HENRICO, Va., Sept. 28, 2023 — Fall is a great time for planting and decorating. Get started Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 at a plant sale at the Advanced Career Education Center at Virginia Randolph. Turn your yard into a haven for wildlife with student-grown, environmentally friendly native plants. Check out perennials that thrive in late summer and fall, such as native grasses, asters, columbine and phlox. Students will also be selling house plants. Of course, Halloween is around the corner, and students will also be selling pumpkins in all shapes and colors.
Cooler autumn temperatures are easier on new plants and there’s still time for plants to establish the roots they’ll need for next spring and summer.
In addition to plants, culinary students will be selling barbecue sandwiches, masonry students will have concrete garden benches and containers for sale, and barbering and cosmetology students will be selling scalp oil.
The ACE Center at Virginia Randolph Fall Plant Sale
(Checks, cash and credit cards are accepted.)
When: Oct. 12-13 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Where: The ACE Center at Virginia Randolph, 2204 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, Va. (Because of construction at the Virginia Randolph greenhouse, the sale will be on the school’s lawn and playground.)
- Plants starting at $3
- Pumpkins from $1 to $5