Volunteers Make 2024 FOBW Native Plant Sale a Success!


The 2024 Spring Sparrowhawk FOBW Native Plant Sale was a huge success! All in all, 480 habitat gardeners picked up 6,300 pre-ordered native plants on Friday and Saturday morning the last week of April. Additionally, about 50 folks showed up for the overstock flash sale on Saturday afternoon and cleaned out the lot. This was the very first time we didn’t have one single plant left over at the sale’s end! Together, Sparrowhawk staff and Friends of Baltimore Woods volunteers helped every one of more than 7,000 plants find new, loving homes. These plants will fight the good fight to support pollinators, wildlife, and help promote climate resiliency.

The sale earned $3,250 for Friends of Baltimore Woods to continue advocacy and stewardship of the 30-acre strip of woods and green space running along N Decatur St, between residential and industrial areas. Baltimore Woods is located between Cathedral and Pier Parks in the St Johns neighborhood. We couldn’t have done it without the assistance of volunteers who generously donated their time to help throughout the sale. Thank you so much Sparrowhawk staff, plant sale customers and all you wonderful volunteer helpers!

By Betsy Valle and Caroline Skinner