Clumps are fine as long as they'll make it home in good condition. I've brought unpotted clumps of things like Crocosmias before. I think I wrapped the clumps of roots up in newspaper. I have even seen people bring bare-rooted stuff before, but I'm personally a little leery of trading for bare-rooted stuff that time of year. Just keep in mind that the stuff needs to be able to hold up under quite a bit of heat for at least half a day. Many people may also not be able to get everything planted as soon as they get home. The pictures on the website may "sugarcoat" the appearance of the "average" stuff found at plantswaps, because neatly planted stuff makes better pictures (-: You'll probably find a broad range of things at plants swaps, from relatively small seedlings to large mature potted plants, and from bare-rooted stuff or newly planted things to things that are about to outgrow their pots.

The Spring 2011 East Tennessee Plant Swap was held at New Harvest Park in Knoxville on May 28, 2011. We'll do it again in the fall.

The website is back up and going. The Swap Forum is also working, but everyone will have to re-register and all the old data is lost. I went to very great efforts to try to keep the old data, but was unfortunately unable to do so (more details can be found on the website, if you want to know more). I hope everyone will re-register! The site's email functions are not working yet, so please be patient and I will try to approve users ASAP (at least once per day).

If you have an idea of what you will be bringing to the swap, or, if you are looking for anything in particular, consider posting your "HAVE" or "WANT" list on the plantswap forum: www.easttnplantswap.com/forum (If you are not already signed up, you'll have to do that first and wait to be approved. Right now the approval process is manual and make take a day or two, because of spam and bots that occasionally try to join.)