Annual Auction Next Month

The program next month will be our fifteenth annual plant auction. Plan to come, bid, and pick up a beautiful plant, horticultural equipment, gift certificates, and other plant related items at a reasonable price. To make this a success, you will need to actively participate. First, if possible, we would like you to bring a plant (or whatever) that you think someone would like to buy, and second, you need to bring money to buy someone else’s contribution. It would be good to identify your plant with name, growing habit (sun or shade), and any other growing information you think would be helpful to the buyer. You could even attach your name so the buyer could contact you if they have any questions. Put the information on a stake or a piece of paper attached to the plant. You should bring your auction contributions in a half-hour or so before our 7:30 meeting starting time. 

Because the Silent Auction has been so successful the past few years we will have it again this year as an accompaniment to our usual “Barry Lovelace” live auction. Keeping it all in the family, Joann Lovelace will be in charge of the silent auction with co-chairs Carol Kay Johnson and Barbara Wagner. We are also soliciting items for the silent auction to be brought in that evening, May 26. It would be helpful if club members and guest donors would e-mail Joann at: jlovelace (at) austin (dot) rr (dot) com or phone her at 502-2428 to give her an idea of what you are donating. Silent auction bid sheets will be available at the April meeting. It would also be helpful if you had one of these filled out in advance for each item you bring. If you can’t attend the April meeting, contact Joann and she can e-mail you a copy of the bid sheet. 

What to bring??? Anything that you think a fellow gardener would like to buy: books, tools, garden art, clothing/accessories, pottery, garden themed dishes or serving pieces, folk art, paintings, containers, collectibles, craft items, antiques, you name it! If you like it (or once liked it) chances are there is someone else who would like it too. The silent auction is primarily limited to non-plant items. Most plants should be submitted to the regular auction. Exceptions can be made. Although Joann would prefer to know ahead of time what you plan to bring, you could also just show up with it the evening of May 26.