Central Pa Native Plant Festival - Saturday, May 6, 2023
Mark your calendars!  We have put in a request for good weather this year.  Lots of plant vendors, good food and live music.  Stay tuned for details.
New location - Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, Puddintown Road, State College PA.
Schedule of events

10:00 - 3:00
  • Plant Sale - No Early Sales!  See our list of vendors and plants - you may pre-order by contacting the vendor directly.
  • Plant Holding Area - Safely leave your plants in our care while you continue to shop! 
  • Information Tables - get answers to your gardening questions and meet other organizations committed to native plants

11:00 -Presentation: Birds in my garden
Presented by Laura Jackson.
Would you like to attract more birds to your backyard, but at the same time enjoy a beautiful flower garden?  Native plant gardener, birder and nature photographer Laura Jackson will share some tips on how to sustain a variety of birds by providing native plants, water, and safe places to raise young.  You’ll enjoy the birds that visit her gardens and learn some photography tips.
 
Laura Jackson is a retired schoolteacher who loves exploring the outdoors, observing wildlife, and nature photography.  Laura taught advanced placement biology and environmental science in Bedford, Pa., for many years before directing the Bedford Environmental Center until her retirement in 2012. She is the Vice-President of Juniata Valley Audubon Society, President of Save Our Allegheny Ridges, and active in many other conservation groups, as well as secretary for her township’s Planning Commission. She and her husband manage 120 acres of conserved property near Everett, Pa.
 
1:00 -Presentation: Placing Invasive Plant Species in Ecological Context
Presented by Norris Muth, Professor of Biology at Juniata University and President of the Mid Atlantic Invasive Plant Council.

Learn why we should be concerned about invasive plants and how to help mitigate their impact. There will be a presentation followed by a walk through the Marsh to identify invasive plants.

Norris Muth studied ecology and evolution at Brown, Yale, and Stony Brook Universities before joining the faculty at Juniata College. His favorite classes to teach are Winter Dendrology and Plant Behavior. His favorite native plant is Serviceberry. And spicebush. And Sassafras. And Monarda. And all the rest.
Plant Vendors: 

Click on the buttons below to see what plants will be available.  We encourage you to pre-order your plants - simply contact the vendor directly and they will bring your plant with them.

We will have a Plant Holding Area where you can safely leave your plants while you shop!!

Click here for the complete list of vendors.
Information Booths:
American Chestnut Society
Arboretum at Penn State
Clearwater Conservancy
Juniata Valley Audubon Society
Penn State Master Gardeners
Pa Native Plant Society

Food Vendors:
FloBrothers Pizza
Miller's Tropical Ice and Caramel Corn
Live music by acoustic duo Asbury Lane
Interested in being a vendor? 
Click here for Vendor Information or contact Info@PaNativePlantSociety.org