Plants, Gardening Knowledge to Bloom at Spring Market

Although your calendar might mark the vernal equinox for later this month, spring is beginning in Temple Terrace on March 16 this year.

That’s the day the Temple Terrace Garden Club is having its annual Spring Market at Woodmont Park, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., rain or shine.

“Ten years ago, the Temple Terrace Garden Club had an idea,” wrote club member Cheri Donohue in a listing for the event on Temple Terrace Patch. “Since the city was holding their annual clean-up days, why not invite the community into Woodmont Park for a Spring Market where plant vendors and garden items would be available for sprucing up our yards.”

Since then, the market has grown to include more than 60 vendors selling plants, pots and accessories for home and personal beautification.

“As to the plants,” Donohue wrote, “the club is very particular that every plant vendor be the actual grower or have extensive knowledge of the plants they bring for sale. Return visitors remark that the ability to talk to the actual ‘expert’ gives them the confidence to try new plants. This is an invaluable teaching tool that cannot be found in a big box garden center.”

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Garden Club members will be selling their homegrown specimens, Hillsborough County master gardeners will be available to answer questions, and attendees can bring their yard tools to have them sharpened.

Food and beverages will be available for purchase, and there will also be an art show, free entertainment, and activities for kids.

“There is always something new at the event, but the traditional and repeating vendors—especially the plant growers—are full of advice about what to plant in my shady yard,” Donohue said of why people should check out the Spring Market this year. “They stake their reputations on selling me the right plant for the right place.”

For more information, visit the Temple Terrace Garden Club website or the Spring Market event listing on Temple Terrace Patch.

Have an event you’d like to share with the community? Visit Temple Terrace Patch Events and click “Add an Event.”

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