There is something for everyone at our Spring Book and Plant Sale

Our popular Spring Book and Plant Sale will take place this year during the second week of May, rain or shine. Please enter the church through the wheelchair accessible doors on the front lawn and continue downstairs to our lower hall. There you will find an impressive array of books and other items, organized and maintained by our team of experienced volunteers.

The dates for this year’s Book Sale are as follows:

Thursday, May 9 from 4 – 6 p.m.
Friday, May 10 from 12 – 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Come browse through a large selection of books as well as used CDs and DVDs.

New books are put out each day!
• Lots of FREE books
• Lots of books at BARGAIN prices
• Recent donations of books were received for the following categories:
- music for voice and various other instruments
- Mystery – large number of paperback and hardcover mysteries
- Novels – large number of paperback and hardcover
- Science Fiction – an ENORMOUS selection of SciFi novels and magazines
- Sports – some great books on Golf and Baseball
- Travel –some interesting books about Scotland
- Crime – large collection of true and fictional Crime

BOOK CATEGORIES:
Art, Award Winners, Biography, Business, Canadiana, Classics, Cooking, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Health, History, How To, Humour, Music, Mystery, Natural Science, Novels,(English), Novels (non-English), Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Reference (English), Reference (non-English), Religion, Royalty, Science Fiction, Sociology, Sports, Travel.

Currently, we need donations of used books, videos, CDs and DVDs. If you would like to donate any items to the sale, please contact the Church Office at 613-234-3261 of office@firstbaptistottawa.ca. We very much appreciate your support of this important fundraising activity for our Mission Association.

Plant lovers! Come see our very impressive plant selection. Once again, we have a grat selection of annuals and perennials. Find plants for your balcony, garden, home, office and patio. Our knowledgeable volunteers are ready to help you choose the perfect plants! Selection is always changing as new plants are brought in each day.

A list of this year’s available plants includes: Aster, Astilbe, Basil, Bee Balm, Bearded Iris, Blazing Star, Bleeding Heart, Blue Flag, Black-Eyed Susan, Boston Fern, Cilantro, Coleus, Columbine, Common Primrose, Coral Bells, Coreopsis, Creeping Phlox, Day Lily, Delphinium, Dwarf Iris, English Ivy, False Geranium, Flowering Maple, Forget-Me-Not, Forsythia, Four O’Clock, French Tarragon, Garlic Chives, Geraniums, Globe Flower, Gypsophila, Heartsease, Heliopsis, Hens-and-Chickens, Hosta, Hollyhock, Hydrangea, Impatiens, Lady’s Mantle, Lamb’s Ear, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Liy-of-the-Valley, Lupin, Liverwort, Mallow, Moon Flower, Multiplier Onion, Oregano, Oriental Poppy, Oxalis, Peony, Periwinkle, Phlox, Pink Pewter, Purple Coneflower, Red Beleeding Heart, Rhubarb, Sedum, Shasta Daisy, Siberian Iris, Solomon Seal, Tarragon, Tiger Liy, Violet, Yellow Archangel, Yellow Flag. (See below for the scientific names of this years’s plants.)

Find the perfect plant for your home or garden.

Books, books and more books!

A Partial List of Our Plants

Aster / Michaelmas Daisy
Astilbe (Spirea) [2 colours]
Basil (Cinnamon)
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)
Bearded Iris (Iris Germanica)
Blazing Star
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis)
Blue Flag
Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Boston Fern
Cilantro (Colandrum sativum)
Coleus (Arcombaleno)
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Common Primrose (Primula Vulgaris)
Coral Bells (Heuchera)
Coreopsis (Butter Daisy)
Creeping Phlox
Day Lily (Hemerocallis fulva) 3 colours
Delphinium (Pacific Giants)
Dwarf Iris
English Ivy (Hedera helix)
False Geranium (Cranesbills)
Flowering Maple
Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis)
Forsythia
Four O’Clock (Marvel of Peru)
French Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)
Garlic Chives
Geraniums (5 varieties)
Globe Flower /Cultivated Buttercup (Trollis)
Gypsophila (Baby’s Breath)
Heartsease (Viola tricolor)
Heliopsis (False Sunflower)
Hens-and-Chickens (Sempervivum tectorum)
Hosta (Plantain Lily)
Hollyhock (Althaea Rosea)
Hydrangea (Hydrangea)
Impatiens (Busy Lizy)
Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla mollis)
Lamb’s Ear (Stachys byzantina)
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis)
Lupin
Liverwort (Hepatica)
Mallow (Malva alcea ‘Fastigiata) (2 colours)
Moon Flower
Multiplier Onion
Oregano (Melissa officinalis)
Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)
Oxalis (Oxalis triangularis) (2 colours)
Peony (Paeonia)
Periwinkle (Vinca major)
Phlox
Pink Pewter (Lamium Maculatum)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Red Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis)
Rhubarb
Sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile)
Shasta Daisy (Chrysanthemum superbum)
Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica)
Solomon Seal (Polygonatum multiforum)
Tarragon (Artemisia dracunclus)
Tiger Lily
Violet (Viola)
Yellow Archangel (Lalium galeobdolon)
Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus)