Need some seedlings for your summer garden? First Congregational Church of Akron (First Church) and Let’s Grow Akron will hosting a plant sale, Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at First Church, 292 E. Market St., in Akron.
On sale will be vegetable seedlings, like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, greens and squash, as well as annual and perennial seedlings, herbs and native pollinator plants. In addition, this event will feature live music, children’s activities and garden tours of First Church’s Feed My Sheep garden.
Throughout the event, there will be Let’s Grow Akron staff on site to answer your gardening questions.
Proceeds from this event will benefit the partnership between First Church Feed My Sheep garden ministry and Let’s Grow Akron, which strengthens access to fresh foods in Akron through the First Church weekly Food Pantry and Kenmore Farmer’s Market and provides community development opportunities within the community by teaching growing and food preservation techniques.
For info, visit www.akronfcc.org or call (330) 253-5109.
