You should check this one out! The Los Angeles Cactus and Succulent Society's 11th Annual Drought Tolerant Plant Festival "Water Wise Dollar Wise" Learn how landscaping with drought tolerant plants can save you money and water. � Interior Educational Displays � Exterior Demonstration Gardens � Raffle � Silent Auction � Plant and Pottery Sale � Craft sales Saturday�s Guest Speakers Include: Lili Singer, "California Natives in the Garden" sponsored by the Theodore Payne Foundation(11:15am) Mike Buckner, "The Art of Staging Succulents" (2:15pm) Chief Mark Stormes from the LAFD, "Vegetation Management in the Los Angeles City Brush Zone" (1:00pm) Nels Christianson, "Gardens of Brazil", sponsored by the San Fernando Valley Bromeliad Society (10:00am) Sunday Kids Day � Arts and Crafts � Create Father�s Day Gifts � Pot -A -Plant � Games �Educational Gardens Drought Tolerant Plant Festival Saturday June 11th 9am to 5pm (Lectures start at 10:00) Sunday June 12th 9am to 4pm (Kid�s events start at 10:30) Sepulveda Garden Center 16633 Magnolia Blvd Encino, CA 91436 For Times and More Information 818 220 8005 or www.lacss.com Our website http://www.waterwisedollarwise.com Here is a link that might be useful: The LACSS 11th Annual Drought Tolerant Plant Festival June 11th and 12th 2011

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Our garden club uses colored plastic knives stuck into each pot. There is a color chart hung on the wall above each area of plants - just a poster board with knives glued to it and the price for that color knife. We have not heard of any swapping of prices going on, but our prices are so cheap, anyway, that it would be unlikely. At check-out a helper pulls the knives and notes on a little buck-slip how many of each color, and then the cashier tallies the total, while the knives go back for wiping with antibacterial wipes and sorting/saving for next year. Pretty easy and efficient. For plant identification, each member gets as many small labels as they need to fill out before bringing their plants, or they can do it when they come.

The Rutgers sale is always great, but if you can't make that one, here are some other excellent opportunities: The Spring Garden Days Plant Sale held by the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County: Fri May 18 9-5 and May 19 9-3 4000 Kozloski Rd., Freehold NJ A wide variety of perennials and annuals, hanging baskets, containers, herb and vegetable seedlings (including Ramapo tomato), birdhouses, planters, Helpline, environmental displays, educational displays, door prizes. For more information call the MG Helpline at 732-303-7614. If you need to make room in your garden for more plants (and who doesn't), consider this one: Great Spring Perennial Plant Swap Deep Cut Gardens (Monmouth County Park System) 152 Red Hill Rd., Middletown NJ Sat April 28, 10am-2pm Bring plants (perennials, shrubs, small trees only) in 1-quart, 1-gallon or 2-gallon size containers and take home the same number and size pots. Vegetable and herb seedlings are welcome for exchange at the spring swap; houseplants at the fall swap. Please label all plants and do not bring invasive plants. (While not invasive, honestly, most people already have enough plain green hostas, orange daylilies and violets.) This is a FREE event, no pre-registration required. For more information, call the park at 732-671-6050 or visit the webside www.monmouthcountyparks.com