Plant Sale Fundraiser Info & Details
Backyard Butterflies is a nonprofit and volunteer organization. We raise funds through our annual plant sale fundraisers. Our spring sale is conducted on all weekends in May, and our fall plant sale is the first weekend in October. All revenue from our plant sale is used to support our organizational activities and programs. No one in the organization receives financial compensation.
We operate a small, registered nursery (License #8775) located in Hillsborough, North Carolina. We curate an annual limited production collection of common to rare host and nectar plants that we grow from seed or source from local wholesale nurseries.
Our plant collections are a combination of beneficial non-native and native host and nectar plants that butterflies and moths find acceptable.
Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser
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Physical Sale
- Our main plant sale
- Every Saturday & Sunday in May
- 12:00 - 5:00 pm
- Shop in person, rain or shine
- Cash
- Checks
- Cards
- Google Pay
- PayPal
- Venmo
Main Categories
Our Spring 2026 collection features a carefully curated selection of plants available through our Spring Plant Sale Fundraiser running through the month of May. This year’s collection includes 94 species of flowering plants and shrubs, each chosen for its role in supporting Lepidoptera life cycles and organized by how they benefit butterflies and moths. Categories include Keystones for essential support of caterpillars and native bees, Native Plants primarily from North Carolina and the broader region, and Milkweed and Host Plants required by specific butterfly species to complete their life cycles.
