Morgan County Garden Club to hold perennial plant sale May 16
Morgan County gardeners can browse locally grown perennials from 9 to 11 a.m. May 16 in South Jacksonville, alongside a craft fair and food trucks.
The Morgan County Garden Club will sell perennials from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Prairie Land Heritage Museum Building in South Jacksonville, giving local gardeners a short morning window to pick up plants that have already been raised in area gardens. The sale will be held at the corner of West Michigan and Lincoln avenues, a familiar spot for many residents and one that keeps the club’s spring tradition close to home.
The location adds to the appeal. Prairieland Heritage Museum is listed at 1005 W. Michigan Ave. in Jacksonville, and local directory material describes it as a nonprofit educational organization focused on preserving regional heritage through antique farm equipment and community events. A Jacksonville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau listing says the museum’s May 16 vendor craft fair will also include the Morgan County Garden Club plant sale, along with food trucks, which should bring extra foot traffic to the site throughout the morning.
For gardeners planning yard work in Morgan County, the timing is practical. Mid-May is when many residents are filling out flower beds, refreshing borders and replacing winter losses, and the club’s sales have a reputation for offering perennials already adapted to local conditions because they have been grown in local gardens. A 2024 Jacksonville event listing said the public could purchase perennials raised in local gardens and invited people interested in donating plants to contact a garden club member. That local-growing approach has long been part of the sale’s draw, especially for buyers looking for plants that are more likely to handle west-central Illinois weather.
The sale also supports a group with a broader civic role. The Garden Clubs of Illinois says its mission includes promoting gardening, floral design, civic beautification, development and environmental responsibility, and a Journal-Courier item said proceeds from the sale went to the club, which maintains gardens throughout the county. Historical listings show the Morgan County Garden Club has repeated this spring perennial sale in Jacksonville over multiple years, making the May 16 event both a practical plant stop and a continuation of a longstanding county tradition.
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