Day: September 27, 2010

South Island National Show

Hi Everyone   The South Island Show was held at Te Anau Foirdland which is in the deep south of the Island. It was surprising that there were any flowers left after a week of weather that affected all parts…

Brenda’s garden

Brenda, you are one brave lady! I’m not sure if I would have been taken a hand off the ladder to shoot a photo from that high up! What a gorgeous garden and with such a lovely landscape around it.…

Future of botanic gardens

All – As i’m not sure this went thru… Sobering… Botanical Gardens Look for New Lures Jonathan Alcorn for The New York Times Laila Romero, a sous-chef, preparing appetizers at the Camellia Lounge at Descanso Gardens. By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI…

bulbs for breast cancer

Friends, This is Vicky Eicher, a member of ADS, WDS and VDS, and I have a favor to ask. There’s something about fighting breast cancer that brings out the best in people.  Folks whose budgets are stretched tight still donate! And folks…

Orders

In case anyone is anxious and tracking such things, both my Scamp and Mitsch orders arrived within fifteen minutes of each other a few minutes ago. Drew Mc Farland Granville, Ohio

Trivia

Hi all, It may be trivial but the Newspaper reported that, as of Friday night, we had had 1011 earthquakes in Christchurch since Sept 4th. I arrived home after an 8 hour drive from the National in Te Anau to…