Go batty @ HWEN's Plant Swap on April 26th & plant a pollinator patch to boot!

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Heads up, neighbors! A triple header is coming! Join us on

 

Saturday, April 26, 2025

from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

at 3005 "little" Blakemore Avenue

(the home of Russanne Buchi-Fotré)

 

and take in three HWEN spring events, all at once . . . 

 

 

The Irish Park Memorial Spring Plant Swap

This beloved community event is open to all and is FREE! You'll be able to swap plants and seeds, enjoy refreshments, and trade green-thumb tips with experienced and new gardeners alike. Invite a friend and "Bring what you can (or nothing at all). Take what you like."

 

 

Go Batty with Harmony Wildlife!

We are delighted to welcome to this spring's Plant Swap the bat experts of Harmony Wildlife Nature Center who'll tell how to attract mosquito-eating bats to green spaces. This non-profit will also show-and-tell how to build a bat-house. For those who'd like to take home a bat-house, Harmony will offer kits for sale for $50.

The HWEN Alleyway Pollinator Pathway Project

This is your chance to start that pollinator patch you've been thinking about. While at the Plant Swap, pick up a packet of native seeds, specially curated for our Middle Tennessee area. It's HWEN's way of beautifying and connecting our neighborhood alleyways and corners to support butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators. HWEN Alleyway Pollinator Pathway mixed wildflower seed packets are FREE, one to a household, while they last. (The next opportunity for picking up seeds will be at the Garden Tour on May 11th; order tickets at HWEN.org)

 

 

Happy spring gardening!

 

From your neighbors on the

HWEN Beautification Team

 

Burkley Allen                  Greg Asadourian

Michelle Becker              Mark Boughton

Russanne Buchi-Fotré   Stuart Bushing

Chad Clarke                   Cecilia Dodd                  

Andrew Lange                Lori McCurry                  

Miriam Mimms               Susan Schipani            

Lisa Wyatt                      Joe Schipani

 

 

 

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Everyone's invited to . . .  

 

The Irish Park Memorial SPRING PLANT SWAP

“Bring what you can (or nothing at all). Take what you like.”

 

Saturday, April 25, 2026 • 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

3005 "little" Blakemore Avenue

(off Natchez Trace at the home of Russanne Buchi-Fotré)

 

With special guest Jackie Byrom

co-founder of Bird Safe Nashville

 

This perennial event is open to all and free of charge. Drop by between two and four o'clock to swap plants and seeds, enjoy a refreshing beverage, and trade green-thumb tips with gardeners, experienced and new. And be sure to invite a friend.

 

Our special guest Jackie Byron will be on hand to talk about birds, explain Lights Out Nashville, and share easy ways to protect migrating birds. Lights Out yard signs will also be available for purchase for a nominal amount.