This website is currently being updated for the Spring 2025 NANPS. Please look for this information to be updated during the month of February 2025.
Information for the Fall 2024 sale:
(Information on this webpage was last updated September 8, 2024.)
IMPORTANT Announcements:
- The restrooms at the Church of St. Clement will be available to customers.
- Parking will again be available at Christ the King Church across the street.
- Be aware that each native plant vendor handles his/her own sales separately.
KEY INFORMATION about the sale:
WHERE CAN I PARK?
Parking at Christ the King Church will be allowed. The lot has 40 spaces. Although parking is limited close to the sale on Oakcrest Drive, more parking is available farther down Oakcrest, as well as on Crestwood and Dogwood parallel to Oakcrest.
Parking at Christ the King Church will be allowed. The lot has 40 spaces. Although parking is limited close to the sale on Oakcrest Drive, more parking is available farther down Oakcrest, as well as on Crestwood and Dogwood parallel to Oakcrest.
HOW DO I CARRY MY PLANTS?
There are 11 red Radio Flyer wagons labeled as "Plant Taxis" for everyone to use. You will find unused wagons at the "Taxi Stand" by the "Plant Sitting Area" next to the church.
(NOTE: If you bring your own wagon to the sale, please put your name on it!)
There are 11 red Radio Flyer wagons labeled as "Plant Taxis" for everyone to use. You will find unused wagons at the "Taxi Stand" by the "Plant Sitting Area" next to the church.
(NOTE: If you bring your own wagon to the sale, please put your name on it!)
HOW DO I GET MY PLANTS TO MY CAR?
There is a "Plant Sitting Area" where you can park your plants while you go to get your car. There's a loading zone next to that, where you can pull up to load your plants into your car.
There is a "Plant Sitting Area" where you can park your plants while you go to get your car. There's a loading zone next to that, where you can pull up to load your plants into your car.
ALTERNATIVE TO CAR TRANSPORTATION:
We will have a "Bike Valet" parking area next to the "Plant Sitting Area." If you would like to cycle to the sale, there will be two plant sitters watching to make sure that your bike is safe. Please bring your bike lock, too.
We will have a "Bike Valet" parking area next to the "Plant Sitting Area." If you would like to cycle to the sale, there will be two plant sitters watching to make sure that your bike is safe. Please bring your bike lock, too.
Frequently Asked Questions:
If you have a question about the NANPS, please send an email to Scott at [email protected].
Q: What is the Northern Alexandria Native Plant Sale?
A: The NANPS is a labor of love, run on a break-even basis by Scott Knudsen and Jennifer Pease, aided by volunteers who are their friends and the Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria (www.treestewards.org). This event hosts native plant vendors who handle their own sales transactions. The vendors are all individual businesses, so please do not take plants from one vendor's booth to another. (The NANPS event itself is neither a business nor a fundraiser—no one makes money from it except the vendors.)
A: The NANPS is a labor of love, run on a break-even basis by Scott Knudsen and Jennifer Pease, aided by volunteers who are their friends and the Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria (www.treestewards.org). This event hosts native plant vendors who handle their own sales transactions. The vendors are all individual businesses, so please do not take plants from one vendor's booth to another. (The NANPS event itself is neither a business nor a fundraiser—no one makes money from it except the vendors.)
Q: Where can I find information about native plants?
A: There are Information Tables located on the grass near the church building. Next to those tables, members of the Virginia Native Plant Society (www.vnps.org) will have their own table where they will answer questions and offer advice about plants. VNPS members will also have free brochures and several nominally priced guides about native plants. One such guide will be "Native Plants for Northern Virginia" from Plant NOVA Natives (www.plantnovanatives.org).
A: There are Information Tables located on the grass near the church building. Next to those tables, members of the Virginia Native Plant Society (www.vnps.org) will have their own table where they will answer questions and offer advice about plants. VNPS members will also have free brochures and several nominally priced guides about native plants. One such guide will be "Native Plants for Northern Virginia" from Plant NOVA Natives (www.plantnovanatives.org).
Q: Where are the restrooms and how do I access them?
A: The Church of St. Clement graciously makes its bathrooms available for customers to the native plant sale. To enter the church building, ask a Plant Sale Volunteer at the Information Tables to open the church's Parish Hall door. Signs will point the way to the bathrooms. (Please do not walk around the church building except to use the bathrooms. Please close the Parish Hall door behind you so that it latches, when you leave the church building.)
A: The Church of St. Clement graciously makes its bathrooms available for customers to the native plant sale. To enter the church building, ask a Plant Sale Volunteer at the Information Tables to open the church's Parish Hall door. Signs will point the way to the bathrooms. (Please do not walk around the church building except to use the bathrooms. Please close the Parish Hall door behind you so that it latches, when you leave the church building.)
Q: I have lost something of mine. What can I do?
A: If you lose something important, text Scott Knudsen at 571-232-0375. You can also find Scott or Jennifer at the sale. Look for the couple wearing bright orange (for Scott) or bright yellow (for Jennifer) safety vests. Please be aware that any lost plants not left in the "Plant Sitting Area" will be extremely difficult or impossible to find.
A: If you lose something important, text Scott Knudsen at 571-232-0375. You can also find Scott or Jennifer at the sale. Look for the couple wearing bright orange (for Scott) or bright yellow (for Jennifer) safety vests. Please be aware that any lost plants not left in the "Plant Sitting Area" will be extremely difficult or impossible to find.
Q: Why can't we have more "Plant Taxis" at the sale?
A: Unfortunately, we don't have space to store any more Radio Flyer wagons. The storage closet for these native plant sales is packed full after each event. Eleven wagons is all this closet will hold!
A: Unfortunately, we don't have space to store any more Radio Flyer wagons. The storage closet for these native plant sales is packed full after each event. Eleven wagons is all this closet will hold!