In April and May, many people find themselves feeling like kids in candy stores. With the sun shining brighter from above and the earth below welcoming new life, regional gardeners are rejoicing. It’s finally time, once again, for their planting adventures.

And while that’s good news, there’s more. Grafton businesses and organizations have what gardeners need to embark on their unique adventures this spring. 

Community Harvest Project, a nonprofit that fights hunger insecurity in the region, is currently offering people two ways to experience the joy of gardening. The farm is constantly in need of volunteers to help it plant, grow and harvest the produce it gives to area food pantries and other non-profit organizations. And it will hold its popular annual plant sale. It gave early access to its Plantapalooza online plant sale to its monthly givers. Now, it will open the online sale on its website to everyone on Friday April 24 through noon on Monday May 4. Plants can be ordered online and picked up on Friday May 8. The remaining inventory will be on sale at the farm on Saturday May 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The North Grafton non-profit farm will have all kinds of plants for sale, from annual flowers to berry bushes and heirloom tomatoes. Information can be found by going to https://community-harvest.org/events/.

Likewise, the Grafton Garden Club offers people different ways to enjoy the greenest of hobbies. Members can learn about gardening and garden together. But all are welcome to rent a 20-foot by 20-foot garden plot for 2026 in the Lee Knowlton Community Garden. While plots are available, they can be purchased on the club’s online store, grafton-garden-club.square.site. More information can be found on the club’s website, graftongardenclub.org.

If you’re looking for gardening tools, soil, fertilizer and garden décor as well as plants, you’ll be happy to know that Perreault Nursery & Landscape Supply, which is located in North Grafton, re-opened for the season recently. Among other things, it sells a variety of flowers, bushes, trees, mulch, soil, yard and garden supplies and gifts. Additionally, its landscape design and installation services are available for purchase.

Over in South Grafton, Pete’s Oasis at Blackstone River Farm has annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, house plants, herbs and more to create beautiful gardens. The family-owned garden center recently re-opened for the season as well. 

Koopman Lumber, the hardware and paint store in North Grafton, is also well prepared for the growing seasons. Besides selling a varied selection of items that shoppers can use to enjoy gardening, all of its locations now have an abundance of flowers in their greenhouses. 

As the gardeners emerge from their winter doldrums, they can find what they need in Grafton. And if you would like to join them, your own gardening adventures await you in this season of renewal.

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