Incredible Edibles Plant Sale
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
10am - 3pm
1624 NE Hancock Street, Portland

Locally, organically-grown! Plants that thrive in the Pacific NW!

Give a new meaning to “picking up something for dinner” with organic veggie starts and herbs for your garden. With starts from the Incredible Edible Plant Sale, you’ll soon be harvesting nutritious, fresh-picked goodness for your table! The Incredible Edibles Sale offers a luscious array of local, organically-grown vegetable starts. You’ll find both heirlooms and hybrids among our proven varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuces, herbs and more. Varieties offered have been specially selected for their ability to thrive in our Pacific Northwest climate.

Hundreds of varieties of veggies & herbs!

Vegetable varieties galore will be there for your picking, including over fifty varieties of tomatoes! Slicers, cherry tomatoes, paste varieties and more! Come pick up a Brandywine, Beefstake, Cherokee Purple, Mortage Lifter, Goliath Bush, or Sungold (of course). Choose from stellar varieties from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Peruse dozens of varieties of peppers. Grab some Thai Hot, sweet Carmen, Nu Mex Joe Parker or Big Jim for roasted chilis, Or try Fresno, Fireball and the sweet King of the North peppers. Don’t forget to check out a lush variety of herbs: several varieties of basil. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme! Along with chives, lemon grass, shizo and more!

Incredible Prices!

$4.50 for 6-packs
$4.50 for 4" herbs
$3.50 for 3-1/2" vegetables

View the 2025 Incredible Edible Plant List

2025 Incredible Edibles Plant Sale – The Details

Sale date/time: Saturday, May 10, 10am to 3pm
In person sales only at 1624 NE Hancock Street, Portland
Capacity in the plant sale area will be managed with timed entries
Credit and debit cards, checks are accepted. No cash transactions.
Pets are not allowed at the sale. Thank you.

Entering the Plant Sale area: Timed entry to reduce crowding

To maintain a pleasant shopping experience a staggered entry system allows the maximum number of shoppers at one time without being too crowded.

Pick up a color-coded timed-entry wristband starting at 9:00 am at the SW entry.
Then instead of waiting in line, enjoy the Incredible Edible Community Fair!

Expect to have a bit of a wait to enter the Plant Sale area if you plan to shop during peak hours between 10am and 12noon.

Community Fair and Celebration…more than just incredible plant starts!

There more than just lush, local, organic plant starts at the “Incredible”. Soak in our community celebration with gardening guidance from OSU Master Gardeners at our “Let’s Talk Plants” table or by attending a workshop at our “Plant. Grow. Eat.” tent, enjoy toe-tapping tunes, tasty treats, learn about valuable community-based organizations. Fun for all ages!

“Let’s Talk Plants” Table

Bring your gardening conundrums and get the real dirt from OSU Extension-trained Master Gardener volunteers, who will be on site to talk all things plants and veggie gardening.

Plant. Grow. Eat. Info Sessions

New to growing edibles? There will be lots of information and helpful Master Gardeners to get you started on successfully growing your own food. ‘Plant. Grow. Eat.’ Info Sessions are scheduled throughout the day to inspire and provide education for new adventures in growing your own food.

10:30 Your Best Tomatoes Ever!

Maximize your tomato yield and flavor this year. Watch a demonstration of a simple DIY planting cage that can double as a greenhouse. Plus learn about a planting technique that develops robust roots.
With Author Willi Galloway

11:30 Container Grown Edibles

Learn how to grow Little Finger Carrots, summer squash, sweet potatoes and more in small spaces. Learn how to grow your amazing veggie starts in containers. No space is too small!
With OSU Extension Master Gardeners Kim Butchereit and Carole Hardy

12:30 Yes! We Can Grow Melons

Yes, we can grow melons in Northwest Oregon. Learn about the kinds of melons that do well here. Learn how to start, grow and harvest melons.
With OSU Extension Master Gardener Sally Campbell

Kids Grow Tent!

Even the littlest sprouts can join the fun at our Kids Grow! tent which offers fun hands-on garden activities and discoveries for kids and their families! Plant some seeds and watch them grow!

Incredible and Thought-Provoking

Local artist Joe Wirtheim, creator of the Victory Garden of Tomorrow poster and design project, will offer his thought-provoking posters for better food, better gardens and better cities.

Willi Galloway’s new book Grow Cook Eat presents, highlighting 30+ specific variety recommendations of the most flavorful and beautiful vegetable varieties for kitchen gardens.

Incredible Live Music!

The Sellwood Peak Marimba Band performs at 9:45

Possum Six Pack performs at 11:15

Tres Equis performs at 12:30pm

Sunfish Duo performs at 1:45pm

Incredible eats!

Local food vendors with tasty and scrumptious eats will be serving at the event – so bring your appetite!

Where’s Coffee Girl? At the Incredible Edibles Plant Sale, of course! The “Where's Coffee Girl” full-service coffee bar will be serving up premium coffee and delectable delights to fuel your day at the “Incredible”.

Salvador Molly's Satisfy your hunger pangs and your soul with an eclectic mix of global flavors and some darn tasty tamales!

Support for Your Gardening Adventures

Concentrates NW Find the fertilizers and amendments to support your gardening adventures at the Concentrates NW booth. Having served the Pacific Northwest since 1938, Concentrates NW specializes in organic soil amendments and fertilizers.

Incredible Inspiration!

Get a dose of inspiration by talking with experts at our participating community-based organizations. Learn about their valuable work and ways you can support them.

Oregon Bee Atlas “Bee” sure to drop by the Oregon Bee Atlas booth to learn about some of the 600+ native bees in Oregon. Plus learn the steps you can take to support our native bees.

Multnomah County Health Department will be at the IE Sale to TEST SOIL and items from your home for lead FOR FREE!

Bring your soil or items to be screened for LEAD

Up to 3 soil samples of soil from your home – one cup of DRY soil in a zip lock bag per sample
Paint chips from inside or outside your home
Toys, dishware, or other items kids touch

Multnomah County Vector Control Learn about the vectors who are often unwelcome inhabitants in our gardens: mosquitoes and rats! Understanding these pests is the first step in preventing and controlling them. Multnomah County Vector Control staff will be ready to share the diseases these vectors carry and how to prevent their presence in our homes, gardens and communities.

Free admission. Everyone welcome.

Proceeds from the sale further the work of the Multnomah County Master Gardeners and its mission to support the OSU Extension Service Master Gardener program, educating the public about all aspects of successfully and sustainably growing and caring for plants.

In collaboration and in support of the OSU Extension Service Master Gardener™ Program.

OSU Extension Service prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by April 25, 2025, to Kim Butchereit, 503-872-6649, kim.butchereit@oregonstate.edu