Pop-up plant sale returns to bring in funds for museum
The annual Holburne Museum plant sale will return this May after cancellation due to Covid-19.
Each year the Holburne Museum Friends create a pop-up mini garden centre at the museum and raise money for the museum’s educational work.
The sale is the group’s annual fundraising event but unfortunately it couldn’t take place last year due to Covid-19.
The plant sale will return this summer, on May 9, as it brings together some of the best nurseries in Bath, Somerset and beyond.
It will feature stands selling homemade produce, high-quality secondhand books, plus free expert gardening advice, and an outdoor cafe with refreshments and homemade teatime treats.
The plant sale is part of a weekend of special events to mark the 10 years since the reopening of the museum with its new extension.
The sale takes place from 10am to 2.30pm and all proceeds will go towards supporting the museum in its educational work, so each nursery stallholder pays a fee for the space, then sells their own plants and goods. Stalls run by the Friends will donate all profits to the museum.
A team of volunteers and Friends committee members help run the stalls, free of charge, and donate goods and books to help the cause.
The Holburne Museum is a registered charity, and receives no government or local funding, so everything is done via donations, grants, membership fees and money raised from events such as the plant sale.