Join the 2026 Plant Sale Leadership Team

9/16/2025

The Ramsey County Master Gardener annual plant sale is the organization’s primary fundraiser. It is the key to funding the many programs operated and supported by master gardeners in the county. In addition to being the primary funding activity, other plant sale goals are to: Inspire People to Garden; Build Community; Provide a Broad Range of Quality Plants; Provide Educational opportunities; Provide Accessible Volunteer Hours; Build Connections; and Increase visibility.

If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please let us know which volunteer role is of interest to you.

Plant Sale Teams usually meet monthly. Most teams are more active from February through May.

We have a variety of teams to lead the various activities to plan, prepare and hold the plant sale.

Current openings that we are looking to fill are listed below. If you have an interest in any of these positions, please contact Molly O’Rourke at mollyfo.rourke@outlook.com or 651-491-9850.

Database Team Lead

This team creates a database to track vendor purchased and master gardener grown plants and assist in preparing information for budgeting, setup planning and sale day. The Team is seeking 1 or 2 people to shadow the current team lead through the 2026 Plant Sale. The current Team Lead will be stepping down following the 2026. Database or spreadsheet skills are key along with availability for data work in April/May is critical for the plant sale. Heaviest work is the first two weeks of May. The Team is also looking for additional members to assist with data entry and/or proofing.

Recorder for the Plant Sale Monthly Meetings & Co-Coordinator of Sign Up Genius Tasks

Currently, the Plant Sale Team Leads meet monthly, on the first Tuesday of every month from 6:15 to 7:15 pm. Usually, the team meets twice a month in April and May. Team Leads enter their meeting updates in a google minute document. The recorder would edit for decisions/action items and distribute link to google minute document. Google documents knowledge and skills would be helpful. The Co-Coordinator of the Sign Up Genius requests collate information from Team Leads and enters the volunteer requests into the Sign Up Genius system. Summaries of the signups are then generated for Team leads as needed.

Setup Team

This Team develops a space and table layout plan and schedule for setting up the sale. They also determine the supplies and number of volunteers needed, secure supplies and recruit volunteers. The team is looking for 1 or 2 people to participate in the Setup Team. Beneficial skills include organizational and planning skills, attention to detail, ability to direct other volunteers, and strong communication skills.

Pre Sale Team Co-Lead

The presale offers annual bedding and native plants for sale to our RCMG community at wholesale prices. This is only available to RCMG volunteers. A co-lead is needed to manage the Spring delivery and distribution of plants. The other co-lead manages the selection and offering of plants for the pre-sale. Key skills include organizational and planning skills, attention to detail; ability to direct other volunteers and some knowledge of annual and native plants.