Be as contrary as you’d like as you plan how your gardens will grow this spring, thanks to the enormous selection of plants and bulbs for sale at the great sale event and auction held at Buffalo’s Botanical Gardens this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. They’ve got hanging baskets, annuals, conifers, English ivy, lilac trees, shrubs, Japanese maples...the list goes on and on. Not only do you have the option of choosing from hundreds of different flowers and trees, you also have the opportunity to turn your home an exotic escape if you attend the rare plant and tree auction on Saturday evening at 5:30pm. Choose from several different types of soil to sew your new seeds with, as well as landscaping bargains put together by the Gardens’ experts, who’ve grouped plants with similar ecological qualities together, so when they’re planted you know they’ll thrive in the same environment. Tickets for the auction are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and include dinner and drinks, a silent auction and a live rare plant auction, with all proceeds from this event going to benefit the Botanical Gardens

Saturday, May 19 & Sunday, May 20 at Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 S. Park Ave (827-1584)

www.bufflogardens.com. FREE admission