I found my way back to the thread...I may have a commitment, but if I don't, I will attend.
I'm a Master Gardener, and that date was set as a tentative day for going to people's yards and dividing perennials in preparation for our potting party the following weekend. All of this is for the plant sale that is held on the first weekend in May. It could wind up being a different day, or not at all if no one signs up to have us come dig in their yard.
I hope I can attend, I have lots of great things to share. I have already begun my spring dividing...in fact, I taught a class on dividing perennials to our neighborhood garden club just yesterday. Everyone brought clumps of something, and I demonstrated how to go about dividing something really large (a 3.5' diameter clump of Eupatorium maculatum purpurea aka Joe Pye Weed). It was quite interesting the way it grew...you could see the center ring from the original plant quite clearly. We took off the outer ring in about 5 chunks. Then later, I dug the center part on my own. It was too large to lift, but I managed to get it tipped sideways and put a shovel handle across the hole to keep it tipped up. I started cutting with a hand saw. After I got down about 4" or so, I switched over to two garden forks and was able to pry it a bit at a time. I then divided the two halves in the same way. I was really proud of myself for getting through it on my own. I then came inside and had a good long nap. Today, it has been to rainy to get out there to replant the chunks I want to keep (my back is not ver enthusiastic about it either).
I also have two really large chunks of Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' that may be even worse to dig, I think this is also damping my enthusiasm toward getting back out there today
