SCLT's 33rd Annual Rare & Unusual Plant Sale

Coming May 17 & 18, 2025: the 33rd Annual Rare & Unusual Plant Sale!
Fruit | Veggies | Herbs | Medicinals | Edible Flowers | Perennials | Natives | Rare & Unusual Varieties | Ornamentals
10:00am – 2:00pm Plus exclusive, Members-only preview hour at 9am on Saturday
City Farm | 168 West Clifford Street, Providence, RI
Live music from: Circle of the Drum | Chris Monti | Phil Edmonds | Mira Goldman | the ‘Mericans | Kenny Ells | Karen Isenberg | The Stinging Nettles [featuring Raffini, Ellen, & Dan] | & other musical surprises

Poster design and illustration by Cathy G. Johnson

The Rare & Unusual Plant Sale returns in 2025 for its 33rd year at City Farm and features 20,000 city-grown, city-sown vegetable, herb, and fruit plants, including a wide variety of medicinals. All plant starts are grown with love, using organic and regenerative practices, from seed in our greenhouse at City Farm, Rhode Island’s longest operating urban production and demonstration farm. The Rare & Unusual Plant Sale also featured hundreds of sought-after native perennials carefully curated and generously donated by local nurseries.

Don’t miss special Member-only pricing and early event preview! The Rare & Unusual Plant Sale begins with an exclusive preview hour at 9:00am on Saturday, May 17. Exclusive early access is available only to SCLT Members! Members also receive a 10% discount on all plant purchases at the Sale. Also included in Membership is 50 gallons of organic compost – a $110 value – free! Learn more about membership and sign up today.

Plant Sale proceeds support Southside Community Land Trust’s mission and work to build equity and resiliency into Rhode Island’s food system. Your Plant Sale purchase funds SCLT’s farmer training, youth and apprentice, produce prescription, community gardens, urban farms programs which are designed to meet the food access and economic needs of historically underserved communities in Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls.