s annual Spring Plant and Art Sale was held May 4, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
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