The sale will be held at the Cumberland County High School Greenhouse on the corner of 4th Street and Miller Ave in Crossville on Monday, November 30, 2026, from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
and again
on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at the Village Green Mall in Fairfield Glade from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. There will also be a Bake Sale at this time and place.
The Poinsettias are $8 each. Please bring your own container for transporting your plants home.
Proceeds from the plant sale will be shared by the Cumberland County High School’s Greenhouse Maintenance and the FG Garden Club’s Helena Schmidt Scholarship Fund.
100% of the proceeds from the Bake Sale benefit the Helena Schmidt Scholarship Fund
Below are examples of some of the Poinsettias from past years
Red
White
Jingle Bell
Marble
Winter Rose
students at CCHS Grow Poinsettias
The students at Cumberland Count High School begin the process in September when they plant the poinsettias; 1,600 of them! They then care for the plants while waiting for that special time of year when their leaves will begin to turn from green to Red, Marble, Jingle Bell or White. According to Educator Danny Wilson, Poinsettias are a Phototrophic plant. They need more darkness than light to turn color. The magic number is 11 hours and 29 minutes of darkness and that occurs in late October here on the Cumberland Plateau. The students continue to water and groom the plants throughout the semester.