General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse and What did I learn today-visit with friends!, 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
No buying plants at our DG Plant Swap. Everyone just digs up extra perennials or divides something, many like to start seeds or take cuttings. They bring their plants and swap them around. Not so much as a one for one swap as a plant give away. There were be a thread where we can post what we have to swap or what we are looking for some swaps are arranged before the swap some just bring and swap that day. You don't have to have a lot of plants to come to the swaps it is a great way for new gardeners to start off. Many of us have more plants than we want or can use. People go home with $100's worth of plants. Sometimes we run a small Co-op buy and those plants are ordered ahead of time and paid for. We hosted a swap at our house a few years ago. There were about 25 people some came with 10 plants some came with a 100. We try to get together at different homes in different areas so more people can come. It is a great way to see each others gardens and meet in person and everyone brings a covered dish so there is a lot of really good food as well as beautiful plants.
This is a picture from the Swap I hosted.