Plant Celebration & Garden Sale

Held anually on the Saturday before Mother's Day. Please check back for the plans for 2021.

Continuing a tradition that started in 1995, the Plant Celebration sale features plants potted from the Mansion’s gardens as well as new offerings and returning favorites that include heirloom and native Plants, annuals, vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs.

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​Got a plant or garden question? Ask a Master Gardener! Penn State Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County will answer your questions, identify and evaluate plant samples.

Proceeds benefit the Centre County Historical Society for its period inspired gardens and grounds.​

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This event is held on the grounds of the Centre Furnace Mansion, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Browse the native and non-native plants for sale by local growers and from the Mansion gardens and take a self-guided tour of the gardens and grounds. Event is held rain or shine!

Past Vendors:

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• Rose Franklin's Perennials

• Go Native Tree Farm

• The Rock Garden

• Note Cards by Esther Del Rosso

• Deb’s Flower Farm

• Winghaven Nursery

• Shuey's Market

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LOCATION:

The Centre Furnace Mansion is located at 1001 E. College Avenue, State College. Parking is available in the lower lawn along College Avenue, as well as in the Mansion parking lot off of Porter Road. Admission to the Plant Celebration is FREE. For more information, please call (814) 234-4779.