Tip: Get gardening at Old Westbury Gardens

If you're tired of garden-variety plants in your yard, here's a chance to buy annuals and perennials from the pros.

Old Westbury Gardens' Spring Plant Sale and Gardening Weekend starts Friday with several events. The Gardens' signature varieties will be offered for sale, and you can talk with horticulturists to get tips about which plants are best for you. Bring half a cup of dry soil from about four inches deep in your garden for free testing. Also on hand during the weekend will be members of the American Rhododendron Society, who will be selling rhododendrons and azaleas.

The show and sale are 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Admission to the Gardens is $10. Seniors 62 and older, $8. For information, go to oldwestburygardens.org or call 516-333-0048.