Interested in starting your xeriscape journey—or carrying it on?

Between garden renovations and enthusiastic propagation by volunteers, OXA still has lots of drought-tolerant plants available for purchase— now at a discount of 10 per cent.

Join us at OXA’s pop-up plant sale June 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 840 Old Vernon Road in Kelowna. As a thank-you to our members, all will be eligible for a draw for a $35 gift certificate to be redeemed at the sale. Even late joiners or renewers are eligible. Go to okanaganxeriscape.org.

As well, we will have a limited supply of free gardening gloves supplied by the Okanagan Basin Water Board through its Make Water Work program. Take the pledge to conserve water at www.makewaterwork.ca and be eligible to win one of two prizes of $500 to be drawn at the end of the season. We will also have Wild Bloom Nursery plants for purchase and master gardeners will be on site to field all your gardening questions.

Visit okanaganxeriscape.org for a complete list of plants that will be available for you to purchase.

A number of the plants are award-winners. When the Perennial Plant Association bestows its coveted Plant of the Year award, gardeners take notice.

These aren’t just pretty faces but are proven performers that have earned recognition through rigorous evaluation of their adaptability, pest resistance, and year-round appeal.

Three standout winners exemplify why these awards........

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