TRADING MATERIALS: plants potted or presented well, well rooted cuttings potted up, bulbs, shrubs, trees, happy seedlings, garden ornaments, bundled garden magazines, extra gardening implements, bundles of seeds, anything else that can be used in a garden setting, etc.
ALL PLANT MATERIALS SHOULD BE MARKED WITH THE PLANT'S NAME AND CARE (shade, sun, etc) THEY REQUIRE! Also, mark any plants as invasive or poisonous, if known.
POT LUCK: Please bring a dish to share with serving utensils & your own beverage. We would also like to go a bit more "GREEN" this year ask that you bring your own reusable plates and eating utensils. We'll provide some for those who forget or don't have any, but we would like there to be as little waste as possible. It's a good idea to mark your serving spoons etc. with your name. We can promise that the food will be terrific!!
DOOR PRIZES: If anyone wants to donate something for a door prize, please feel free. Over the years we have had many really neat prizes!!

This is the plan for the day:
10:00a -12:00noon - sign-in with name/number of plants, (if you wish to sign up for our email list please leave email address at sign in) receive a name tag, put plants in viewing area under proper category, food in shelter area, visit with other gardeners & start viewing plants.
Noon - have lunch & award door prizes
1:00pm - swap begins
After swap - more visiting, pack up & goodbyes
This plant swap is free...but, if anyone wants to donate toward the cost of the shelter it would be greatly appreciated - THANK YOU!!

This year the swapping will be slightly different from others:
Round One - pick ONE plant
2nd Round - pick TWO plant
3rd Round - pick THREE plants
4th Round - pick FOUR plants
after the 4th round - we will (depending on what is left) announce "free for all", which means that you can take as many plants as you wish irreguardless of how many you have all ready taken.
Everyone should be able to take home as many plants as they have brought if they find something suitable that they desire. Everyone should be able to get a few "choice" plants that they really wanted. Those who were unable to bring much in trade (new-comers, just moved, small space, etc...) have the opportunity to take home 'lots of wonderful "orphaned" plants who haven't been chosen during the first 4/5 rounds of the swap (from those who brought way, way too many plants to the swap and do not want to take them home). Every item is considered equal when swapping.

Veterans Memorial Drive/Hilliard Municipal Park is off of Scioto Darby road on the left side of the road - across from Hilliard Heritage Middle School. (NOT hilliard Memorial Middle school - that, you'll see first.) You will see an Urgent Care, also. You stay directly on the park's main road, go .1 mile and turn right (just past all the flag poles). You'll turn right again quickly into a parking lot directly in front of shelter Aspen. The shelter just left of the children's play area.

Some tips for the day would include:
-bring a folding chair/blanket
-bring a box/container (labeled with your name) to put your new plants in after swapping
-bring a wagon (if you have room in your car) to help get plants to and from your car
Please post here what plants/non plant items you are bringing (this will help in doing private trades) as well as the potluck dish you intend to bring (so we don't have too many of one thing).
Please email or post here with RSVP so we can get an approximate head count. Please email (via the Gardenweb system) with any questions.
There a Facebook group discussing the swap: Central Ohio Plant Swap.
This should be a FUN, informal day to share our love of gardening! Feel free to bring a gardening friend. Please email (via the Gardenweb system) with any questions. Hope you can make it to the swap.
Good gardening..., Mouse, Kim, and Sarah H.
PS - PLEASE DO NOT LINK THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO ANY OTHER WEBSITES (such as Craigslist) WITHOUT CLEARING IT WITH KIM, SARAH H. OR MOUSE (REBECCA). Thank you

B

Happy first day of spring, everyone -- it's coming!

See you all there!
Mouse

I'm looking for:

-crocus bulbs
I'd like some purple & yellow. I got some white ones from the swap last year (they came up this year!! They're so pretty!!)

tulip bulbs
white, striped (whatever color), pink, purple, orange,

-echinacea
white, red, green, yellow, pink, peach

I'll have, most definitely, for the swap (or trade "behind the scenes" [private trades]):
-Liriope (AKA: Lilyturf, Monkey Grass)
-Salvia
-Sweet Woodruff (Asperula Odorata)

Barbi

Just back from Mexico and getting organized. We four plan to come. I hope to bring some glass. I would do a private swap for wake robins (Red trilliums) or dark red helleborus. Would anyone like little pond goldfish?

