I just found this forum and live in Castle Rock, this sounds like a wonderful garden swap.

I hope you can make it to the swap, reeskylr. We have lots of fun and love to make new gardening friends.

Is anyone interested in veggie starts? Squash, tomato, and cukes?

rachierabbit, there are always people interested in veggie starts. Some have asked if there will be any, and I told them there is almost always someone that has them. I didn't start any but peas and lettuce so far so I would be interested in squash and cukes.

I will be brining two yuccas, one new zealand flax, a flat of iris, assorted veggie starts and anything else that I dig up between now and then :0). What is everyone else bringing?

I have quite a bit of tradescantia (spiderwort) and Gloriosa Daisy (rudbeckia), some perennial herbs, climbing roses that mostly don't have leaves, but the roots were good when I potted them, amsonia hubrichti (Blue Star), pea starts, and a lot of odds and ends that I only have one or two of. What color are your iris? I don't need purple, but almost any other color I would trade for. I think my neighbor is bringing some iris, too, and another neighbor is probably bringing dahlia tubers. I am interested in some veggie starts depending on what they are. I need cukes and summer squash, one or two kale plants and broccoli.

Once again, doing the midnight hour garden trade planning! I have yellow irises in bloom and about to bloom. If I get lots of the surrounding soil, should I dig?

Merrygardener- I find that iris are one of the toughest plants around. Go for it ;0)

Barbe- I have cukes and squash for you :0)

merrygardener, I agree that iris are really tough. You might lose the flowers this year, but it shouldn't hurt the plant.
rachierabbit, thanks for the cukes and squash. Is there anything special you're looking for that I might have, or would you rather just wait until you get here and look at what's offered?
I'm not sure how many are coming. I've posted on our local garden forums and swap forums in Olympia, Seattle and Portland. Here's hoping there are a lot of attendees. I've got the burgers and hot dogs in the fridge and Don cleaned the grill today so I guess we're ready to go!

Barbe- I am looking for woodland plants, plants that do well in semi shade, a yellow rhody, a hybrid butterfly bush and shrubs. A girl can dream right ;0) Looking forward to tomorrow! Plants are loaded in the truck; now I just need to figure out what to bring as a side dish!

Thanks again for the fantastic swap Barb and Don! Beautiful gardens, wonderful conversation, delicious food and free plants!

I think it was a very good swap even if several of our regulars couldn't make it. We got a lot of trading, eating and, best of all, visiting done. I will have a lot more plants at the Green Elephant - all of those left from the swap plus whatever I can get dug up out of that weed patch I call a flower garden. lol I definitely have a lot of work to do, as you could tell.