CHESTERTOWN — May Mart, the Chestertown Garden Club’s yearly sale of noninvasive perennials and shrubs, as well as natives, annuals, house plants, herbs and vegetables, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 1 in the downtown Memorial Park Plaza.
Garden club members also will be available to provide information and advice on planting and plant care.
This is a rain-or-shine event.
Gently used garden décor, planters, baked goods and raffle tickets will be sold as well. Raffle tickets are three for $5 for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate from a Chestertown business of your choice.
Happy Chicken Bakery will be selling breakfast and lunch, which can be purchased on site or preordered at happychickenbakery.com.
Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted at the event.
May Mart is the Chestertown Garden Club’s major fundraiser of the year. All proceeds go toward the beautification, restoration and maintenance of the town’s Fountain and Memorial parks. The club also decorates the parks with festive greenery for the winter holiday season.
This year, the club has launched a campaign to help fund a new wheelchair-accessible brick pathway in Memorial Park.
The Chestertown Garden Club was founded in 1931 to bring together area residents with a mutual interest in gardening and environmental awareness.
Today, the club has a membership of more than 60 women and men who contribute labor, time and resources to improve and maintain Chestertown’s public spaces.
The club also provides informative meetings and lectures as well as sponsoring local flower shows and trips to area gardens.
To learn more about the Chestertown Garden Club, stop by the hospitality tent at May Mart.
If you miss the main event, you can look for the garden club’s information table downtown at First Friday on May 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be plants and raffle tickets for sale.
