I don't think she's looking for anything in particular. She just loves gardening, as do I. She often throws away plants because she does'nt have anyone to give them to. I went to a swap just recently and told her how much fun it was. She would like to go just for the fun of it. We can come up with a better date than that if it would be better for everyone. What works for everyonr else?

Charlotte Fall Plant Swap, 2015 Sunday, November 1, 3pm Marion Diehl Park 2219 Tyvola Road, Charlotte, NC 28210 There is only one shelter at this park. The park is connected to Queens University Sports Complex, and you can turn into the park at the Queen's entrance, or the Marion Diehl entrance. For first time swappers - we don't care if you have weeds or high dollar orchids. If you have plants to give away and want them to go to good homes, this is the place to be. We trade anything and everything. If you don't have much, don't worry - we don't have rules about that either. Hopefully everyone will go home with more than they brought! Other gardening stuff is also welcome- pots, books, bulbs, cuttings, magazines, potting soil, tools, statues, etc. Please label your plants. Something simple like "yellow daylilies" or "cactus houseplant" or "shade ground cover". This will make it easier to know where to plant the new plants we take home. If you don't have any plants to swap, come anyway! How it works: You show up early and place your plants in with all the other plants. You find a spot away from the shelter where you can stash the plants you grab during the swap. I will welcome everyone to the swap and ring a bell. You get to grab ONE plant and take it to your stash zone. We do this two or three times before we change it to TWO plants per ring and then THREE plants and finally we have a free-for-all where the leftovers can be claimed by anyone. The Plant Swap is free. If you feel inclined, you may leave a small donation toward the renting of the shelter. Questions: elaine.dickson@gmail.com

Hey Red! nice list! Everyone has to start somewhere (last year I had nothing, this year I have some, next year I plan to take over the lawn...... no street.... no THE WORLD! ha ha ha! I covet your peony and any philodendron most ferociously, hope I will be able to tempt you with some garden basics. I have: Outdoor Plants Yarrow, sort of burgundy red colour (I thought it was Paprika but the colour seems wrong) Canna Pups, variety of colours as yet unknown (these were started from seeds and tiny rhyzomes last winter) GIANT SHASTA Daisy Alaska Autumn Joy Sedum Babies Forsythia Babies Kwanso Daylily Red Hot poker Plant Silver Lace Vine Common Japanese honeysukle (warning invasive plant, pleas take appropriate measures to restrain)Smells great, blooms late Indoor Plants Golden Pothos Parlor Palm Red flower Holiday cactus (flowers between Thanks Giving and Christmas) Asparagus Fern Deiffenbachia Possible some small cuttings of Rubber Plant Seeds Canna (indica) Castor Beans Hair Allium Jackmani Clematis Amaranths (variety) Cleome "Queens" Columbine (mixed colour) Baptisia both indigo and yellow A variety of herbs (mostly culinary) Birdhouse Gourds Hyacinth Beans (soon) 4 0'clocks broken colour mostly fushia with stripes Campsis Radicans (I have 2 pods, clean, no evidence of boring insects) Wants Cannas tall, (seeds, seedlings, pups, rhyzomes) any colour Hosta any Lantana - prefer hardy types, like yellow and the old fashioned pink/orange/yellow Nandina nandina nandina (plain old heavenly bamboo, no dwarf, no fancy hybrid) Seeds any aster perennial or annual, compact prefered or unusual dianthus anny perennial cleome (can always use more spiders) Cosmos, Tall varieties any colour Marigold - any french typse White flowering plants that can take dry heat. I can't think of anything else..... Red best way to launch a naked garden is with some seeds, lots of perennial seed can be started in the fall and flower the following year I will check my seedbox to see what I have for you, SUN or SHADE? Frances

It sounds good to me too. sooo May 30 is it? and 10:00 am sounds good, not too late in the morning. homemommy, let us know if you find a school parking lot or someplace close to your home, where we can park the car with the plants, the last one I went to, there was 12 to 14 people. so you need lots of room. I dont like to haul all the plants too far from my car, Usually I have the plants in the ground next to my car. I have been to 3 plants swaps, and there was never any plants left over in the spot. anything that was not traded, or taken, it was just brought back home.