You may be tempted to thin your perennial plants this fall
and
throw the extras away. But don’t. Use them like currency and
swap
them with fellow gardeners at the first ever Garden
Exchange.

The Garden Exchange is a perennial exchange event plannted by
the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences and the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.

The event is set for Saturday, Oct. 11 from 8 a.m. until
noon in
four locations across the metro-Atlanta area: the Cobb Extension
Service office in Marietta, Gwinnett Technical College in
Lawrenceville, the UGA Research and Education Garden in Griffin
and the Master Gardener Garden in Douglasville.

Gardeners who want to participate in the exchange should
bring
healthy, clean plants that are bundled for easy separation. The
plants should also be labeled with the plant variety name and
the
bloom color, if applicable.

But what if you don’t have plants to exchange? You can still
participate as new plants will be available for sale at each
location.

You can also get advice from UGA CAES experts and Master
Gardeners who will be on hand to answer your gardening
questions.
Each participant will also receive a copy of the AJC’s
Home and
Garden section which is now published each Friday.

For more information about the Garden Exchange event, call
(770)
528-4070 for the Marietta event,(678) 377-4010 for the
Lawrenceville event,(770) 467-4225 for the Griffin event and
(770)
920-7225 for the Douglasville event.