3rd Annual

        Champlain Valley Sweet Potato Slip Sale
          June 5 & June 6, 2010 - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
 
             Hosted by Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg Vermont

     to benefit Friends of Burlington Gardens education programs 

Since 2004, Friends of Burlington Gardens has introduced hundreds of area gardeners to the enjoyable experience of growing a bountiful crop of sweet potatoes in Vermont! Our plants are sold at just the right time for planting when the ground is warm and night temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees.

With the popularity of sweet potatoes increasing each year, and to accommodate more customers, FBG began a new partnership with Red Wagon Plants in 2009 and moved our annual sale to the RWP greenhouses in Hinesburg.

Thanks to the generosity of Julie Rubaud and staff, 100% of proceeds from the 2010 Sweet Potato Slip Sale will  support FBG's garden-based education and outreach programs.

Sweet potatoes are ideal for Champlain Valley gardeners with sandy, silty, or loam soil. Each slip can produce up to five pounds of delicious and nutritious Beauregard B-14 sweet potatoes.

The sweet potato slips will be shipped to Red Wagon Plants from a grower in North Carolina. FBG volunteers will pot the slips to allow them to root in time for the sale on June 5 & 6 and be ready for planting in your garden or farm!

Each 4" pot contains 3 to 4 rooted slips and is priced at $4.00. Or buy 5 pots of slips and get one pot free!
Bulk pots of slips at quantity pricing will also be available at the sale for organic farmers and growers.

                                                                       Click the link for directions on planting, cultivating, and harvesting sweet potatoes.  

From Williston Road, travel south on Dorset Street past Shelburne Pond. Bear left on Shelburne Hinesburg Road, travel 1mile, and continue 0.6 miles on Shelburne Falls Rd. Red Wagon Plants will be on your left.

From Shelburne, take Falls Road east to Irish Hill Road, then turn right on Dorset Street. Bear left on Shelburne Hinesburg Road, travel 1mile, and continue 0.6 miles on Shelburne Falls Rd. Red Wagon Plants is on the left.

While you're at Red Wagon Plants be sure to allow time to check out the wide range of organically grown flowers, vegetables, and herbs hardened off and ready for transplanting. See you at the Sale!

Photo left: Volunteers from the Community Teaching Garden with this year's slips!