Plant Exchange and Sale

The EHS Plant Exchange and Sale is a great opportunity for members and other gardeners to find new homes for extra plants, exchange them for new ones, and buy locally hardy plants at reasonable prices.

This event is held twice a year—each spring just as you are getting started and may have extra plants, and during fall clean-up when you may be dividing perennials or have seeds to share.

When? Spring: May 25
Fall: Sept 14

Where? EHS Office parking lot
10746 – 178 Street, Edmonton

Here’s how it works:

For every plant you bring, you get one credit. Then during the exchange, trade your credits for an item someone else brought—perennial for perennial, annual for annual, house plant for house plant, seed for seed. After the exchange portion of the event, remaining plants are sold for very reasonable prices. There are also vendor and display tables to browse.

Why participate?

• To get new plants that grow well locally
• To share your excess plants with others
• To meet fellow gardeners
• To have a good time

Prepare before you come.

Guidelines for preparing your plants:

• Please pot healthy plants in individual, sturdy containers (no paper or plastic bags, please). Bulk, bare root stock (such as iris) is permitted but must be identified as to the quantity of tubers, bulbs, or corms, as well as the labeling requirements listed below.
• Plants must be labeled. Please identify plants by botanical name, if known, common name, height, spread, colour, location preference, and bloom time. For handy plant labels you can print and use, click here.
• No guarantee is offered that there will be plant material available of equal value to your plants.
• No credit is given for Chives or Goutweed.
• We do not accept plants designated as noxious or prohibited noxious. See <www.invasiveplants.ab.ca>
• The Exchange Director, whose decision is final, will resolve any disputes

Tips for attending:

• Arrive early
• Dress for the weather
• Bring trays, a crate, a bin or a wagon to collect and carry your chosen plants
• Bring cash, if you plan to purchase plants

Time table for the day

10am – 12noon
Bring your plants to the receiving tables and pick up your credits. Browse vendor tables, chat with fellow gardeners, buy refreshments while you wait.

Plants are separated into categories in the staging area. Note: During this time there is no access to the staging areas, except by designated volunteers.

11am – 2pm
Sales table and vendor tables are open.

12noon – 12:30pm
All are invited to enter the staging area to select plants in exchange for their credits. It can be a mad scramble of fun and camaraderie!

12:30pm – 2pm
Remaining plants are sold.

All payment is by cash only. Credits may not be exchanged for vendor products or refreshments.

For further information, to volunteer to help or to arrange for a vendor table:

Select Plant Exchange in the Contact us form or call Cheryl Lewis at 780-478-2570