Spring Fair, plant exchange

Shannon LeClair
Times Reporter

 

The popular plant exchange held each year at the Strathmore Municipal Library is returning on May 23 and this year a spring fair is being added to the event.
“This year given the success of our Christmas market that we had, we decided to incorporate a spring fair alongside with our plant exchange,” said Carmen Erison, assistant director of library services.
There will be 11 vendors set up for the fair. It will cost $20 per table and will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The money raised will be put towards programming at the library. All of the vendors can be found under the website at http://strathmorelibrary.ca/content/spring-fair.
The plant exchange will only run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is the perfect opportunity for those looking for a new plant to be able to do so. Seeds will also be accepted again.
“It is an exchange, we won’t be selling plants at the program, we don’t want it to be a greenhouse type of idea, but it is meant to help out people who can’t afford to go purchase new plants,” said Erison.
Throughout the day there will be a raffle, with the prizes for the raffle being donated by each of the vendors. This fall the bulb exchange will also return to the library.