May 2 and 3!
Springfest Open House
Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3
Kick off the gardening season in style! Come on out for food, hourly door prizes, Quick Classes, specials, and plants galore. All the latest Heucheras, unusual annuals, perennials, and nursery stock are ready for your perusal.
Quick Classes
10am
Low Care Landscape Plants
10a Drawing: Japanese Maple "Bloodgood"
10-11am 10% off
Angelina Sedum
Hen and Chick mix
Walkers Low Nepeta (Catmint)
Knockout Roses
Mops Cypress 3g size
11a
Fantastic Foliage
11a Drawing: Foliage Plant Collection
11-12 noon 10% off
Abutilon Chinese Lantern
Ipomoea Bright Lights Camouflag
Lantana Skittles
Coleus Under The Sea Bonefish
Coleus Kiwi Fern
Cordyline Black Knight
12 noon
Monarch Butterfly Habitat
12 noon Drawing: Milkweek Plant Collection
12-1p 10% off
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Marsh Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Sand Milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis
Prairie Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
Liatris
Dixie Sun Coneflower Echinacea
Green Jewel Coneflower Echinacea
1p
Pretty Petunias
1p Drawing: Petunia Collection
1-2p 10% off
all 4" pot Petunias
2p
Heirloom Tomatoes
2p Drawing: Tomato Collection
2-3p 10% off
all Tomatoes

Pick up your Sauk Valley Shop Small Passport and enter to win!
Sauk Valley Shop Small is celebrating National Small Business Week all month long with the Shop Small Passport Giveaway. Between April 13 and May 9 make a purchase at your favorite Sauk Valley Shop Small business and get your Shop Small Passport stamped to enter for a chance to win one of four $100 gift certificates good at any participating Sauk Valley Shop Small business. Winners will be announced on May 10.
We'll have an additional drawing for our Passport customers for a free hanging basket.
Participating businesses in Sterling are: Bushel Basket Candle Company, Sauk Valley Reiki at Beautiful You Boutique, Golden Key Gifts, Tuff Dog Bakery, Candy Bouquet, Merle Norman, Air Play Sports, Showplace Antiques and SBM. Dixon participants include: Distinctive Gardens, Reagan Home Gift Shop, Dixon Furniture Mart, The Audio Video Connection, Petals to Parties, Roxie’s.

Giving Garden is picking up steam
Be a part of the Giving Garden community project. Pick up a sticky for a buck and spread a little good cheer with a nice note. Delivering to three area organizations in late August.