Ok Guys Anyone interested may attend. I will be hosting a plant swap in my home the last weekend of May, Saturday. Traders may begin arriving at 9 am and we'll go until the last plant is traded! Bring a plant take a plant. I will have tons of seedlings myself and also will be trading seeds as well for summer and winter sowing. There will be a potluck lunch so bring a dish or some other contribution (ie drinks, paper plates, napkins, etc.) I suggest traders bring a small table or a wagon for thier plants. My home is surrounded by waist high stone walls that are wide and shelf like but traders are welcome to bring card tables.I live in Washington VA about 15 miles outside of Warrenton on the Skyline drive side. My contact number for potluck signup and directions is 540-675-3947 or you may email me at jennastone1@netzero.net. Those that wish to get yahoo directions my physical address is 218 Main Street, Washington, Va 22747. I look forward to hearing from you! Blessings Jenna

I hosted plant swaps for many years. I basically "made up" the rules for our Georgia GW forum plant swap as I think they started at my place. We trade two ways because we have GW to discuss trades. We have "pre-trading" online - say you don't have much of something, and someone else has something special too - you arrange a pre-swap trade and bring everything pre-swapped labeled with the swappers name. When the participants arrive to my home, each swapper is assigned a special "Spot" this is the spot they can use to put the things they are special trading for and can bring their new trades to. The first half our is meet/greet/load in and pre-swap trades. There was a "main swapping" area, largest area in the middle of all the action. This had stations that people could bring their plants to. All plants MUST be labeled with the common and botanical names (botanical names can be assigned that day, if someone didn't know them) and placed in an appropriate spot: perennials was divided in sun/shade, then annuals, veggies, herbs, a small area for fruits, houseplants and then finally: books, tools, ornaments and "other stuff" (perhaps someone wanted to bring their compost tea, or bags of compost etc)...and we had a table set up for seeds and also had a reference book out for labels if need be. After everyone arrived I would set up an area near the "exit" space with "free for alls" - everyone was encouraged to bring at least one plant for a newbie who had none. "Have nones" were able to contribute to the lunch or brunch though, so everybody contributed SOMETHING and nobody felt left out. The "have none" folks were welcome to take anything from the free area, and at the very end of the swap could take things that nobody else found homes for. Everyone was encouraged not to bring anything from the state Invasives & Exotics list unless they had done a pre-trade for it and educated their trading partner. The trade would start by everyone basically "lining up" and waiting for the "call" to begin. Everyone would then go take one plant and bring it back to their "spot" we'd wait until people were finished and then do it again twice more. After that people could just take what they wanted until they could take no more. We assumed that everyone had then gotten at least three plants and would be pleased. Once once did some ladies come, drop off stuff, grab a ton of things they wanted and haul out of their quickly. It was weird. The next year we communicated the rules "more clearly" and the reasoning behind the method (going slowly allowed time for people with physical disabilities, people who couldn't bend low, folks who needed help reading labels or have labels and plant habits explained to make their choices). As the hostess I mostly just participated in pre-trades although many people kindly brought me one of their "special" items to set aside because I was really too busy to trade. Then we all ate our meal together and had good fun, lastly was a tour of my garden if someone wanted it. Anyone who wanted to stay even longer could get a free "lesson" in something. Sometimes it was pruning, sometimes it was taking cuttings of things or seed saving. Whomever was deemed most educated gardener in that area would go ahead and instruct us all quickly in about 15 minutes. Everything lasted 3 hrs in general. Good times. I also went to local swaps for another gardening website. There we set up private areas and "car boots" and walked around with our plants offering trades for this and that. It always worked out so nicely. People often brought plants just to give away asking nothing at all in return. Perhaps they wanted you to try a new pepper they bred, or if this particularly hard to find tomato did well for you. Then we could discuss it through the growing season. Once I also went to a "nothing in return" trade at a private residence. The woman was dying of cancer and was a fantastic gardener. She had us all come to show us her beautiful garden and enjoy it with her: just a day of gardens and gardeners. Then she allowed people to take bits and pieces so that we would all remember a lovely lady and a lovely day. I still grow and save seed of the "mushroom pepper" she gave me that day.

Ok Guys Anyone interested may attend. I will be hosting a plant swap in my home the last weekend of May, Saturday. Traders may begin arriving at 9 am and we'll go until the last plant is traded! Bring a plant take a plant. I will have tons of seedlings myself and also will be trading seeds as well for summer and winter sowing. There will be a potluck lunch so bring a dish or some other contribution (ie drinks, paper plates, napkins, etc.) I suggest traders bring a small table or a wagon for thier plants. My home is surrounded by waist high stone walls that are wide and shelf like but traders are welcome to bring card tables.I live in Washington VA about 15 miles outside of Warrenton on the Skyline drive side. My contact number for potluck signup and directions is 540-675-3947 or you may email me at jennastone1@netzero.net. Those that wish to get yahoo directions my physical address is 218 Main Street, Washington, Va 22747. I look forward to hearing from you! Blessings Jenna

Ok Guys Anyone interested may attend. I will be hosting a plant swap in my home the last weekend of May, Saturday. Traders may begin arriving at 9 am and we'll go until the last plant is traded! Bring a plant take a plant. I will have tons of seedlings myself and also will be trading seeds as well for summer and winter sowing. There will be a potluck lunch so bring a dish or some other contribution (i.e. drinks, paper plates, napkins, etc.) I suggest traders bring a small table or a wagon for their plants. My home is surrounded by waist high stone walls that are wide and shelf like but traders are welcome to bring card tables. I live in Washington VA about 15 miles outside of Warrenton on the Skyline drive side. My contact number for potluck signup and directions is 540-675-3947 or you may email me at jennastone1@netzero.net. Those that wish to get yahoo directions, my physical address is 218 Main Street, Washington, Va 22747. I'm also including links to google directions from various points around VA. I look forward to hearing from you! From Richmond (114 miles) http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Richmond,+va&daddr=218+main+street+Washington,+VA+22747&om=1 From Winchester (43 miles)/ Front Royal (20 miles) http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Winchester,+va&daddr=218+main+street+Washington,+VA+22747&om=1 From New Market (37 miles)/Luray (22 Miles) http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=new+market,+va&daddr=218+main+street+Washington,+VA+22747&ll=38.672645,-78.419037&spn=0.425647,0.869293&om=1 From Charlottesville (56 Miles) http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=charlottesville,+va&daddr=218+main+street+Washington,+VA+22747&ll=38.845056,-78.191071&spn=0.42462,0.869293&om=1 Blessings, Jenna Walk with me awhile and tell me the story of your life, watch with me as it all unfolds, together we will see what will come.