[ShareTompkins] 2nd Annual Gardener's "Pot Swap"

[Sean Dembrosky]

Wanted to chime in on this and say that I was there on Friday and yes,
it's an awesome place to give away all pots, trays and whatnots, but
also an awesome place to get a ton of pots and trays!

They highly encouraged me to take whatever I could use and just on
Friday I came away with at least 100 containers in good shape of
uniform size, all organized.  If you are considering doing a large
scale container garden or expanding your gardening next year this
might be a great opportunity to stock up on materials to do it.  You
could put them in a cool shady spot for a long time and they'd stay in
fine condition.  They send the containers to someone who recycles them
into another product, but reuse comes first, remember! :)

I think there should be a ton of options there between today and
tomorrow, I'm going to take a whole lot since I want to start a
greenhouse next year, hope it works out for others as well.

Best,
Sean

2009/6/22 Shira Golding <shiragolding at gmail.com>:
> Looks like a great opportunity to get and give away pots, seedlings trays,
> etc...
>
>
> 2nd Annual Gardener's "Pot Swap"
>
> Friday, June 26-Monday, June 29
>
> Tompkins County Cooperative Extension,
> 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY
>
> Are you looking for an environmentally friendly solution for what to do with
> the plastic containers from plants you purchased this
> spring?  Bring your plastic nursery pots, seedling flats, plastic trays and
> cell packs (but no PVC!) to Cooperative Extension at 615
> Willow Avenue any time during the weekend and leave them in the designated
> area off the parking lot near the greenhouse.  And, you are welcome to take
> away as many pots as you can use! On Tuesday morning June 30, all pots and
> flats that remain will be trucked to Ultimate Recycling Plastics in Port
> Gibson (near Palmyra, NY) where they will get a new life.
>
> NOTE: Absolutely NO pots will be accepted after 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June
> 30th.
>
> Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County in cooperation
> with Ultimate Recycled Plastics.
>
>
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