April 12, 2025 | The Grove at Wills Park-175 Roswell Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009

9:00 am to 3:00 pm | Rain or shine

Free Admission

  • Plants, plants and more plants–living finds for your gardens from cottage-style to zen and from groundcovers to understory shrubs/trees. Come and check out the Master Gardener donated pass-along plants, the annuals and perennials propagated in our greenhouse, our pollinator/native plant experience table, the sales by our partners–Georgia Native Plant Society (native plants) and Alpharetta Community Agriculture Program (edible garden plants), and our many different marketplace vendors
  • Garden-related wares vendors (Tools, birdhouses, other ornamental garden accessories, garden related services, etc.)
  • Live Bluegrass Music – Local-based Band!
  • Children’s Gardening Corner – engaging activities for growing gardeners
  • Fleatique – a whimsy-filled shoppe full of donated and gently-loved gardening books, tableware, plant containers, yard “art”, furniture and more
  • Ask-a-Master Gardener Tent – our MG volunteers and our Fulton County Extension team will be on hand to help answer/research your tough gardening questions
  • Four Master Gardener talks/demonstrations on the most curious and current gardening topics
  • Food vendors, including coffee, lemonade, sandwiches and a sweets/popsicle cart
  • There will be something for everyone interested in gardening-we guarantee it!

Some Other Good Things to Know

Our team of Master Gardener Extension Volunteers will be on hand all day to help you choose the plants for your needs and to answer even your most difficult gardening questions—look for our nametags, aprons, or hats

Vendors, Partners and NFMG will have separate payment kiosks. Please separate your purchases accordingly and pay our separate non-profit and/or smaller businesses before you leave their shop area

Carts, trays, and bags will be available but limited. Please bring your own for personal ease

Besides Being a Community Event, this is a Fundraiser –

What do we do with the Net Proceeds?

Net proceeds from our annual Garden Faire:

  • Help us provide funding for scholarships to horticultural and environmental stewardship students beyond high school-we believe in growing and nurturing the next generation of gardeners
  • Support North Fulton Master Gardeners’ on-going efforts to provide valuable gardening knowledge to our community through online and in-person education classes
  • Ensure our teaching and demonstration public garden spaces continue to be supported by volunteers. See our ongoing public projects at www.nfmg.net
  • Allow our Master Gardener Volunteers to learn more through continuing education so that we can then share that knowledge for the benefit of the community

Where you’ll find us

The Grove at Wills Park 175 Roswell Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009

The Grove at Wills Park is south of downtown Alpharetta, one block west of Hwy 9 just off Old Milton Road (Hwy 120).

Parking & Shuttle Service

Parking is right there at the Alpharetta Community Center, which is in front of The Grove greenspace (175 Roswell Street).

There is on-site parking, but due to the popularity of the event, the lot often fills up quickly. If the parking lot is full, there is overflow parking located at Amana Academy, 285 S. Main Street, Alpharetta-just off Roswell Street, about 3 blocks South of The Grove Parking lot. It is marked on the map above.

The City of Alpharetta will provide shuttle service from 7:30am to 3:30pm to and from The Grove and overflow parking at Amana Academy. The shuttle runs approximately every 10 – 15 minutes.

There will also be a volunteer-monitored Plant Holding location in/near the parking lot at The Grove where you can rest your purchased plants while you go to retrieve your car. Volunteers will help you load your purchases.

What Types of Plants Will You Find?


We are a Marketplace Faire of several non-profit and for-profit smaller businesses.

The ever-popular North Fulton Master Gardeners’ Pass-along and Propagated Plant Sale is back and includes more than 3,000 bloomin’ awesome plants curated for our Southeast climate and perfect for sun, shade or in-between gardens. The selection of plants will include annuals, vegetables, groundcovers, hostas, daylilies, perennials, small shrubs, native plants, pollinator plants, small trees and much more. Besides our amazing array of landscape plants, look for our edibles table with specialty-grown heirloom tomatoes and peppers and check out the addition of our tent dedicated to pollinator- friendly and native garden experience. All of the NFMG plants are donated or propagated by our Master Gardener Extension Volunteers or their friends/neighbors.

The North Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society will again have a curated selection of native perennials, shrubs, vines, and trees. Over 2000 plants will be available for pollinator gardens, meadows, and other residential landscape spaces.

The Alpharetta Community Agriculture Program will have unique varieties of organic, heirloom, and non-GMO plants, grown from seed at Old Rucker Farm. Approximately 5000 vegetable, herb, flower seedlings will be available for home or public gardens.

Please remember: Marketplace Vendors, Non-profit Partners and NFMG will have separate payment kiosks/tents. Please separate your purchases accordingly.

Cash/credit and debit cards are accepted. Also carts, trays and bags will be available   but limited. Please bring your own carrying/toting bags, carts, boxes for personal ease.

Fleatique

A very popular thrift/vintage and gently loved items Garden Shoppe. Come in, you’ll find  at least one thing you won’t be able to live without! We guarantee it!

Gently used garden items, tools, art, household décor, and more can be found at this garden-focused thrift market. Stop by for some great deals! Some of our finds may even be out in the plant spaces just begging you to take them home. If there is a price tag on it, it’s for sale. You never know what treasures you will find. The main shoppe is in the Community Center Gym. Look for the signs! Pay for your Fleatique finds at the table directly outside the doors.

Kids of All Ages Corner

Give the kids something to do while they are supporting your gardening obsession!

Our very engaging Children’s Corner will be active from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm right in front of the new children’s play park at the back of The Grove’s greenspace—near the dog park. Kids will get a chance to experience nature and participate in making  something beautiful with simple seeds. Or, for those kids and adults who may just want to sit quietly, we’ll have coloring/drawing play available. One of our partners, ACAP, will also be engaging with kids through vermi-composting (playing in the dirt with worms)!

Ask A Master Gardener!


Come by and say “hi” to our cadre of highly trained and experienced Master Gardener Volunteers. They’ll be on hand to provide horticultural support to all-levels of gardeners, from the weekend weeders to seasoned sowers!
Grab a packet or two of seeds donated by some friends of Master Gardeners, fill out a survey to be in the running to win a curated garden-tool basket, and otherwise show some love to this very dedicated group of horticultural volunteers.

Speakers

Come learn from some of our top gardening experts. Our entertaining and informative talks and demonstrations will be held In the Pavilion at The Grove.

Please join us for these presentations, how-to demonstrations, and, good conversation with like-minded gardeners! Stay a few minutes and chat with our Master Gardeners or Presenters. Come back to this page frequently to check out the schedule of talks at our Garden Faire Speakers Line-Up.

Marketplace Vendors

A rich tapestry of marketplace vendors that bring our community plants and garden- related wares for your gardens and homes. You’ll have a chance to see several plant/garden-ware vendors in one spot, hopefully finding a market that you can rely on those other 364 days a year that you don’t have Garden Faire.

We are accepting vendors until our marketplace is filled or March 15 whichever is first. Sign on at the Vendor Support and Commitment Info page here – Check back here frequently for update including a list of vendors.

Eats

We won’t let you go hungry or thirsty while you shop. Look for the banners to ensure you stay energized! Food vendors planning to be at Garden Faire include (check back here for periodic updates):

  • coffee, muffins, water, drinks, light sandwiches, and more
  • Natural and dye free frozen pops