MCTMN operates a native-and-adapted plant sale at the Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Celebration each year in September.
- Plant Sale Project Leader: Debbie Minns
- Propagation Coordinator:
- Pre-Order Coordinator:
- Education Coordinator:
- Volunteer Coordinator:
Volunteers are needed:
Before the sale:
- Collect boxes to put plants in for buyers (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
- Help in printing/making plant signs or labels (PO: MCTMN Plant Sale)
- Prepare Plant Information Sheet and other handouts (PO: MCTMN Plant Sale)
- Make trip to Heep’s Nursery in Harlingen for plant pick-up (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
- Help receive delivery of vendor and member-propagated plants to staging area (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
- Care for plants in the staging area: water, label, prune broken branches, other tasks (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
- Transport plants from staging area to high school (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
At the sale:
- Act as cashier for credit or cash/checks payment for plants (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
- Arrange plants/handouts/signs; keep areas stocked attractively (PO: MCTMN Plant Sale)
- Hand out Plant Information Sheet (PO: MCTMN Plant Sale)
- Manage the holding area and help customers with pickup (PO: MCTMN Plant Sale)
- Talk with customers at the sale; answer questions about plants (PO: MCTMN Plant Sale)
- Move plants in & out of building beginning and end of each sale day (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
- Other tasks not listed: If members of the public are involved, PO. If not, CB.
After the sale:
- Takedown; move plants to a holding area (CB: Chapter Business/fundraising)
- Donate remainder plants to nonprofits for use in interpretive gardens (PO: MCTMN Plant Sale)
To volunteer for a task, contact the Plant Sale Project Leader now, or Watch this space for the Sign-Up Sheet coming soon!
Want more information about what’s involved in volunteering to help with the sale? See Plant Sale Resources:
