COLUMBUS OHIO PLANT SWAP/POTLUCK II SAT. SEPTEMBER 16, 2006 Date: SEPTEMBER 16, 2006 (Tell your friends) Time: 10:00 - 3:00 Shelter house #5 Place: Hilliard Municipal Park on Veterans Memorial Dr, Hilliard, Ohio. Take outer belt I-270 & go west getting off at Cemetery Rd exit (go toward hilliard). 2 miles until right past Main St. Cemetery dead ends into Scioto Darby - turn right . Go a few blocks down & turn left onto Veterans Memorial Dr. First shelter house on the right #5 (same shelter house as spring swap). Material : Plant well-rooted cutting in pots, bulbs, shrubs, garden ornaments or junk art, garden magazines bundled up & gardening books. Please mark containers with kind of flower plus sun or shade. Use old containers, cups & for labels use plastic forks (or old blinds) with black permanent markers. 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. 10:00 - 12:00 People start arriving . Sign in at registration table with the # of plants, e-mail, sign up for door prizes & name tags. Donation jar for the shelter house which cost $30.00 to rent. Put your plants you brought to trade into there areas.(perennial, herbs, shrubs. Daylily, iris est.) Visit with other gardeners & view all the plants ready to trade. This swap is patterned after Beverly & Mimi fourth year plant swap. Last fall in September we had a small group of 50 traders but, lots of daylilies, iris & other plants !! 12:00 Enjoy our wonderful potluck. After lunch door prizes donated by our wonderful gardeners friends. Many thanks!! 1:00 Round robin: What we are all waiting for!! Round robin one everyone selects 1 plants. Round robin two everyone take 1 plants. Round robin 3 everyone takes two plants. Round robin 4 everyone takes three. Round robin 5 everyone takes 4 plants & so on. Everyone should be able to take as many plants as they brought. At the end there is usually a lot of plants left over for any one to take (some of use bring extra plants). Tips of the day: Please bring a wagon the help everyone unload there plants ( mark your wagon no trade). Folding chairs, table for plants, potluck dish & of course all these wonderful plants to trade. Any question go on line fellow swapers will help answer any questions. R.S.V.P : www.gardennweb.com./forums/get-together Then click on the Ohio valley or plant swap. You will find Central Ohio plant swap/potluck. IÂ canÂt wait until September for another swap . See you at the swap. Happy gardening!! Diane Garrett

Only five more weeks until the swap... I've potted up: New England Aster Aster Prof. Kippenberg Ladies Mantle Lavendar Munstead Several kinds of cranesbill Red Husker Penstemon Hellebores Foetitus Blue Queen Salvia Oat Grass Volunteer clematis seedlings ? Black eyed susies I have gotten to the extra wintersown goodies yet. I have new neighbors (next door) They don't have a single flower in their yard. I'll give them first picks. Can hardly wait...89 folks are interested..what fun. Beverly