Rebecca

I'll bring some fishies about 8 to 10 sound right? I can bring more but as I recall yuour pond is not to big. I got tons of the little rascals. Hope I can catch them!

Rebecca

See'ya soon...

NuSkewl

(AKA - your friend & plant-swappartnerin-crime...Sarah) ;>

I'm starting to pot things up. I hope to have a few cool terariums to bring, but as or the plants themselves -- it will be a lot of one-off items. Sort of a 'grab bag of the garden'!

Plants to trade:
Shasta Daisy Becky
Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne' ... 5ft, bright yellow flower
Tradescantia ..." Spiderwort ... blue
Aster - tall - purple - fall
Cranesbill Geranium Sanguinium

Plants I am looking for:
balloon flower
variegated Hosta ... medium
Heurchera ... any purple or light yellow leaved one
Phlox paniculata ... any color except white
Maidenhair fern

Good gardening.... see you soon.... Beverly

PS. I posted this list on FB too.

I've got several varigated hostas that have been a nice medium size. Dark green with white edges, and a soft green with white/light green brushes in the middle of the leaves. Neither are named, but are solid citizens in my shade garden.

I've also got some super dark purple heuchera, 'Plum Pudding" if you're interested.

I'd love some of your knautia or hellebore!

I'd love some of your dark green hosta with the white edges and some dark purple heuchera. Thanks so much! I will pot you up some knautia and hellebore. This hellebore self seeds all over my garden. You will love it. It's been in bloom in my garden since the end of February.

I'm looking for both sun and shade; I know I'd like some Mrs. Moon pulmonaria and some low-growing bergamot, but other than that I'm pretty open.

Here's what I'll be bringing:

Hosta - small pots of Royal Standard, Blue Arrow, a med green with white edges, a medium green with white splashes down the center
Iris - gold German iris, pale lavendar German iris (almost white)

kamchatka sedum -- low growing, bright yellow blooms
chocolate mint - smells like a York peppermint patty
Jupiter's Beard - white and red-pink flowers lure bees and butterflies
Echinacea seedlings
a peach tree seedling that is about 2' tall

and probably lots of one-off plants as I find them

It seems like the late winter set me back a bit, I don't have as much ready as I usually do at this stage of the game. I'm sure by the day the swap gets here I'll be trying to figure out how to stuff as much in the car as I possibly can, like I do every year, lol. See you all then!

I'm looking for Mrs. Moon pulmonaria, and Mouse Ears (or Blue Mouse Ears), or other striking mini hosta for the shady back yard.

Or a low bergamot for the sunny front yard.

But I'm always open to suggestions!

Mouse, I'm not sure about the fish I tried to catch some for a friend the other day and they all were too fast for me. I will bring some if I can catch them.

Rebecca

https://www.facebook.com/groups/centralohioplantswap

if anyone needs it!

I've got my folding chair, hat, and some paper plates and utensils already in the car.

I'm making lemon chess pie and maybe an icebox cake tomorrow.

I'm getting excited!

I have almost everything packed and ready to go. Just have to get the final stuff sorted out.

hardy geranium rainbow

spearmint

peppermint

catmint

ostrich ferns

hardy petunia

sage

blue eyed grass

woodland spurge

night blooming cereus

korean bell flowers

black eyed susans

lettuce, salad mix

sweet woodruff

triple ditch lilies

lambs ear

var. solomon seal

arch angel ( cariegated leaf, yellow flower)

wil ginger

mixed foxgloves

helleborous

heirloom christmas cactus, rooted starts 100 yr old*

Thanks to folks for all their great plants, personal trade goodies, door prizes (I got the maidenhair from Granny 57 via her pick.), yummy food, great conversations and more. It was wonderful to see folks again - and meet some new people too. I even had a chance to visit with people this year.

Now... Murray will be busy planting all the newbies to our gardens. (lucky guy!)

Thanks again... and good gardening to all.

Beverly

Rebecca

pics are on the link.

Barbi

I picked up some great plants and made some new friends -- and had some delicious rhubarby dessert -- you can't beat it!

Hope to see some of the same folks at the fall swap in September!