The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum (NSA) will host its 2025 Spring Affair Preview Party & Plant Sale on April 24 from 5-9 p.m. at the Sandhills Global Event Center in Lincoln. This event is NSA’s biggest fundraising event of the year, with all proceeds from ticket sales supporting NSA’s statewide tree planting, garden making and educational outreach efforts throughout the year

The Preview Party & Preview Sale will include a buffet dinner and entry to the Preview Sale. Tickets are $45 for NSA members and $55 for non-members and must be purchased by April 14 (kids 2 and under free)

Tickets are also available for the Preview Sale only, which will be held from 7:30-9 p.m. on Thursday, April 24. Tickets to the Preview Sale only are $20 for NSA members and $25 for non-members (kids 12 and under free) and can be purchased online (limited quantities will be available for purchase at the door beginning at 7:30 p.m.).


Spring Affair is the Great Plains’ largest plant sale, attracting nearly 4,000 visitors and featuring more than 800 varieties of perennials, annuals, herbs, trees and shrubs, in addition to gardening vendors and educational non-profits.

Free general admission to Spring Affair will be held on Friday, April 25, from 2-6 p.m. and on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

To register and purchase tickets for the Preview Party and Preview Sale or for more information about Spring Affair, visit plantnebraska.org/spring-affair.