Here's the announcement--
What: A Plant Swap - bring and receive free plants to expand your
garden
Date: Saturday, May 24
Time: starting at 9am bring your plants for sorting -- swap starts
promptly at 10am -- do not be late - if you arrive after 10am,
sorry, you will not be able to participate due to the structure of
this event - we will conclude well before 12noon
Place: H Street Farmers Market at H & 8th -- 624 H Street NE near
Union Station on Saturdays 9am-12n
Who: anyone on the DCUrbanGardeners list is welcome as are any of
your friends, relatives, or neighbors
Bring:
~ a name tag - home made or from work or school -- whatever works --
so that we know your name and we can all connect our emails, names
and faces.
~ plants to swap - pot them up NOW -- the longer they can get
settled in their pots, the better their chance of success and
survival - (no plants to share? see note below)
~ labels - fully label all your swap plants with as much info as you
have - optimally that will include: common and scientific name,
amount of sun needed, amount of water needed, any other special care
notes, and color of the blooms - if not currently in flower
How: be prepared to BRIEFLY introduce yourself and describe your
plants (or other items - see note below)
What NOT to bring: common orange daylilies* and other invasive
species - use this list
(http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/list_terrestrial_plants.html) to screen
your plant offerings
What if you do not have plants to swap? Come anyway! Bring garden
tools, garden books, garden ornaments, etc. to swap or if you have
nothing garden-related to share - bring refreshments - cold drinks
and yummy snacks will pay your admittance fee :-)
*hybrid daylilies are fine and welcome
Do not worry if you cannot make this one - we plan to have these
each spring and fall (or at least annually) and in a different ward
of the city each time - so hope to catch you next time!
This event is rain or shine!
8 comments:
I do not have time to pot up all my poison ivy before this event. What is the best way to get rid of it (amidst vinca, if that matters)?
does anyone know if they'll have poppies or hemp for trade? i have a ton of dandelions i'll pot up at a moment's notice if they do!
i'm trying to go green....
I will be bringing a walking onion, Allium cepa var proliferum, plant to trade.It is a native of Canada and does very well here.
a walking onion?
why don't you just let it go there by itself? you said it does very well in dc, so it's not like it needs supervision or anything...
Poo did that joke even make you laugh? I think you should fire yourself for that one.
actually, i did kinda laugh at that.
who's ever heard of a walking onion?
ok, bad joke. i'll keep my daytime job....
On a serious note, the plant swap was great and my yard is so much the better for it! It was also a great way to intro duce the market and H. Street to folks from other neighborhoods (most of the people I spoke to at the swap had never been to the market/H St) I hope they do it again.
The plant swap was very cool. I talked to the market people and I'm hoping we can have more local plant swaps in the future. Just remember to also buy live herbs from the vendors.
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