3rd Annual Fall Native Plant Market
You’re invited to Keep Growing Detroit and Friends of the Rouge‘s third annual Fall Native Plant Market! Shop for native plants at a farmer’s market style gathering of Michigan native plant producers. Vendors will have a variety of native plants including perennial flowers, shrubs and trees! Pre-order rain barrels for pickup at the event by Fri. September 27th. Pre-order native plant kits from Designs by Nature for pickup by Fri. September 20th.
Photo of a monarch butterfly on a milkweed plant.
Date/Time: Sat. October, 5 from 11am-2pm
Rain Date: Sun. October, 6 from 11am-2pm
Location: Keep Growing Detroit Farm near Eastern Market, 3100 Orleans St, Detroit (click on link for map)
Native Plant Vendors
Fall: The Best Time To Do Your Garden Planting!
- Cooler weather, pretty colors, fewer bugs
- Plants do better in Fall! Soil is warmer than in the spring. Less drought stress. You don’t have to water as much. Plants get growing next spring before garden centers even have plants on the shelves.
- Save Spring for enjoyment (and weeding…) plant now, for one less thing to do in spring
- Save money! Nurseries often have fall end of season discounts, come see what deals they have!
Make a day of it!
After you’re done shopping, check out the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s Detroit Harvest Fest & Food Truck Rally featuring live music and 50+ food trucks on the Dequindre Cut, a beautiful eastside greenway corridor. The KGD farm is also right next to Eastern Market where they always have lots of local vendors selling a variety of goods.
Things to Bring
- Quart and plug shoppers: bring a cardboard tray to hold your plants (think costco, or from a flat of beverages). We’re working to secure a supply as well.
- Your excitement for native plants!
- 1-3 gallon pot shoppers: we’ll have volunteers and wagons on site to help you move plants to your vehicle if needed. But if you have your own wagon to bring, you won’t have to wait!
