Re: Plant ID/Clubs

I found most of mine when I took the Master Gardener Course and through
volunteering at the Trial Gardens.  Is there any garden that could use your
volunteer services?  I found that many volunteers enjoyed some of my other
hobbies...quilting, reading, pets, watching similar TV programs.  There are
no real gardening people in my immediate neighborhood so working with these
people is really enjoyable.  When you add this list service, then, you have
an entire world of commonality.


> [Original Message]
> From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 2/15/2006 5:55:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID/Clubs
>
> First let me apologize for all the responses from old posts, I'm catching
up 
> on email....or attempting to do such.
>  
> I think you will find this with any hobby or such.  You won't find 
people 
> with the same interests unless you put yourself into a group where like 
minded 
> people congregate.  There are millions of email lists, and you'll  find 
> gardeners in all of them, but not until you join a gardening group will
you  find 
> someone that has the same level of interest.  This is the same with  
> clubs/societies, etc.  When we first moved to Houston, our neighbors had 
nice gardens, 
> but none were plant-a-holics like us.  It wasn't until  meeting folks at 
> nursery events, joining the Master Gardeners, etc. that we got  to know
folks that 
> were into it as much as we were. 
> I didn't even know many of the groups were out there, and even to this
day  
> learn of events and groups that I wish I had known about years
ago......so just 
>  because you don't hear about them doesn't mean they do not exist.   
Just 
> like this group, I've learned so much from the plant and gardening 
societies 
> and groups I've been a member of, and met the most interesting  people.
>  
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 2/14/2006 6:35:43 PM Central Standard Time,  
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> I don't  know about the rest of you, since many of you are in the business
> it's  likely your friends are gardeners too. You belong to clubs and so
> forth.  But I don't know anyone in person (excluding y'all) who does what
I
> do. A  few people enjoy their roses, they have a couple tomato plants in 
the
> summer, and that's it. I don't see anything around town that looks like 
my
> yard - there are nice landscapes to be sure but they are things that  the
> paid-for gardeners can mow & blow. Maybe it's all hidden in back  yards...
> Anyway I think that as people get older and have more free time  they
> appreciate the process more. 
>
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