![Hanging baskets are flowering in the greenhouses at Battle Ground High School. Photo courtesy Battle Ground School District](https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Story_Clark-County-Today-Plant_Sales_-_BGHS_-_05.jpg)
Sales will be drop-in with no prior registration required
A variety of annual and perennial bedding and flowering plants, as well as vegetable starts and hanging baskets grown in Battle Ground Public Schools’ greenhouses by students and staff, will be available for purchase at upcoming public sales beginning later this month.
Sales will be drop-in with no prior registration required. The Northwest Native Trees and Shrubs sale on the CASEE campus will include one day where the first hour is for members only.
![A variety of annual and perennial bedding and flowering plants, as well as vegetable starts and hanging baskets grown in BGSD greenhouses by students and staff, will be available for purchase beginning later this month.](https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Story_Clark-County-Today-District_Wide_Plant_Sales_2024.jpg)
Money raised from these sales supports the district’s horticulture and FFA programs and welding teams. Students and staff from Battle Ground High School, Prairie High School and the FFA program grow tens of thousands of plants each year. Some of these plants are used in landscaping projects on school campuses, while the rest are sold at annual public sales.
CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Saturday, April 27:
- 10-11 a.m. – NatureScaping members only (register at NatureScaping.org)
- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Open to the public (no appointment necessary)
Sunday, April 28:
- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Open to the public (no appointment necessary)
CASEE is located at 11104 N.E. 149th Street in Brush Prairie.
Payment options: Checks and credit/debit cards accepted.
Held in conjunction with NatureScaping of SW Washington’s Bare Root trees, shrubs and perennials sale, CASEE will have northwest native trees and shrubs available. Trees are $15, shrubs start at $7, perennials start at $1. There will also be mason bee cocoons available for purchase.
PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL
Wednesday through Friday, May 8-10, 3-6 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The PHS greenhouse is located in the southwest corner of the campus at 11311 NE 119th St. in Vancouver. Signs will be out to help direct traffic.
Payment options: Cash (exact change only please), check and debit/credit cards accepted
The Prairie greenhouse has been busy growing hanging baskets, table planters, geraniums, fuchsias, succulents, perennial plants, ornamental grasses, annual bedding plants and vegetables. The What’s Growing in Prairie’s Greenhouse Facebook page will be posting details on what plants are available the week before the sale starts.
BATTLE GROUND HIGH SCHOOL
Saturday, May 18, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The BGHS greenhouses are located at 300 W Main St., Battle Ground.
Payment options: Cash, check and debit/credit cards accepted.
Battle Ground High School’s Agriculture Department has a large selection of hanging baskets in various sizes available for sale this year. Other plants available will include a wide assortment of geraniums, succulents, perennials, vegetable starts, herbs, PNW Natives, flowering patio pots and assorted houseplants.
Information provided by the Battle Ground School District.
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