Introducing the Common Ground Seedling Sale's new plant collections! The farm team has carefully curated collections of seedlings perfect for starting your pollinator garden, children's garden, herb garden, container garden, medicinal garden or dye garden. Look for the colorful signs to help guide your choices!
2026 Common Ground Seedling Sale & Seed Exchange 🌱
🗓 Friday, May 8th 12:30PM-5:30 PM & Saturday, May 9th 10AM-2PM
📍358 Springside Ave
📣 The 2026 Common Ground Seedling Sale & Seed Exchange is approaching‼
🗓 Friday, May 8th - Saturday, May 9th
📍358 Springside Ave
We've got so many varieties of naturally grown plants to start your vegetable 🥕, herb 🌿 or flower garden. 💐 Stay tuned for some special things we're growing just for you this season. 🌱 We'll have our annual Seed Exchange and small bags of CG Compost available for purchase 🪱 Please bring your own box! 📦 If you are a community gardener or come from a school garden, mention it at check out for 10% off.
📣 REMINDER ‼ Potential students and families, THIS SATURDAY - Join Common Ground High School's January 10th Open House, featuring an interactive experience that will highlight the amazing work of our current student leaders!
📍 358 Springside Ave
⏰ 10AM-12PM
🌱 Participate in activities, tour the campus, and more!
✨ RSVP at bit.ly/cghsopenhouse2026 (LINK IN BIO)
✨Join us for a Spring NatureYear Open House (Wednesday, May 20th or Tuesday, June 9th from 3:30 - 5:30 PM) to learn about full and half day forest school programs for children ages 4 - 14+ for next school year! 🌱 RSVP at bit.ly/natureyearopenhouse‼ Staff will be in stations throughout campus so you can explore, meet teachers, and ask questions. Children are welcome at the open house! Arrive/depart anytime from 3:30 - 5:30 PM. Most families explore for at least an hour.
✨Head to commongroundct.org/about-natureyear for program info! NatureYear applications are open until June 15th for school year 2026-2027. Your RSVP for an open house will also add you to the email list for application reminders for this coming school year!
A beautiful sunny day for the Wednesday Bluejays! We participated in a stewardship day for our farm animals by preparing shelters, cleaning duck ponds, and transporting leaves to the forest chicken area. In a few weeks, our baby chicks will move in and enjoy the beautification of the space. During kid-led time we also made bannock, a special common ground treat made by roasting pizza dough over the fire.
Thank you to all our supporters of the 2026 CG Seedling Sale, from first time customers to students, staff, community partners and longtime supporters of CG! It was a HUGE success and such a special time to gather at Common Ground. We couldn’t be more grateful! Events like the Seedling Sale, R2R, and the GG are not only community events - they also keep CG afloat during difficult times. These proceeds will all go towards supporting CG programs like our Emerging Farmer Intern Program, Compost Program, accessible Farm Shares and education work.
We were excited to see so many gorgeous plants going to new homes and feeding our community - all plants lovingly grown and cared for by CG's incredible farm team (Photo 10): Deb, Diane, Victoria, Hood Farmer Rob, volunteers, high school interns, and the amazing Green Jobs crew!
We deeply appreciate all our staff, volunteers, community members, and students for all the help, dedication, and enthusiasm towards our 2026 Seedling Sale! We will also have another pop-up sale THIS SATURDAY from 10am-2pm (we still have MANY varieties of seedlings available - from sweet and hot peppers, to eggplant to sun gold tomatoes, herbs and more). Stop by on Saturday, May 16th - this will be an honor system sale where you can pay using cash or QR code. Can’t wait to see you all there!
🌱💚 We've got your seedling sale (continuing TOMORROW at 10am-2pm) AND we've got the BEST Mother's Day gift ever! 💐🥰😍 Treat the mother figures in your life to a season of locally grown flowers that support CG! Sign up at bit.ly/cgfarmstore‼
CG X Peels and Wheels Compost (@pwcomposting )!
“Sifted Compost “ 1 Cubic Foot per bag - get yours at the Seedling Sale TODAY
Friday, May 8th 12:30-5:30pm & (continuing tomorrow) Saturday, May 9th 10am-2pm at CG
We are offering our high-quality compost made from a blend of local organic material such as food scraps, farm animal muck, leaves and woodchips. Compost has been crafted by our team through a high temperature decomposing process resulting in a well mature product with a balanced blend of carbon and nitrogen, neutral pH, high organic matter and a great diversity of microbes that foster nutrient cycling in soils. Our compost is for supporting healthy soils and is well suited for agriculture, home gardens and landscaping applications. Proceeds go towards supporting Common Ground youth and adult urban farming training programs.
LAST CALL! Support CG at bit.ly/greatgivecg26 (linked in our bio) - just 3 hours left in #TheGreatGive to reach our goal of $20,000! Give now to help us get there & UNLOCK bonus funds that are only available in this special event. Bonus cash prizes are based on the number of gifts, not the amount - so a gift of ANY SIZE will be AMPLIFIED by the Community Foundation!
We had so much fun going on Live with you all today for the CGHS House/Guidance Games featuring Music House vs. Field House - including a sneak peek at some Seedling Sale goodness (also pictured here)! We can’t wait to do another livestream soon. Thank you SO much to Mr. Green for inviting us to be part of such a fun experience and to all those who joined the Live, as well as ALL our donors for supporting CG thus far! If you missed the Live - don’t worry, you can still view the replay on our page and don’t forget to donate before 8pm at bit.ly/greatgivecg26! Every gift makes a big difference to CG!
