Seed exchange
Washington Gardener magazine is hosting its fifth annual seed exchange on Saturday, and this year it comes to Maryland, too.
The seed exchange will be held from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in two locations - Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD, and Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA -- and there is still time to register.
The deadline for mail-in registration forms to be received is Thursday and attendance is limited to 100 at each site.
In addition to the seed exchange, there will be featured speakers.
Barb Melera of D. Landreth Seeds will talk about the essentials of container gardening at Brookside. And Michael Twitt will talk about the research he did on African-American foodways for the Landreth seed collection.
Cindy Brown of Green Spring will talk about when to start edible seeds, and Janet Draper from the Smithsonian will talk about growing annuals from seed.
Registration is $15. Bring your extra seeds. Bring gently used gardening books and catalogs to exchange, too.
By the way, the last Saturday in January is designated National Seed Swap Day
Comments
Thanks for the bump, Susan. We have a full house but can still allow some on-site registrations. Doing my "no snow" dance now.
Posted by: Kathy J, Washington Gardener Mag | January 29, 2010 5:04 PM