Welcome! We are holding our 2nd 2023 plant sale on Saturday, June 10, from 10am – noon. Online ordering will be open on June 2nd and live plant pick-up will be on the June 10th.

Pre-Ordering for the June Plant Sale is open on June 2nd at 9:00am; walk-ups are welcome 4-6pm on Friday, June 10th!
Quantities of some items may be limited due to availability.
Information for the Plant Sale on Sat, June 10, 2023
Order Pick-Up & Walk Up Sales
Sat, June 10, 10-12pm
Pick-up of pre-ordered plants and any additional walk up sales will be also be at that time.
General Information for Plant Sales
Order Pick-Up Location
Community & School Farm
1455 Holman Ave, Salida, CO
The farm shares a parking lot with the dog park and is across from the Trailside Estates neighborhood.
Questions
If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or give us a call at 719-239-0955.
Thank you!
Thanks to High Country Bank and Altamont Landscaping for their support of these plant sales.
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Tulsi / Holy Basil | 60 day, very tender holy basil used for teas. Tulsi |
Greek / Basil | 55 days, rounded habit, small leaves, very frost tender. Greek |
Sweet Italian / Basil | 68 days, large 3″ leaves, very frost tender. Italian basil |
Flashback / Calendula | Also known as pot marigold, common marigold, and Scotch marigold. Edible flowers brighten salads with tangy and slightly bitter flavor. Also great for use in homemade salves. Calendula |
German Chamomile | Beautiful small white flowers with yellow centers, great for tea with a light apple flavor. German Chamomile |
Rainbow Chard | Rainbow Chard. 58 days full size. Mix of colored stems, good bolt resistance. A beautiful crop to grow and harvest. Frost hardy. Rainbow Chard |
Bright Lights | Chard. 58 days full size. Red stems. A beautiful crop to grow and harvest. Frost hardy. Ruby Red Chard |
Vates Collards | 68 day, slow bolt, large leaves. Vates Collards |
Flash Collards | 55 day, very slow bolt. Flash Collards |
Fordhook / Chard | 50-60 days. Fordhook Giant is an old favorite with its broad, strong stems and large leaves packed with vitamins and minerals. A vigorous grower with a long growing season, it will provide fresh greens from early summer into fall. Young leaves are great for salads. Fordhook Chard |
Gomphrena | 85-100 days, beautiful purple to white variation, beautiful for cut flowers or dried. Gomphrena |
Red Russian Kale | 50 days, purple stem, flat leaf great for salads. Red Russian Kale |
Vates Kale | 55 days, open pollinated, curly green kale. Vates Kale |
Dazzling Blue Kale | 60 day, blue lacinato type kale. Dazzling Blue Kale |
Winterbor Kale | 60 days. standard green curly kale, cold hardy. Winterbor Kale |
West Front Kale | 50 days, very cold hardy, grows throughout winter. Western Front Kale |
Romaine (Freckles) Lettuce | 55 days, pretty green romaine with maroon specks. Freckles Lettuce |
Romaine (Parris Island Cos) Lettuce | Parris Island Romaine Lettuce. 68 Days. Tall, upright green heirloom romaine. Parris Island Lettuce |
Butterhead (Speckles) Lettuce | 50 days. Amish heirloom green butterhead/bibb type with dark red flecks. Speckles Lettuce |
Butterhead (Buttercrunch) Lettuce | Buttercrunch Lettuce. 65 days. Heat tolerant heirloom. Compact and good for containers. Buttercrunch Lettuce |
Moss Curled Parsley | Milder flavor and better cold tolerance than flat leaved varieties. Moss Curled Parsley |
Italian Flat Leaf Parsley | Great flavor, grow inside or out. Frost tolerant. Flat Leaf Parsley |
Bloomsdale Spinach | 30 days, frost tolerant, open pollinated savoyed leaf spinach. Bloomsdale Spinach |
Galletta Strawberry | Early season, June-bearing, large berries with excellent flavor. Galletta Strawberries |
