Re: OK, so I have

That's something that is really useful everywhere Andrea.  Of course Jesse
and I met when she moved from KC to Texas and was going nuts w/ everything
dying.   And that was a blessing for me.  My favorite MG at our local
nursery told me how he spent half an hour telling a CA transplant that
redwoods will not grow here and she thought he was nuts.  Funny story.

On 6/23/07, Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is exciting news...I just wish it were closer and we could attend
> around here!
> Congrats Andrea!
>
>
>
>
> On 6/23/07, Andrea Hodges <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> >
> > Please feel free Bonnie. Everyone who moves to a new place needs a good
> > transplant class.
> > A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 5:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] OK, so I have
> >
> >
> > > Great ideas!!!  I wish I could listen.  I shared them...hope you don't
> > > mind
> > > but these would be wonderful for our MG program, especially the
> > > "transplanted gardener"...we have so many people who have moved from
> > > North,
> > > South and West that have to adjust their gardening to our heat and
> > > humidity.   Hope you get to the VI...should be inspirational.
> > >
> > >
> > >> [Original Message]
> > >> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > >> Date: 6/21/2007 7:05:17 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OK, so I have
> > >>
> > >> That's great, Andrea. Especially the teaching part--lots of
> > >> possibilities.
> > >>
> > >> On Jun 21, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Andrea Hodges wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > some exciting news. I asked about the MG curriculum last week or
> > >> > whenever it
> > >> > was because I've been given the "go-ahead" by our local technical
> > >> > college to
> > >> > teach pretty much whatever I want to when it comes to gardening
> > >> > classes. I
> > >> > just got the word yesterday that my schedule looks great and we're
> > on.
> > >> > I start
> > >> > in September- this is for continuing education so no credit and
> much
> > >> > less
> > >> > formal than any horticulture 101 classes. For fall I'm going to
> do  a
> > >> > couple
> > >> > of short classes called the Transplanted Gardener for those new to
> > the
> > >> > coastal
> > >> > south or just new to gardening. Then a longer version of that
> called
> > >> > the
> > >> > Coastal Gardener that will run one night a week for 10 weeks so we
> > can
> > >> > get
> > >> > more in depth. I'm also going to do a couple of Landscape Plant
> > >> > Materials
> > >> > classes so I can hopefully get some people to realize that Live
> Oaks
> > >> > are NOT
> > >> > parking lot trees and that Crape Myrtles should never be hacked
> into
> > >> > stumps.
> > >> > I'm very excited about it. IN the spring I get to use the college's
> > >> > greenhouse
> > >> > and plan to so a plant propagation class and a few others.
> > >> >
> > >> > Also-it's looking really good that I'll get to go to the British
> > Virgin
> > >> > Islands Oct 3-13 to do a tropical ecology study for my degree
> (which
> > >> > means I
> > >> > won't have to take statistics my advisor has informed me, praise
> the
> > >> > Lord!)
> > >> > So, I'm just all excited. Oh and the last week of July I get to go
> to
> > >> > San
> > >> > Diego and work is actually paying for the whole thing! I can hardly
> > >> > stand
> > >> > myself. LOL!
> > >> > A
> > >> > Andrea Hodges
> > >> > Beaufort, SC
> > >> >
> > >> >
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> > >> Southwest Florida
> > >> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> > >> Hardiness Zone 10
> > >> Heat Zone 10
> > >> Sunset Zone 25
> > >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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