We'll let everyone know when and where as soon as the pavilion has been reserved.

Lady in Red salvia
Blue Mist Flower
Vinca Major
Fall blooming aster
Various cannas
Black and Blue salvia

Please post here or send me an email...........thanks.

Date: Sunday May 15, 2011
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Place:
Kid Kastle Pavilion
2210 Briarhill Boulevard
Highland Village, TX 75077

a web site for posting haves and wants where you can edit your postings as things progress is at the link below.

Details about the Denton County Swap and plant swaps in general:

There are a few tables and BBQ grill at the pavilion. Parking, rest rooms, and playground close by.
Pot Luck Snacks, so bring a little something snack-ish and what ever you want to drink.

I'll provide coffee service, small plates and napkins.
The little red wagon will be there to help get plants from the parking lot to the Pavaillion. I'm hoping someone brings a pre teen to teen, or spouse to help others with unloading and loading.

If this is your very first plant swap or you are a new gardener, you don�t have to bring anything, but first time swappers who are already gardeners should bring stuff.
Just come and see what it is all about. Please be sure to tell everyone that this is your first swap or that you are a newbie to gardening and you will see how nice everyone is and how they make you feel right at home.

The basics:
Bring plants divided from your garden beds, potted up and labeled.
Bring cuttings, labeled of course.
Plants are the stars, but get creative about what else you'd like to swap, such as garden art and sculpture, books, seed packets, extra tools, garden hats, cute pots. Bring your tips, too.

Each person will want to know what they are getting. By they time they get home many have forgotten what the name of the plant is, so please label each item.
Some people note any tips that might help the plant's new owner be successful enough to divide the plant again in a few years. Some traders/swappers print out care sheets for each plant to hand to the new owner. But if you have labeled properly, the new owner can find info about the plant easily on line.

A potted plant has roots. A cutting does not. A cutting stuck in a pot of dirt is not a potted plant. Please do not try to pass one off as such.

When swappers receive plants they always put them under or behind their table.
DO NOT take any plants under tables or on garden carts or wagons. These plants are off limits. Please DO NOT take anything without asking. (unless it is on the free table).
It is good etiquette to ASK if it is OK to take a certain plant.

Sometimes swappers have done "pre-trades" on the internet with other gardeners and they are saving those plants to give to them. Pre Trades should be well marked and set aside but in the chaos of getting to the swap and setting up, some things just don�t get done. Always ask.

There will be a designated table for free plants for the taking. These will be extra plants that swappers will bring to give away and no trade is expected.

When marking your plants, you can use permanent ink on popsicle sticks, cut pieces of old blinds, plastic knives, forks or spoons and anything else you can be creative with! Printed labels are fine too.

Garden Swap FAQ:
Should I bring a garden cart or wagon?
Bring a garden cart or wagon to carry your plants back and forth to your vehicle. You will be glad you did!
Should I bring a table and chair?
YES!
What if it rains?
WE WILL BE THERE RAIN OR SHINE! We are die-hard gardeners and the swap will go down regardless!
What is a pre-trade? How do I pre-trade with other gardeners before the plant swap?
A pre-trade is a plant trade made with other gardeners online who are going to the scheduled plant swap. Gardeners are looking for certain plants to swap with other gardeners and agree ahead of time that they will bring those plants to the plant swap for each other.
Does the plant swap cost any money to attend?
ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY IS TO BE EXCHANGED FOR ANYTHING! We allow swapping or trading of plants or garden-related items only!

Let the Swapping Begin!!

Door Prizes!! Yes, we like them.

If you want to participate bring a garden related item (not a plant) with a tag on it that says your own name.
We'll pull the tag off and use it to draw names for your choice of what is on the door prize table.

Get it?
It has to have a gift tag with your name on it.
So we can pull them off and use them to draw names. :)
(no one has to keep up with writing down all the names, who has time for that?)

:) :) :)

Black Cherry (C)
Brown Berry (C)
Carrie's cherry tomato (2010 seeds)
J D's Special C - Tex (T)
Matt's Wild cherry (C)
Peacevine (T)
Rosalita (C)
Sun Gold (C)

80 days, indet., regular leaf plants, average production of round, 8-12 oz purple-black fruits, outstanding flavor. Developed by a JD in Conroe, Texas, exact history is not known for certain, but it is thought to be a stabilized selection from a cross between Brandywine x an unknown black, based on info that was passed on when seeds were shared with a fellow tomato grower about 3 years ago.

