Plant Swap: Plant Swap Drop-Off Period!

It’s that time of the year! As part of our Sustained Success Series* of programs, the Quincy Public Library is holding a plant swap to help you diversify your garden and grow healthy herbs and vegetables, expand your houseplant variety to help make your home a relaxation space, and decorate your yard with new varieties of flowers!

Spring is the time for planting, splitting bulb clusters, splitting rhizomes to make new houseplants, and starting plants from cuttings! During this drop-off period prior to Plant Swap Day, take what you have extra, or what you want to replace, and come trade them in to get a wider variety!

Want to join in? Here's what to do:

1. If you have some extra outdoor bulbs, bring some bulbs into the library packed in a little dirt in a plastic bag & trade them for a voucher!
2. Take plant cuttings, place them in (disposable) cups of water, bring the cups into the library and trade them in for vouchers!
3. Houseplant getting too big? Splitting a houseplant via rhizomes (roots)? Bring the potted baby plant you’ve split off in for a voucher!
4. Just want to trade out houseplants to diversify? Bring the plants in, pot and all, and exchange them for vouchers!
5. Have extra garden seedlings and baby plants? Bring them in and trade them for vouchers!
6. Drop off anytime library is open: Mon-Thurs 9 am to 8 pm.- or bring them in the day of the swap!

We are closed Friday, April 14th. Plant swap day is April 15th! 

All healthy plants, cuttings, bulbs, etc. will be accepted, but they must be labelled with the plant name on the cup, bag, container, pot, etc. Swaps will be done on a 1-1 basis: you bring one plant, you take home one plant!

On April 15th, bring your voucher, come to the Plant Swap between 10am and 1 pm. Browse around, choose your new plants, and take them home! 

Let’s get growing!

Questions? Call us at 217-223-1309.

*For more programs in our Sustained Success Series, please take a look at our calendar!