To the Editor:
Please help Bethlehem Grange 137 continue our tradition of our Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with our Craft Fair on May 21. We’ve been in continuous operation for over 148 years, serving the surrounding communities with their constantly changing needs, as a not-for-profit organization, open to people aged 5 to 105.

Bethlehem Grange 137 is looking for donations of household plants, outdoor plants, rooted plants, cuttings, and potted or unpotted plants for our plant sale. We would really appreciate receiving the plant items as soon as possible, so that we have time to re-pot any that may need to be split apart and rooted. 

We’re also accepting donations of vegetable seedlings; herb seedlings; flower seedlings; catnip plants or seedlings; and small bushes such as lilac bushes, Rose of Sharon, raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes, etc.

We’re also looking for flower pots, made of plastic, pottery, or ceramic; hanging planters; plant hangers; potting soil; cactus soil; broken pots for drainage for the bottoms of pots; and clean coffee filters.

If you’d like to donate unopened seed packets, we’d also accept those. We’ll also accept gardening tools.

Please call me, Carol Carpenter, at 518-421-1384 to arrange delivery. Please do not drop items off without a confirmation. We do not have a protected area from the elements.

If you’re in Albany, items may also be dropped off at 21 Ramsey Place, Albany, NY 12208, on my front porch.

Carol Carpenter

President

Bethlehem Grange 137