[Green] Plant acquisition for fall planting of Fort Street site

[Annie Warmke]

I could babysit plants.  What size pots would you need and how many?  Annie

On 6/3/2021 12:04 PM, Rebecca Phillips via Green wrote:
> George, we would need to buy or scavenge pots. My understanding is 
> that each flat is a single species, so we would need to have a bit 
> less species diversity than we might otherwise, though on such a large 
> space, 32 or 50 milkweeds, sunflowers, or whatever should fit with no 
> problem. Still, 50 plants for $80 (and those are the expensive ones) 
> is a deal.
>
> Rebecca
>
> "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- 
> Cicero
>
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> *From:* Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> on behalf of gbanz42--- via 
> Green <green at fuusm.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 3, 2021 10:47 AM
> *To:* Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues <green at fuusm.org>
> *Cc:* gbanz42 at suddenlink.net <gbanz42 at suddenlink.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Green] Plant acquisition for fall planting of Fort 
> Street site
> Rebecca,
>
>     My inclination would be to go with this wholesale 
> distributor--reduced price and wide selection. Would we have to buy 
> pots for all our acquisitions?
>
>
> ---- Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> > Hello, all,
> >
> > Caroline of Passiflora is working with a volunteer group on the 
> Harmar Bridge Company planting and has access to wholesale nurseries. 
> Unfortunately, wholesale requires a $500 minimum order, which is too 
> much for that small site. Would we be interested in sharing an order 
> for flats of landscape plugs? One problem, though, is that if we do 
> so, we will need volunteers to transfer the plugs into larger pots and 
> babysit them for the summer. Another issue is that we would be getting 
> either 50 or 32 of a single species, depending on plug size (except 
> for those plant flats we split with the other site).
> >
> > The plants in Caroline's Maple Street design are monarda "Jacob 
> Cline" (not the straight species, but gorgeous), purple coneflower, 
> and butterfly weed. Here is a link to the company's availability list 
> for those who want to see what is currently available. 
> https://www.northcreeknurseries.com/_ccLib/downloads/North_Creek_Availability_Landscape_Plugs.pdf 
> <https://www.northcreeknurseries.com/_ccLib/downloads/North_Creek_Availability_Landscape_Plugs.pdf>
> >
> > Please let me know ASAP.
> >
> > Rebecca
> >
> > "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you 
> need."-- Cicero
>
> --
> George Banziger
> 202 Lawton Road
> Marietta, OH 45750-1111
> 740-434-5685
> cell: 740-434-3354
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