Fictional example · Exchange
A garden has spare seedlings and needs signs everyone can read.
Jo · Rotterdam, Netherlands
The story
The garden grew more seedlings than it can plant. Its volunteers want simple, multilingual signs explaining when neighbors can visit and where to find shared tools.
Why they’re offering it
The exchange makes the garden easier to use and sends surplus plants to a new home.
What’s offered
Twelve seedlings and a guided tour of the community garden
What’s requested
Help lettering three weatherproof signs using materials supplied by the garden.
Arrangements
Pickup and garden visit in Rotterdam.
Related stories
A ceramicist will trade studio time for a little help getting online.
Samir knows clay. He is looking for someone who knows how to build a simple website.
Read the story Barter
He can fix your bike. Could you practice English with him?
Emil wants to feel more comfortable speaking with visitors at work.
Read the story Barter
They’d trade their camera for a weekly walk.
Alex wants to get to know their neighborhood on foot again.
Read the story Barter