FloraFEST Annual Plant Sale at UTEP

The UTEP Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens will present the FloraFEST 2021–Annual Plant Sale at Leech Grove on the UTEP campus this year.  Leech Grove is across the street from the Centennial Museum, at the bend where University and Wiggins meet.

FloraFEST is the only fundraiser for the maintenance and operation of the Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Shoppers can visit with El Paso County Master Gardeners, horticulturists, and other plant experts for advice on how to care for their plants at home. FloraFEST will sell mostly native and native-adapted plants (ones that are not native to our region but will grow well here), many of which are not available at local nurseries or retailers. 

Join us for the FloraFEST Annual Plant Sale and take home some of our region’s most beautiful plants. After shopping you might want to take some time to tour the unique and lovely Chihuahuan Desert Gardens.

Visit the FloraFEST website to learn more about the event including parking and Covid-19 precautions.

FloraFEST Plant List                            

https://www.florafest.org/plant-list.html            

*Selections could change due to availability of the plants.

Recommended reading to prepare for shopping at the FloraFEST Annual Plant sale*:                     

Ornamental Plants for Far West Texas – Native trees, shrubs, flowering plants, grasses, and succulents with water-use categories.

Chihuahuan Desert Plants – Hundreds of native plants from the Greater Chihuahuan Desert Region, most with photographs and basic information.

El Paso Desert Blooms Water Smart Landscaping Guide – Helpful interactive website by El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU). See “Plants” for plant lists and guided searches with photos. “Gardens” has options for garden photo “tours” and galleries.

*While plants found on these websites are not guaranteed to be at FloraFEST, they are representative of the types of native and adapted plants you will find.

Map of Centennial Museum area.

For more information contact: Kevin Floyd (kwfloyd@utep.edu)

Source credits: The Chihuahuan Desert Gardens at the Centennial Museum and El Paso County Master Gardeners | Learn » Gardening Topics-Links