Weldon
The Grass is Greener Where you Water it.

I do have:
Chocolate mint
Obedient Plants
4O'clocks (speak up if you might want any -I weed these out of my garden)

Carolyn

Posted my list of 'haves' in the thread titled:

Denton County Spring Plant Swap 2011

We seem to have lots of plants left over - even with twisting peoples arms to take more at the ft wth swap.

My next door neighbor, Donna & myself plan on attending & hopefully distribute these fine babies & adopt some new plants for the garden. It's been at least a year or 2 since we visited with ya'll out in Denton.

Looking forward to Sunday the 15th ;o)

Some others starters that need to be verified so off to Calloways on Monday.
Will also be bringing a red wagon to share for transporting plants.

Weldon

Ajuga
Daylily NOID probably yellow and/or red (2)
Iris - tall bearded NOID (2)

I'm potting up 1 to 3 various winter sown small seedlings planted in January.

Brazilian Bachelor's Button (seed from carrie's)
Cardoon (1)
Columbine - Green Apple (1)
Columbine - Ruby Port (3)
Coral Vine (1)
Castor Bean - New Zealand Purple (2)
Datura - Black Current Swirl (2)
Hibiscus - *Center of Calm (2)
Kiss me Over the Garden Gate variegated (1)
Pokeberry variegated (2) very small
Rudbeckia - Denver Daisy (3)
Tomato - see posted list above, only bringing if requested

*note - Center of Calm is a mutation of Turn of the Century hibiscus named by GW trader Audrey.
You can see pictures of the flower under her seed trade list.

Black Cherry (C) - OUT
Brown Berry (C)
Carrie's cherry tomato (2010 seeds)
J D's Special C - Tex (T) - OUT
Matt's Wild cherry (C)
Peacevine (T)
Rosalita (C)
Sun Gold (C)

I can also bring fresh cuttings of black/blue salvia (sorry I haven't rooted any but can cut that morning)

Carrie-I'd be interested in sedum..I was just about to post that I'm looking for some. I'm looking for small succulents to fill a cute pot I have.

Does anyone have any creeping rosemary? I've only seen large expensive pots at the nurseries I've been to this Spring..just looking for a couple of small specimens for a pot.

I would really like a Meyer Lemon cutting if anyone has one.
I keep eyeing them at the nursery but they are rather expensive.
I can bring a few cuttings of Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro' if anyone would like some.

Don't forget your door prize item. Put it in a gift bag with a gift tag that has YOUR name on it. If it won't fit in a bag, then just put the tag on the item.

I'll bring hot coffee service, and a cooler with iced down bottled water.

here's my list:

rooted brugmansia cuttings, not potted:
UConn (1)
Eternity (2)
Cherub white (4)

The following are in pots:

small potted yarrow white (6)

Verbena bonariensis sprouts (11)

salvia greggii sprouts (4)

Umbrella Papyrus divisions from mother plant (5)
--1 promised to Carolyn

Curry Tree: Murraya koenigii (1)

Plants from Carrie's garden:
small potted wood ferns: (5)
potted mock orange (2)
potted giant crinums white (11)

2 - 4 tomato plants (small cherry or grape size)

1 -2 Okra plants

Bringing columbine seeds, hollyhock seeds (2010) hollyhock plants & daisy plants in pots. I thought it was basil (purple) plants but now don't know but will bring it anyway. It is growing in my front garden.
**My scrapbook of my front yard.**
My wagon to transport.

Any questions please call me. I don't think I will be on the computer this weekend. 469-223-0982 Gretchen's cell

1 or 2 okra plants

Susan, I think I brought some of these to the last swap. I grow them mostly for their foliage.......makes an excellent border plant.

One lady has emailed me back her list of plants she can bring.
I asked her to please post them here. I hope she does.

So there's a good possibility there will be more people there who aren't posting here.

Thanks to everyone who made it out and spent such a wonderful afternoon with us.

I'm so delighted with what I went home with. I've been out in the yard off and on trying to get them in the perfect spots while grand baby naps. Its slow, but gives me time to think and plan. :)