Although gardening is more often associated with spring, autumn is a perfect time to add heartier plant varieties to a garden, office or home.

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia will host its annual fall plant sale on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Garden’s visitor center.

The sale will feature various indoor and outdoor plants that require little water to survive.

Prices for the plants vary, but usually start around $5.

Many of the succulent plants – named so for their ability to store water – are ideal for college apartments and dorms.

Cacti and jade plants are a few of the low maintenance species for sale.

Shirley Berry, assistant director of the State Botanical Garden, suggests planting outdoor vegetation in the fall so roots have time to develop before the dryness of summer.

“Having plants around creates a green, refreshing feeling and adds to an indoor environment,” she said in reference to her own plant collection.

Berry also promotes the sale of perennial plants native to Georgia.

These plants are propagated and grown by the Garden’s plant conservation department.

Other annual plants will be featured at the sale, but outdoor trees and shrubs will constitute the majority of the plants present on Saturday.

Members of the Garden’s horticulture staff will be on hand to advise buyers in plant selection, care and soil requirements.

Many researchers such as Ronald Wood, professor at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, believe that there are psychological and health benefits to adding plants to one’s daily environment.

Plants are not only viewed as aesthetically appealing, but can increase oxygen while decreasing carbon dioxide and absorb limited amounts of toxic chemicals and noise.

Wood’s research credits plants for creating a calmer atmosphere that can increase productivity among people in office environments.