One of the Finger Lakes’ most highly anticipated gardening events, the Garden Fair & Plant Sale features a wide variety of vendors who offer plants, garden accessories, and gardening advice. Plants for sale include heirloom vegetables, colorful annuals, fragrant herbs, hanging baskets, flowering shrubs, hardy roses, fruit trees, evergreens, and specialty perennials.

CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners Volunteers participate in the sale to raise funds for their program and share their gardening knowledge. They will also be offering pH testing for garden soil if you bring a sample to the sale. You can buy raffle tickets to win prizes provided by our vendors at the CCE office (615 Willow St, Ithaca) ahead of time or at the sale. Tickets are 1 for $1, 6 for $5, or 15 for $10. You need not be present at time of drawing to win.

Visitors are encouraged to bring carts or wagons to aid in transporting their plant purchases to their cars.

2026 Vendor List

• A.J. Teeter Farm – vegetable and herb transplants
• Cayuga Landscape Co., Inc.
• CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners – perennials
• Der Rosenmeister – specialty roses
• Edible Acres
• Farmer Brown’s Market Garden
• Frivolous Cottage
• Grow Wild! Native Plant Nursery – native New York perennials
• Hazelmor Nursery
• Hector Hot Peppers
• Horse Head Woodworks – trellises in a variety of styles and sizes, both painted & natural
• Jenny Creek Flowers – specialty cut flower starts
• Kingbird Farm – certified organic tomatoes, peppers, herbs, houseplants, and passion flowers
• The Magic Garden – perennials, annuals, herbs, and vines
• Muddy Fingers Farm – vegetable transplants
• Naturally Twisted
• New Roots Charter School
• On the Hill
• Open Door Pottery
• Ort Family Farm – potted fruiting plants, fruit trees, and herbs
• Ort Gardens
• Perry City Orchard and Nursery – North American and European cider and heirloom varieties of grafted apple trees
• RainShine Acres
• RC’s Plants and Produce – hanging baskets, bedding plants, annuals, perennials, fall mums, seasonal produce
• Regenerative Mycology
• Sap Tap Farms
• Shalebrook Landscaping – houseplants
• Stony Creek Nursery – hardy perennials, herbs, flowers, houseplants, hens + chicks, and vegetable starts
• Timberdoodle Forest Farm
• Under the Tree – fruit trees and berry bushes, willow trees, vegetable transplants, annual and perennial flowers and herbs
• Web of Life Regenerative Land Care
• West Haven Farm – certified organic vegetable, herb, and flower starts

Food Vendors

• Authentic Jerk – Jamaican Food
• Cafe Comodo – hot and iced beverages
• The Grasshopper – Thai food
• Loving Farms – vegan baked goods

Gardening & Community Groups

• Adirondack Chapter North American Rock Garden Society – display and information about rock gardens. No sales.
• CCE Tompkins Master Gardeners – plants for sale, soil testing, and free information from experienced gardeners
• CCE Tompkins Master Composters – information and displays on composting
• Finger Lakes Bonsai Society – display of bonsai. No Sales.
• Ithaca Community Gardens – Information on community gardening
• Tompkins County Pollinator Pathway – Information on gardening for pollinator diversity