Here is the text only from our brochure... sorry if the spacing is kinda messed up. Join the Tyler Mountain YMCA Cross Lanes, WV For our first annual Plant & Garden Swap / Sale May 19th 9:00-12:00 8:00-9:00 Check In & Set Up 9:00-11:00 Plant Swap 11:00-12:00 Plant Sale The Tyler Mountain YMCA will be hosting a plant swap on May 19th, 2007, located in Cross Lanes. It will be held from 9 till noon. Bring any legal plants, trees, seeds, bulbs, cuttings, seedlings, and other garden related items to trade! There will be no cost of admission. Donations will be accepted by the YMCA. Make sure to clearly mark all items for identification. A table will be available for each participant, but feel free to bring additional items for your comfort at trading areas. Pre-trading is allowed. If you have any questions, please email them to chelonia0@yahoo.com or call the YMCA at 304-776-3323. General Information 8:00 am Registration and set up begins We ask that you sign in and leave an email or contact with us, so that we can add it to our database for next yearÂs swap. You will also be given a site at this time. 9:00 am  11:00 am  Swapping!!! 11:00 am  12:00  Plant Sale 12:00  Door Prizes  There is NO COST to attend! Donations will be accepted by the YMCA.  Open to the General Public  We will have this event RAIN OR SHINE! What to bring Bring any plants, seeds, bulbs, cuttings, seedlings, or any other garden related items to trade. You may also bring additional items for your comfort at trading areas, such as extra tables, shade awnings, chairs, container for tickets, wagons to carry your goodies around, etc. How will the swap work? Everyone must check in before setting up and choosing a table. A table will be available for each participant. As you go through check in, you will receive tickets in exchange for your plants. Then, you simply swap your tickets for someone elseÂs plants. Rare and exceptional plants or items will be worth more tickets than common plants. ExÂ1 ticket = small plants, bulbs, seeds, corms, common plants..etc. 2-5 tickets = rare plants, roses, trees, shrubs, garden related items, etc The person who ends up with the most tickets at the end of the swap will win a special prize!!! How will the sale work? If you do not wish to stay for the sale, you may donate your items to the YMCA for the sale. The plants will be priced according to the number of tickets they were worth. If you do choose to stay for the sale we ask that YOU collect the money for your own table, and that 50% of your proceeds be donated to the YMCA. (we only ask this so people wonÂt just show up and make this a money making event). You may also price your items at whatever you feel is fair. Rules and Guidelines Bring anything you think someone would want. Make sure plants are moist and in some type of container (Coffee Cans, pots, Styrofoam cups and even plastic bags are permitted). Seeds, bulbs, comers, etc. should be placed in clearly labeled bags or envelopes. Anything under tables or in personal wagons/carts is off limits to other swappers. Do NOT take any plants or from these areas. Children are allowed, but should be remain under supervision. Ask each swapper at their table if it is OK to take a certain plant and "pay" for it with your tickets. All plants should be labeled with permanent ink and clearly identified. Other helpful information is advised (e.g. sun-loving, purple blooms, drought tolerant, etc) Pre-trading is allowed. Please call ahead of time and pre-register at 304-776-3323. This will help us to organize efficiently. If you would like to volunteer or have any other questions, feel free to call at 304-776-3323 or email us at chelonia0@yahoo.com.

I had a question on email about what kind and size of plants to bring (but was unable to get a return email through.) Basically, any size and type of plants are welcome, as long as they are healthy plants you would want in your garden. Last year we had small and large plants, common and exotic plants. Plants from experienced gardeners, plants from relative newbies. Annuals, perennials, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, ivy, daylilies, houseplants. Most people put them in used nursery pots -- any size -- but a few were in plastic bags. Labelling the plants is helpful. Don't worry if you've never been to a swap before -- we're real informal, and you'll meet some great people.

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I've had two good seasons from winter-hardy gladiolus in central Ohio. Shorter than traditional glads (mine are about 20" in part-sun, but very pretty. Mine have an interesting assortment of pink, red, white and patterned; my favorite are a bright warm red, with yellow throats. Just wish they were longer lasting! (The glamour foto; not from my garden.)