April 22: Pre-order for BBBS plant sale ends

April 22: Pre-order for BBBS plant sale ends

The opportunity to pre-order flowers through the Big Brothers Big Sisters plant sale will end Monday, April 22. After April 22 flowers will only be available for purchase on May 10 through May 13 at the organizations retail site at Northwest Bank Tower in Davenport.

To pre-order flowers online click here. For more information about the sale or assistance with the ordering process, please contact BBBS at 563-323-8006.

The BBBS Plant Sale has been happening for 35 years and is considered the first community fundraising event for the organization.  Funds raised support the organizations one to one mentoring programs provided to youth and families in eastern Iowa and western Illinois.

(Credit: Getty Images)
(Credit: Getty Images)

The Plant Sale is presented by Iowa American Water, Mel Foster Company and Solutions Management Group. The sale offers 46 different varieties of annuals in hundreds of color options.

In addition to flats of annuals, the sale includes 20 different hanging basket varieties, 12 five-inch pot varieties, seven seed geranium color options, 14 wave and easy wave color options and accent plants including Spikes, Sprengeri and Vinca Vine.  Hard to find annuals such as Zinnias, Salvia, Gerber Daisy, Snapdragons and others make the sale a must support for quality and cause.

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