Re: Perennial Plant Exchange

At 08:50 PM 4/21/98 -0400, Lisa Roth wrote:
>Hi Everyone!!
>
>Boy you can sure tell Spring is really here!!!!!  Our Master Gardener
>Club is going to be hosting a Perennial Plant Exchange in May, and I
>will be writing an article for the local paper about preparing for a
>plant exchange.
>
>I would like to ask you all what you would look for in a perennial
>exchange.  For instance, would you trade for common plants, or only
>unusual ones?  If you were going to bring plants to exchange, would you
>like to have the ability to exchange a number of common plants for one
>uncommon plant?  How much information would you like to see on the plant
>labels?  How important is color to you?  How would you package your
>plants?
>
>You can see there are a number of questions involved!!  I'm really
>interested in learning how you would prepare to take plants to an
>exchange.  I know each exchange has it's own rules for trading, but
>let's pretend we have carte blanche and can hold the "perfect" perennial
>plant exchange.
>
>Thanks for your time.  I really look forward to your imput!!
>
>Lisa Roth
>SE Michigan

Lisa,  My garden club (20 plant addicted gardeners) has a spring plant
exchange every year in May.  We keep it simple and fair.  Any plants that
are "leftover" are donated to a worthy charity.  When you arrive at the
plant exchange you draw a number out of a hat.  You inspect all the plants
and get an idea what you would like to have.  For every plant you bring, you
may take one home.  Numbers 1 and 20 go first - that is they select one
plant each.  Then numbers 2 and 19 select one plant each.  Then numbers 3
and 18 and so on until each person has had a chance to pick a favorite plant
to take home.  If there are lots of plants, we go through the numbers again.
After that, it is open choice, take the ones you want.  Everyone is on there
honor not to take more than they came with.  There are usually 2 or 3 flats
of pots to donate to a charity fund raiser plant sale when its all over but
the shouting.  Its a lot of fun. :)
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon


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