Jen, The Home and Garden Show is great. I have been several times and really enjoyed myself, although I am not going this year. I go every other year. Never having been to the plant sale what I can add is only what I have heard. It is a mad house, the plants are perennials and have been forced for the show and the prices are good. The good prices haven't been enough to get me to the sale. As for the Friends plant sale the plants are in order by the cataloge listings so if you get one and plan your shopping by it it really helps. The sale is so popular that there are lots and lots of people. They do have shopping carts, but they go so fast you can't plan on getting one. I borrow my nephews red wagon. The friend I go with has already asked for the day off to go. Last year was the first time I went to the Sunday half price sale. Most of what I got didn't make it. It had been handled too much I guess. Normally the plants are very hardy.

LeeAnna was a member of this Garden Web. A couple people knew her & wanted to have a plant sale for her family. Alot didn't know her directly but she was one of us, and we have plants to help. 32 years old, she left behind a young husband with loads of medical bills And a 1 year old baby girl; Madeline Rose. This sale is for Madeline Rose & Matt, by Garden Web gardeners who want to help out. Come show your support. Or be SQUARE.

Kingston, NY - The 18th Annual Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s (CCEUC) Master Gardeners Great Plant Swap and Sale is taking place on Saturday, June 4 at the Forsyth Park Pavilion located at 157 Lucas Avenue in Kingston. Plants should have been transplanted ahead and in good condition for swapping. Plants which are in poor condition due to late transplanting cannot be accepted. Following the guidelines below makes it a fun and valuable event for everyone! Here’s how the swap works: Plants to swap are dropped off Saturday morning between 9am and 10am. Swappers receive vouchers for the value of the plants they drop off, and then return at 11am to swap vouchers for plants! At 11:30am the swap will open to the public for the plant sale. No early birds please. Please review the following rules and NEW information. Master Gardeners will refuse any plants not meeting these criteria: · Bring only healthy, well cared for plants. · Dig plants up (separate and divide if necessary) and pot them ahead (should have been on or before May 21) to allow time for adjusting to potting. Examine plants for pests and water regularly; feed them if necessary. · Plants MUST be in containers, with sufficient soil - no boxes or bags. · NO plants on the NYS Invasive list will be accepted. The list is available at http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/265.html · Plants ABSOLUTELY MUST be labeled with plant name and flower color. · NO more than 12 plants of any one variety will be accepted. Seedlings under 4” will be grouped and valued together. For more information please call Dona Crawford at 845-340-3990 ext. 335 or email dm282@cornell.edu, or visit our website at http://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/events/2016/06/04/great-plant-swap-sale. Master Gardener volunteers will also be answering gardening questions and have lots of gardening information available. For information about Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s community programs and events go to http://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/. Stay connected to CCEUC-friend us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Please contact the program office at 845-340-3990 if you have any special needs.

A small, satisfying purchase: a new-to-me Philodendron "Prince of Orange" (2 in 6"x6" pot), and a pot with 4 amaryllis bulbs. Total $6. By the way, Cheryl (GW: yacheryl) had her usual lush tables of starter plants, says on July 4 she will have an open garden sale at her home in NW St Pete. Those are fun and good for seeing mature examples.