The 2nd Annual Callicoon Creek Park Plant and SEED Swap (Under the Tent)

some selections from last year's swap

When: Saturday May 21st from 10 am to 2 pm
Where: Creekside on Dorrer Road in Callicoon, NY

You have just six weeks to get ready!

Plant your favorite seedlings and then swap for something you've never grown before! Share your spring cullings!

BUT, before you grab that list you've been compiling since the teaser-days of March, we're trying some new things this year (including a seed swap):

The Swap is flora-ecumenical. All plants and seeds are invited! (Heirloom seeds will swap like hot cakes!) (Just like last year, non-food plants left after The Swap will be donated to The Callicoon Creek Park.)

This year, we're encouraging extra seeds, veggies & herbs which we'll share with area families (The Callicoon Thrift Store/IOU Food Pantry* is in trouble. As is their home heating bank. The more veggies in the Swap, the more we'll be able to "plant" in the hands of families who'll put them to good use. Strategies are still being devised and suggestions are welcome!)

Extra Pots & Containers. Honestly! If you share some of your pots, cans & baskets, you'll be able to park in the garage next winter! (Container gardens are a great way for "newbie gardeners" to succeed their first time which makes life better all the way around.)

An on-site Master Gardener. Not just for Newbies! After the Swap last year, we wrote, "...the tented area [was filled] with an evergreen shrub...and truth be told, stuff we couldn't identify." We also received many cultivation and pest repellant questions so we've asked a local guru to donate some Swap Advice.

No plants, pots/containers to swap? Join us anyway. The non-swap prices are very inviting!

If you have plants to share but can't come to the swap, drop-offs are welcome. Contact Liz at 845-887-3105 or Ljbucar@earthlink.net to make arrangements the week before the swap.