POULSBO — In the midst of the frenzied holiday shopping season, the North Kitsap FFA is offering residents a tranquil visit to its cozy greenhouse off Hostmark Street.

Holiday wreaths, blossoming poinsettias and decorative centerpieces will all be on sale at one of the FFA’s biggest fund raisers of the year: the Holiday Plant Sale.

The event was originally scheduled for the final week in November, giving shoppers appropriate time to purchase holiday decor, however, Jack Frost cancelled those plans as he blew in the foul weather, which cancelled school and all associated activities.

But the was promptly rescheduled and the plants will take to the shelves beginning at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 7.

“It seems like every year the quality of everything just improves,” said Poulsbo Junior High horticulture instructor Erin Murphy. “(The poinsettias) look absolutely beautiful this year.”

Horticulture classes from Kingston and Poulsbo junior high schools along with students from North Kitsap High School have been caring for and coaxing beauty from the poinsettias since the beginning of the school year, now they are blossoming with deep red holiday spirit.

“We brought in the poinsettias from Henry’s (Tree) Farm,” said NKHS FFA advisor John Waller. “The kids have been working them ever since they were small potted plants.”

Poinsettias will go for $6 while student-made holiday-style centerpieces and wreaths will be $7 and $11 respectively — making either a decorative gift or an addition to one’s own holiday collection.

“With last week’s snow and ice we are working diligently to get things ready for the sale,” Waller said.

The Holiday Plant Sale — which runs Dec. 7 and 8 — will be a completely student-run affair as high school and junior high school kids will collaborate to work the cash register and interaction with customers while also being holiday flora information guides.

The money raised will go back into the district’s horticulture program to sustain its materials and provide leadership opportunities for FFA students.

“Just with the care I’ve seen these kids take so far, I think it will be a really great year,” Murphy said.

Once the Holiday Plant Sale is in the books, she said, the FFA will turn its attention toward readying for its annual spring sale.