The BRNN`s Native Plant Swap May 12

The day after the Montford Festival, there’ll be a huge Native Plant Swap at Charlotte Caplan’s house on Courtland Avenue.  

Plant swaps are a great way to diversify your garden collection at no cost. Now is the time to separate your perennials, dig up self-seeded “volunteers”, or take cuttings.  Pot them up, keep them watered, and bring them to the event. For each plant you bring, you can take one away, for free.  No plants to contribute? No problem. We’ll have a surplus for sale at modest prices. 

The emphasis will be on plants that are native to the Southern Appalachians, so expect to see bloodroot, bee-balm, mountain mint, green and gold, joe-pye weed, little bluestem, rose pinks, sweetshrub, pawpaws, and more. But we’ll accept other non-invasive plants too, and even houseplants. 

When: Sunday, May 12,  9 AM – 2 PM
Where: 39 Courtland Avenue
Parking: On the street, or at the North Star Academy on Montford & Courtland
Questions:  ccaplannc1@juno.com  (contact me if you want to pick up some free pots)

Proceeds will support the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network, a 501(c)(3) non-profit “Connecting people who love the natural world”.