The Carroll County Master Gardeners will have their Annual Mothers Day Plant Sale, Saturday, May 13th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Carroll County Ag Center at 900 Newnan Road. The event is free to the public. A variety of plants, herbs, shrubs and native plants will be available to purchase. There will also be a good selection of garden accessories and art for sale. A drawing will be held for 2 round trip airline tickets ( a $l,000 value), a 2 story purple Martin House, ceramic bird bath, native azalea, plant  filled chair-planter, and other wonderful items. Raffle tickets may be purchased from the Master Gardeners prior to the sale as well as on the day of the sale. You do not need to be present to win. Master Gardeners will be on site to answer your gardening questions and provide information and "how-to" brochures from the University of Georgia. Refreshments will also be available to purchase.

Tracy -- It's impossible to tell in advance whether perennials or veggies are more desired because it's entirely based on who shows up to swap. But having attended these events in the past I guarantee that everybody is excited about getting something new, so bring whatever you have. The swap works like this -- you bring your potted and labeled plants to a check-in area and you get one ticket for every "donation." Then you visit a central area where all the plants for swap are displayed -- and use the tickets to claim your choice. Therefore if you bring 24 pots you get 24 tickets and can take 24 new plants home with you. Regardimg your question about pre-planning to give certain plants to GW-ers, it might be difficult to arrenge this. I would advise trading exclusively on GW if that's what you prefer. Hope to see you at the Swap!

I will try to sweep through my yard and see what I can scoop up for the swap, but I doubt I'll come up with anything very exciting. Except maybe my precious plum granny seeds which are not available everywhere. I also have a wooden folksy garden angel who needs someone artsy to restore her. Mostly I'm looking forward to meeting all you good people in person. I feel we've all shared a wonderful journey and this forum's help has been invaluable to me...see you there! caroleann

WWW. World wide web. This site covers the whole world. I am glad you in N.J. are having a plant sale. I sitting here in West Central Illinois probably won't make it