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Adena Mansion & Garden Heirloom Plant Sale

The Gardens of Adena Mansion, 2021. Dan Ramey/Litter Media

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Mark your calendar for Adena Mansion and Gardens annual plant sale focuses on “heirloom” plants.

An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, heritage fruit, or heirloom vegetable is an old cultivar of a plant used for food that is grown and maintained by gardeners and farmers, particularly in isolated or ethnic minority communities of the Western world.

The plants at Adena are believed to be many of the same varieties used when Thomas Worthington lived at the mansion in the early 1800’s.

This year’s sale is set for Saturday, May 1, through Sunday, May 16. Hours will be 9am-5pm and Wednesdays through Saturdays and noon-5pm on Sundays. They are closed on Monday and Tuesday.

More details can be found at www.adenamansion.com