Each year we celebrate Spring through our much anticipated Garden Fair & Plant Sale. As the Arboretum grounds bloom, so we transform the brick yard parking lot into a festival of sights, sounds and smells! The fair coincides with the Arboretum's spectacular display of more than 10,000 azaleas making it a wonderful full-day event for families, plant lovers and visitors alike!

This past year we will held our exclusive Members-Only Day on the first day of the sale, one of the premier benefits of a FONA membership. Members got first pick of our plant selection chosen by both FONA and USNA experts. Become a member today and enjoy this at our 2011 Garden Fair along with many other special benefits!

On Saturday, we opened the fair to the public. Visit the plant nursery page, the non-plant vendor page, and the nonprofit/plant society page to find out who came to this year's event.

This year we welcomed a greater variety of vendors than ever before, offering everything from specialty plants to artisan handicrafts to garden accessories. In the FONA tent, we offered exceptional and hard-to-find plants. View the plant list for a taste of what offered this year.

Interested in volunteering for the 2011 Garden Fair? We'd love to have you join us. Please fill out our volunteer sign-up form and mail it back to:
FONA
3501 New York Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002

As always, all proceeds benefit the U.S. National Arboretum through a variety of support ranging from funding the internship program which invites horticultural students to work side-by-side with Arboretum curators to installing a flowering tree walk on the USNA grounds to much much more. Please see About FONA to find out more about how FONA supports the U.S. National Arboretum.