By MG Alex Friedman
The Spring Plant Swap will take place on Thursday, May 1 at noon at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds following the monthly MCMG meeting. Please bring healthy, pest-free plants, bulbs, and seedlings to swap. You may bring indoor and outdoor plants, as well as garden tools in working condition, pots, seeds, and other gardening paraphernalia.
We're making a special effort to NOT swap plants listed on the Maryland invasive lists. For example, this means NO Hemerocallis fulva (common orange daylily and tiger lily). Websites of the Maryland Department of Agriculture and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources provide more information about Maryland invasive plants.
Basic Rules
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| Fall 2024 Plant Swap Photo: MG Len Friedman |
a. Both the scientific and common
names of the plant;
b. The light requirement of the
plant (sun or shade);
c. Whether it is an outdoor plant
or houseplant; and
d. Other useful information, such
as the color of flowers.
You may add your name and contact information if you are willing to answer questions about the plant from the new owner.
2. Bring the items to the front entrance of the Old Timers' Building between 9:30 and 10 am, before the start of the monthly membership meeting. On the map of the Fairgrounds, Old Timers’ Building is labeled "2" on the upper edge of the map, near The Heritage.
3. When you drop off your item(s), you will get a ticket. Please look at your ticket! The last digit of the number is YOUR number.
4. There are three rounds of randomly selected numbers from zero to nine. When your number is called, you can select one new item. After the third round, the swap ends with a free-for-all round, during which everyone can choose from the remaining items.
5. You must take home anything that you brought to the plant swap that was not taken by someone else. We need to have the building totally clean of all garden items when the swap is over.
6. Please bring a box or bag with your name on it to hold the items you pick at the plant swap.
7. The plant swap will start at noon after the monthly
membership meeting.
