The dates for the 2017 Woodbury Lions Community Garage Sale are

Thursday May 11th through Saturday May 13th

Additional Dates (subject to change)

The registration dates are

mid-Feb to midnight April 30th 

for both online registration and traditional paper registration.

The official start of the Woodbury Lions Community Garage Sale for 2017 is Thursday May 11th. We encourage all sellers to start on Thursday.

Members of the Woodbury Lions will be delivering the signs Wednesday May 10th.  Since they are delivered by neighborhood, you can put your sign out as soon as you get it

Directories may be purchased from 5:00-9:30 pm the day before the sale (Wednesday May 10th) and also after 7:30 am on the days of the sale (May 11th thru May 13th).

You can register electronically or by completing a paper registration form. For detailed registration information, links, & downloads please click here

The registration dates are

mid-Feb to midnight April 30th 

for both online registration and traditional paper registration.

The registration cost for 2017 is $30, the equivalent of running a garage sale ad in the Twin Cities papers. This includes a listing in our garage sale directory, lawn sign, advertising of the sale through newspapers and the

We ask you to support your neighbors and the rest of the community by either registering your sale or by choosing another weekend to have your sale. The cost of registering your sale is far less than it would be if you had to provide a sign and advertise your own individual event and you would likely only see one tenth of the people. Support the community you live in and register your event.

Yes.  If registration is closed, please contact us at garagesale@woodburylions.org. With your paid registration the Lion’s will ensure your participation by delivering a yard sign to you.

The Woodbury Lions publishes a Garage Sale Directory for this community event. Each listing has a brief description of the items for sale (up to 250 characters).

The Woodbury Lions Garage Sale Directory contains a listing for each of the more than 600 garage sales and is organized by neighborhood. Each listing has the street address and neighborhood map locator information. The map locator information is keyed to the appropriate neighborhood map also in the directory.

The official start day of the Woodbury Lions Community Garage Sale is Thursday May 11th.  Members of the Woodbury Lions begin delivering the signs Wednesday afternoon May 10th.

Members of the Woodbury Lions begin delivering the signs Wednesday afternoon May 10th.  Since they are delivered by neighborhood, you can put your sign out as soon as you get it.

The city of Woodbury has ordinances in place related to temporary signage.  In accordance with the ordinance, the Lion’s provide you with the sign that can go in your front yard.  Also, in accordance with the ordinance, you are allowed three other signs providing direction to your sale.  Keep in mind, that you, by registering your sale, have given the Lions permission to use one of those three signs to direct people to where to buy directories. For more information on the ordinance see the municipal code (Chapter 18.5, Article II., Section 18.5 – 19. (8) permit not required) or contact the city at (651) 714-3543(651) 714-3543 or send an inquiry to  building@ci.woodbury.mn.us

These signs are made for one time use.  They are fully recyclable.  We ask that you recycle the metal frame and the plastic sign.

Our garage sale directory contains neighborhood maps as well as the locations and descriptions of items for the more than 600 hundred registered garage sales. The sales in the directory are organized by neighborhood and are keyed to their appropriate neighborhood map.

Directories listing the Garage Sale locations and merchandise may be purchased at the following locations:
Kowalski’s Market, Rainbow Foods, Cub Foods, Woodbury BP, and at all Woodbury Kwik Trip, Super America, and Holiday Stations in Woodbury

Directories may be purchased from 5:00-9:30 pm the day before the sale (Wednesday May 10th) and also after 7:30 am on the days of the sale (May 11th thru May 13th).

The cost for the 2017 directory is $5.00 for either the paper copy or the electronic copy

Yes. Please see our Directories page

Selling food is regulated by Washington County and the State of Minnesota.  The type of food sold determines if a Special Event Food Stand License is required.  

NO LICENSE IS REQUIRED. Prepackaged bottled water and prepackaged non-potentially hazardous food items (bags of chips, individual candy packages, candy bars, canned soda).

SPECIAL EVENT FOOD STAND LICENSE IS REQUIRED.  Potentially hazardous that may support bacterial growth, open foods, food that requires refrigeration/hot holding, or food that is being repackaged (sandwiches, smoothies, hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, etc.).

Questions can be directed to the Washington County Public Health & Environment website or at (651) 430- 6655(651) 430-6655.

2017 will be our 40th annual community garage sale. Over that time, word of this event has literally travelled across the country. We estimate that we now have more than 5,000 shoppers converge on our community. While the majority of shoppers come from the Twin Cities metropolitan area, we have many shoppers from outstate Minnesota, as well as Wisconsin, Iowa, and North & South Dakota and beyond. We have groups that arrive in tour buses.  Many shoppers have been coming for years.

In the past, sellers have sold clothing, furniture, sporting equipment, tools, kitchenware, dishes, electronics and other household goods.  You, as the individual seller, are responsible for the condition and legality of any items you sell (see our Helpful Hints).

Have boxes labeled in advance for left-over sale items to be kept and those to be donated.  Items in good condition may be donated to the charitable organization of your choice (see our Helpful Hints).  You are responsible for transferring the items to the organization.

The Woodbury Lions Community Garage Sale is planned for the Thursday, Friday, & Saturday of Minnesota general fishing opener in May.  According to the Minnesota DNR “Minnesota's general fishing opener is the Saturday two weeks before Memorial Day weekend.” Here are the next few Community Garage Sale Future Dates (these dates are subject to change).