Bring donated plants from your home garden to share with others and leave with new plants in this old-fashioned plant exchange!
This event is FREE and open to all. No registration is required.
Perennial Plant Exchange 2024
Date to be announced soon!
Garden Project’s Resource Center | 2401 Marcus St., in Lansing’s Foster Park
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How it Works:
6 – 6:15 p.m. | Arrival & Check-in
- Organize your plants and browse the plant selection.
- NOTE: Check-in closes promptly at 6:15 p.m. Those arriving after 6:15 p.m. will not be able to participate in the exchange.
6:25 p.m. | Round 1
- Those who donated one plant may select one plant from the selection.
6:30 p.m. | Round 2
- Those who donated two plants may select a second plant from the exchange.
6:35 p.m. | Round 3 – 10
- Each person in attendance selects a plant from the table. Rounds continue until there are no plants left.
Preparing for the Exchange:
- Carefully divide or dig up the plants you wish to donate. Watch an instructional video here.
- Pot each plant individually.
- Label each plant with one of our labels. Please fill out labels before arriving to the plant exchange.
- Bring a box or crate to help you take your new plants home.
REMEMBER: Garden Project’s Resource Center has garden tools to lend, including digging forks and shovels to make your plant dividing task easier.
Plant Inventory:
Plant selection varies each year — which is part of the fun of the event! You can browse a list of plants exchanged in 2022 to get an idea for what you might see at this year’s event:
2022 Perennial Plant Exchange Plant List
| Basswood | Japanese Anemone | Raspberries |
| Bearded Iris | Lamb's Ear | Rose of Sharon |
| Boston Fern | Lemon Balm | Rudbeckia Triloba |
| Bronze Fennel | Lily of the Valley | Russian Sage |
| Butterbur | Lucifer Crocosmia | Sedum |
| Chives | Matrix Lily Bulbs | Shasta Daisy |
| Comfrey | Mint | Siberian Iris |
| Coreopsis | Mother of Thousands (houseplant) | Snake Plant |
| Cup Plant | New England Aster | Spearmint |
| Currants | Northern Sea Oats | Spider Plant |
| Egyptian Walking Onions | Oregano | Strawberries |
| Helianthus | Ostrich Fern | Sunchokes |
| Hellebores | Paw Paw | Variegated Liriope |
| Hens and Chicks | Peony | Variegated Solomon's Seal |
| Honeysuckle Vine | Peppermint | Walking Onions |
| Hosta | Persimmon Seedlings | Yarrow |
| Jade Plant | Purple Cone Flowers | Additional assorted Michigan native plants |