Re: Sunken Gardens, now theft

We've had a lot of stuff stolen from the nursery, but more often stolen from a job site if the install isn't completed and the plants just sit around over night. But we've also had them dig up newly installed plants and cart them off.

One of the developers we landscape for recently caught a woman in one of his condominium complexes digging up plants from around other buildings and re-planting them around her building. She agreed to buy replacements rather than have him press charges. And then the maintenance company hauled her transplants to the dump.



On Sunday, March 28, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Donna wrote:

We are discussing making up brochures ( pay at the nature center, get
your money back if you return) for folks to id plants. This will be a
lot of work trying to graph out where the plants are so folks can relate
to them. If I ever get the time, we will probably do that, but can't see
that happening anytime soon.

We also loose many plants yearly too. Seems folks think that since it is
a public place, they are welcome to anything :( Some day I will catch
someone doing this and they will get fined!

Donna

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Kitty
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:36 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sunken Gardens

I remember you mentioning that before.  I find that appalling.  Why
wouldn't
they just write the name down?  We've had no trouble having our
markers
taken, though we have had a few plants taken. The Hort Ed now is
pressing 
the idea of 'theming' our gardens - which means statuary.  The Patio
garden
has been doing this with an Alice in Wonderland Theme.  On Garden Walk
Days
they hold a Tea Party and sometimes have a rabbit for kids to pet.  So
far
no one has walked off with the AiW statuary, but it could happen. I
am in
the 'Propagation' Group, which I prefer to call by its original name
of 
'Nursery' (because we do very little propagation, 95% is small plants
brought in and grown on in our nursery beds for sale).  I've thought
about
using Nursery Rhymes for our 6 beds. I'd like to lend my 18 inch turn
of
the century (19th to 20th) style cat and his fiddle to one of the
beds, 
but
I'm afraid someone would walk off with it.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:47 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Sunken Gardens


Problem we had was everyone was taking the darn labels..... whether
they
were just the B name or anything. Drove us nuts!

Donna



I like to see good labeling, too. Sounds like these folks went
the
extra
mile. I think if a public place can only do minimal labeling it
should be
botanical names. The rest is gravy.

Kitty


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