Hi John, glad you're coming! Your name sounds familiar, are you Vickie's friend from the MG group? The amount of plants that everyone brings really varies a lot and there are no minimum requirements. We even welcome newbies that maybe have nothing or very little. We all love to help people new to gardening get started! If anything is left over we ask that you take it back home with you as we don't have any means of distributing it elsewhere. We do ask everyone to bring something for the covered dish get together and we have a great time yaking about our gardens/plants, etc... after the swap.

I am so sorry that I'm going to be out of town and miss this. I've been hoping there was going to be one and I've been potting up divisions and plants I just don't want anymore. Dang it! I can't complain too much, DH is taking me to Butchart Gardens for our anniversary. :)

I know this is still 3 months away but people get booked up so early and it can take awhile to get plants rooted from cuttings or whatever so I'm posting about it now. Please help spread the word and forward this information to anyone you think might be interested. It's going to be HUGE! :) Whistle Stop Park Plant Swap! The Edgewater Permaculture Society and Volusia County Gardeners Yahoo Group will be hosting a Plant Swap Party at Whistle Stop Park, 650 Roberts Road in Edgewater Florida, Saturday, Oct. 10th, from 9am-12pm. This is a public event, everyone is invited to attend. Admission is free. Bring anything garden related, please make sure seeds & plants are labeled. If you don't have plants to bring, you can bring, and receive tickets for food, supplies, or door prizes. There will be free seeds, stickers, coloring books and hand fans from E.P.S.. Because this is a public park No Selling Will Be Allowed! Once you arrive at Whistle Stop Park please go directly to the registration booth. Volunteers will be on hand to help you unload your car. After you have registered a volunteer will give you tickets based upon the amount of plants, food, supplies, door prizes and garden materials that you have "traded in." Typically, you will receive: 2-3 rooted cuttings=1 ticket 5 packs of seeds=1 ticket Each plant = 1 ticket Annuals (6-pack) = 1 ticket Each tree = 2-10 tickets, based upon its size and health Each shrub = 2-10 tickets, based upon its size and health Bag o bulbs = 1-5 tickets, based upon the type of bulb Books, magazines, tools, decorations, etc. = 1-20 tickets, negotiable After trading in all your plants and garden materials for tickets, you are encouraged to check out what the other gardeners at the swap have brought to trade at the Trading Area. Pick out plants and gardening materials that you would like to "adopt" and take them to the Check-Out area, where you will trade in your tickets for the plants that you have chosen. At some point we'll eat, and draw door prizes, you must be registered and present to win a prize. *For people who want to bring food, supplies, or door prizes FOOD: Sandwiches, or whatever, you may want to take into consideration that there are a lot of vegetarians/vegans in these groups. We'll also want sides, desserts, drinks, coolers & ice. SUPPLIES: paper plates, paper or plastic cups, plastic spoons or forks, napkins or paper towels, name tags or self-adhesive labels DOOR PRIZES: Anything - doesn't have to be garden-related. Handmade or store bought. *Some suggestions & rules *Again, no selling! No pets, no alcohol. Children are welcome. *It's a good idea to bring bottled water, sun glasses, insect repellent, sun block, an umbrella just in case, newspaper to lay down in your trunk, empty box to put plants in. Please email me at saultic_75@yahoo.com to let me know if you think you might be attending, if you can volunteer to help out (volunteers are needed to put up flyers around your town, help with check-in, loading, and unloading), supplies or door prizes you plan to bring, or with questions, comments, or suggestions. Thanks! See you at the swap!

I'd like to invite you to come to our plant swap. Here's the information: BIG FALL PLANT SWAP HOSTED BY THE GARDEN GATE CLUB EVERY SPRING AND FALL THE GARDEN GATE CLUB HAS A BIG PLANT SWAP AND THIS FALL SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST EVER. ANYONE CAN ATTEND BUT IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TO COME THEN PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME IN ADVANCE. FALL PLANT SWAP/POTLUCK SATURDAY OCT, 14, 2006 HOSTED BY THE GARDEN GATE CLUB DATE: OCT. 14, 2006 (TELL YOUR FRIENDS) TIME : 11:00 TO ? PLACE: 1011 YVONNE DR. JOSHUA, TX 76058 TRADING MATERIALS : PLANTS, WELL-ROOTED CUTTING, POTS, BULBS, SHRUBS, GARDEN ORNAMENTS OR JUNK ART, GARDEN MAG. BUNDLED, & BOOKS. PLEASE MARK CONTAINERÂS WITH KIND OF FLOWER PLUS SUN OR SHADE. USE OLD CONTAINERS & PLASTIC FORK WITH PERMANENT MARKER POTLUCK: I DONÂT KNOW WHICH IS BEST THE FOOD OR PLANT SWAP. PLEASE BRING A DISH TO SHARE+UTENSILS (MARK YOUR NAME) AND ANY BEVERAGE. I WILL PROVIDE PLATES, CUPS & NAPKINS. 11:00 PEOPLE ARRIVE, SIGN IN WITH NAME & NUMBER OF PLANTS,GET A NAME TAG, SIGN-UP FOR DOOR PRIZE, PUT YOUR TRADE PLANTS IN THEIR AREAS. VISIT WITH OTHER FRIENDLY GARDENERS & VIEW ALL THE WONDERFUL TRADES. THIS SWAP IS PATTERNED AFTER A LARGE SUCCESSFUL PLANT SWAP UP NORTH . THEY HAD 125 PEOPLE & OVER 2,800 PLANTS. 12:00 ENJOY OUR WONDERFUL POTLUCK. AFTER LUNCH DOOR PRIZES. THIS TIME WE WILL BE GIVING OUT GIFT BASKETS, BIRDSEED AND A PRETTY WINDOW BOX PLANTER. 1:00 ROUND ROBIN: WHAT WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR!! EVERYONE SELECT ONE PLANT. ROUND ROBIN 2 EVERYONE TAKE ONE PLANT. ROUND ROBIN 3 EVERYONE SELECT TWO PLANTS. ROUND ROBIN 4 EVERYONE SELECT 3 PLANTS. ROUND ROBIN 5 SELECT 4 AND SO ON. EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE HOME AS MANY PLANTS AS THEY BRING & SOME OF US BRING EXTRAS FOR FELLOW GARDENERS. TIPS OF THE DAY: PLEASE BRING A WAGON TO SHARE, FOLDING CHAIR AND IF YOU WANT YOU CAN BRING A TABLE FOR PLANTS. THERE WILL BE A WAGON AND A FEW CHAIRS AVAILABLE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. R.S.V.P : gardengateclub@netzero.com or call Carol Turpen 817 447-3438 I CANÂT WAIT TILL OCT. BECAUSE I RECEIVED SO MANY NICE PLANTS AT THE LAST SWAP. If you are not a member of The Garden Gate Club but would like to be then you can sign up on the club site. http://groups.msn.com/TheGardenGateClub/homepage.msnw