OK, I am trying to send the email to everyone, and for some reason, my email is down. I'm posting the email below, but I will also try resending later this weekend. Hello Everyone! Hope you are all doing well and enjoying this great spring weather! Sorry it has taken me so long to organize this year's plant swap. Being a new mother can be a bit time consuming! (As I am sure many of you can relate!) I plan to pretty much do the same thing we did last year (for those of you that did not attend, we will have the plant swap and then follow it with a pot luck meal.) I think it worked out pretty well last year, and everyone seemed to be happy with the outcome. I wasn't sure if we wanted to do another Chinese Swap this year. If there is enough interest, we can certainly do it, so if you decide you want to do it, please let me know when you RSVP. Here are the details: Date/Time: It seems that most everyone was available for Sunday, June 5th for the swap, so that's what I've set the date as. I have been trying to decide what time is best for our swap. My thought was maybe 1pm - ??? (whenever people leave), does this work for everyone? I can do earlier or later if people prefer...I'm very flexible. RSVP: If you are planning on attending the swap, you must let me know as I will not be posting directions to my home over the internet. If you have received this email, you are on my list. However, if you are reading this on Garden Web, and have not received an email from me, you are not on the list. Please contact me so I can ensure you are not left out!!! Also, for those of you I do have on the list...please be sure to email me about what you are bringing to the pot luck and let me know if you wish to participate in the Chinese swap (both of which are explained below). I will email directions to each person as I receive their RSVP. The Swap will consist of: Prearranged trades/gifts: I encourage people who are looking for specific plants, to work out prearranged trades with other attendees. Hopefully most of us have trade lists up on Garden web. This is a great way to find plants that you are looking for and/or find homes for plants that you have. I think Kathy started a thread already about what people are bringing, so that may be a good spot to post about possible trades. Also this is the time for anyone who may have brought a plant with someone specific in mind without wishing anything in return to give their plant to that person. General Plant Swap: The method of swapping last year seemed to work well for the general swap so I think I will use that same plan this year....if this is really bothersome to people or people would like me to consider another type of swap, please LET ME KNOW!!! As I said before, I am very flexible and want to make sure EVERYONE has fun!!!! It is important to me that everyone go home with something! As people arrive, they will be given a number (I may do this consecutively or have people draw from a hat, I'm not sure yet.) Once the swap begins, the person with number one will select one plant. Then the person with number two will select a plant, then number three, and so on. Once we are all the way through, we will start over again. If you reach a point that you no longer want anything, you may opt out of the trade at that point. Any extras/leftovers will be up for grabs for anyone. Optional Chinese Swap: There will also be an optional Chinese swap. I will explain this again for those of you who do not know what it is. In a Chinese swap, everyone brings a wrapped gift of a set value. Every one participating draws a number out of a hat. Once all the numbers are drawn, number one picks and unwraps a gift. Number two can then either pick a new gift or take number one's gift. If #2 chooses #1's gift, number one gets to pick a new wrapped gift from the table. Next, number three can pick a wrapped gift from the table or #1 or #2's gift, if #3 takes one of the unwrapped gifts, then whoever she took it from takes another wrapped gift and opens it. This continues until the last person goes...who either picks anyone of the unwrapped gifts or the last remaining wrapped gift. The basic rule is if someone takes your gift, you can only pick from the wrapped gifts, not from the other unwrapped gifts. I know this sounds confusing, but it is a lot of fun, and very funny!!! If you would like to participate in this, please bring with you a wrapped garden-related gift with a value of $10-$15. (Again, if people think the price limitation is off, please let me know). If you are still confused, let me know, and I will try to explain it better. Also, when you RSVP, let me know if you are going to participate in this so I can be sure we will have enough people for it. Potluck: There will also be a potluck meal at the swap. I am asking everyone to bring one dish to pass. If you do not like to cook, there are many acceptable alternatives (i.e. soda, chips/dip, plates/napkins, etc.), please feel free to ask me for suggestions if you can not decide what to bring or can't think of anything. Please also include what you will bring to the potluck with your RSVP , so that I can be sure that we have all areas accounted for and not 20 pasta salads but no drinks or anything else! Time to get to know other garden enthusiasts in the area: The best part of the swap is that it gives us all a chance to get to know other garden "nuts" in the area. There will be plenty of time for people to chat and visit. More Details and miscellaneous information: What to bring to the swap: Please feel free to bring any plants you would like, of any size. Trees and shrubs are also acceptable. Other garden related items are also welcome including garden tools, books, seeds, bird feeders, etc. How to package your plants: I ask that all plants come in a LABELED container of some kind. It does not have to be a pot, but it should be something that contains the plant and will allow the plant to stay healthy despite exposure to sun. Bareroot plants will not survive the day in the sun at my house! Also, please be sure to label your plants with AS MUCH information as possible. Some things to list: Common name, scientific name, sun/shade exposure, color, care instructions, your name or email (so that people can contact you with questions), etc. Please be sure that your plants are watered before they get here! What else should I bring? I ask that every person attending bring (and wear) their own name tag listing BOTH their gardenweb name and what they would like to be called by. I'll have plenty of blanks on hand for anyone who needs them. You can also, please bring a folding chair or lawn chair of some sort...I have some, but I'm sure I don't have enough! Anyone with extra folding tables, please bring them along. I have a few, but I am sure I don't have enough. Also, it's a good idea to bring boxes or plastic sheets of some sort to transport you plants home in! Just an FYI: Just like last year, my gardens are still under construction and are still not where I would like them to be. So please excuse the state of construction you will all find when you visit me. Just remember, it is a work in progress! And, just to let you all know, I have three dogs. They are extremely friendly dogs, but they do love to greet new visitors. If you are very afraid of or allergic to dogs, please let me know in advance so that I can anticipate your needs. Tara (Garden_frog)

Here is my plant list for the Swap on October 7th at Mercer. I also have pond plants if anyone is interested just email me. I'm looking for Alocasias, Colocasias, Bananas,Hoyas,Gingers,Begonias,episcias and others to many to mention. LOL Aglaonema modestum Chinese Evergreen Pellonia pulchra (Polynesian Ivy) Peperomia Clusiaefolia 'Tricolor' - Rainbow peperomia Piper auritum Root Beer Plant Vinca major-Greater Periwinkle 'Variegata' Agave Blue Jazz Aristolochia fimbriata White Veined Hardy Dutchman's Pipe Bamboo Cane Pole Zephyranthes Fairy lily, Rain lily. Pink Yellow & White Nandina domestica 'Firepower' Aloe vera Medicine Plant Kalanchoe Mother of Thousands Kalanchoe "Gastonis Bonnieri"- Donkey Ears plant Canna Florence Vaughn Canna Richard Wallace Canna Wyoming Clerodendron bungei Crinum americanum - Spider Lily Crinum White Prince EPISCIA,Blue Nile,Kee Wee,Pink Panther and Red Corduroy Microsorium diversifolium 'Kangaroo Paw' Fern Nephrolepis exaltata `Bostoniensis' Boston fern Hedychium coronarium x coccineum 'Dr. Moy' Liriope Green Border Grass Lots of it. Hibiscus coccineus Texas Star Hibiscus Rose Mallow Tricolor Sweet Potato Vine Tricolor Musa velutina (Pink Velvet Banana) For a banana tree I dont have Musa zebrina 'rojo' Blood Banana Beaucarnea recurvata Pony Tail Palm Cyperus alternifolius Umbrella Palm Philodendron Domesticum Variegatum Philodendron Monstera Oblique Leichtlinii Swiss Cheese Philodendron Scandens Medio Pictum - "Flame Leaved Heart Plant" Philodendron Nutans "Velvet Philo" Ruellia brittoniana Mexican petunias Mexican Bluebell, White Katie,Pink Katie, 'Baby Katie' Ruellia brittoniana Tall Purple( 'PURPLE SHOWER') and Tall Pink 'Chi-Chi' Ruellia squarrosa Creeping ruellia 'Blue Shade' Spathiphyllum friedrichsthalli Peace Lily Spathiphyllum variegated 'Domino' Salix cinerea 'Tricolor' Japanese Dappled Willow Cuttings Ficus pumila Fig Ivy, Creeping Fig Thunbergia erecta Black Eyed Susan vine Vigna caracalla - Climbing Shell Plant snail vine Wisteria Xanthosoma atrovirens variegata (mickey mouse taro) For other Taro I dont have. Alocasia amazonica African Mask Polly For other Alocasis I don't have Sago Palms I have Named Hoya,Plumeria,Begonias and Episcias for special trades