Green Tomatillos | Green Tomatillo: 75 days to maturity. 2-3″ green fruits produce well for us in late season. Green Tomatillos |
Black Krim Tomatoes | Black Krim. 80 days. Russian heirloom tomato with green shoulders, dark red flesh. Delicious! Indeterminate Black Krim Tomatoes |
Red Cherry Large Cherry Tomatoes | Red Cherry – Large. 75 days. Big round red cherry tomatoes. Indeterminate. Red Cherry Large |
Red Fig Cherry Tomatoes | 85 days from transplant, indeterminate, very productive teardrop-shaped red cherry sized tomato. Red Fig Cherry Tomato |
Sungold Cherry Tomatoes | Sungold Cherry Tomato. 57 days. Sweet, delicious orange cherry tomato with high yields. Indeterminate – must be trellised. Sungold Cherry tomatoes |
Supersweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes | Supersweet 100 Cherry Tomato. 60 Days. Productive small/medium red cherry. Indeterminate. Supersweet 100 Cherry Tomato |
Mockvich Tomato | 50 days. Yellow straightneck summer squash. |
Brandywine Tomato | 78 days. One of the most flavorful tomatoes. Large fruits, often over 1 lb., have a deep pink skin and smooth, red flesh. Indeterminate (requires trellising). Brandywine Tomato |
Marketmore 76 Cucumbers | 58 days. Long, slender, dark green cucumbers. The slender, refined “Marketmore look” has long been the standard for slicing cucumbers in the North. |
Autumn Delight | 80 days. Uniform fruit with rich, dark green skin. Autumn Delight |
Yellowfin Summer Squash | 50 days. Productive yellow summer squash. Yellowfin Squash |
Multipik Summer Squash | 50 days. Yellow straightneck summer squash. Multipik Squash |
Lemon Sun Summer Squash | 50 days. Yellow Patty Pan variety to brighten the garden. Lemon Sun |
Dunja Zucchini Squash | 47 days. High-yielding zucchini with short spines. Dunja Zucchini |
California Wonder Sweet Pepper, | 77 days. Sweet bell pepper. Ripens red. Sweet Pepper |
Alma Paprika Sweet Pepper | 80 days. A sweet, prolific multi-use pepper that can be eaten fresh, pickled or dried. Plants are loaded with thick-walled peppers that develop just a hint of warmth. The 1–2 inch fruit start out creamy white, and then turn to orange. Alma Pepper |
Ace Sweet Pepper | 50 days for green harvest, 70 for red. Extra early and productive. Ace Pepper |
Hinkelhatz Hot Pepper | 80-90 days. Cultivated by the Pennsylvania Dutch since the mid-1880s; name translates as “chicken heart.” Traditionally used for pickling and making pepper vinegar. Small fruits ripen from green to glossy red. |
Aurora Hot Pepper | 60-75 days. Stunning 1½” long fruits borne on foot-high ornamental plants, perfect for container growing. Fruits ripen from lavender to deep purple to orange and finally to red. Medium hot. Aurora Pepper |
El Jefe Jalapeño Pepper | 67 days. Best combination of earliness and yield in a jalapeño. El Jefe Pepper |
Jalapeño Pepper | Cylindrical fruits are of the smaller, traditional size Jalapeno Pepper |
Lovage | Perennial celery relative with strong flavor for many culinary uses. Unbeatable in potato salad! Lovage |
Ground Cherries | Golden husk cherries with a fruity, pineapple flavor. Also called Pineapple Tomatillos, as fruits are wrapped in a papery skin. Great for kids! Cherries |
Nasturtium | 55-65 days to maturity. Beautiful edible flowers in a yellow to orange color palette with an arugula-like bite. |
Flashback Calendula | Also known as pot marigold, common marigold, and Scotch marigold. Edible flowers brighten salads with tangy and slightly bitter flavor. Also great for use in homemade salves. Calendula |
“Carpet of Snow” Sweet Alyssum | A great companion plant which can be used as ground cover and too attract beneficials in the garden. A mustard relative, edible flowers have a peppery flavor. Carpet of snow |