RE: Heronswood

I truly understand both perspectives.  I have bought very little this year
since I'm unemployed.  I have marked a number of plants in my "wish list" to
purchase when I am re-employed and I'm guilty of looking for plant
"bargains" where ever I can find them because of the budget. 

Donna, you are right that we need to support the places we love as we can
afford to do so--annuals or perennials.  There will always be economies of
scale for the larger box stores and chains, but that will mean limited
selections, too.  It is a difficult thing to balance, isn't it?  

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:16 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Heronswood

I believe this is a sign of the times. The little guys are having a hard
time making ends meet for so many reasons. 

We, the hobbiest, are partly to blame by not supporting them totally. We
might buy some plants, but others are bought from the big box
stores/ebay/etc at reduced rates or just at sale times.. cuts that profit
margin down for them and stretches the ends even further.

Now being honest, where did you buy plants at this season? The high priced
smaller nurseries or .....

Donna
who only bought from two places so far this year...
one mail order and a smaller local nursery (who had a nice discount coupon,
so I am no better than most of
you)


--- "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
wrote:

> > Their web site is still up and active.  Hmmm. I
> couldn't get the article to
> > come up for me.
> 
> Hi Bonnie,
> 
>    They're just shutting down the physical nursery. 
> The online presence
>    will remain.  Shipping, etc. is moving to Burpee's main office.
> 
>    Here's some other articles.
> 
>       http://hort.net/+13gQ
>       http://hort.net/+13gP
> 
> Chris
> 
> http://www.bonvivantnursery.com/                    
> Bon Vivant Nursery
> http://www.hort.net/sHORTurl/                       
> Shorten your URLs!
> http://www.hort.net/gallery/      3961 online plant
> photos and growing!
> 
>
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