RE: Chicago Garden Show

Happy Belated Birthday, Mardi!!!  I'm glad you could enjoy it with family
and concrete kitties!

Blessings,
Bonnie 

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 8:43 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Chicago Garden Show

Sounds like an average show... would have been nice to see it, but glad I
stayed home and got some things done around here.

Your birthday?!? Did we miss it? Oh no... Happy Birthday Mardi!

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf Of mlrasmus@rockwellcollins.com
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:38 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: [CHAT] Chicago Garden Show
> 
> Did anyone go to Chicago Garden Show at Navy Pier this year? Haven't 
> really heard about it....
> Donna
> 
> 
> Mom and I went, as we were in town for an Elderhostel at the Art 
> Institute that week.  The huge bamboo curtain was interesting, as were 
> some of the plants in the PW display.  We didn't stay for any of the 
> seminars.  I'm looking for hardscape ideas for my 6 acres and there 
> were quite a few interesting items - 4 columns with an open frame on 
> top, a couple of arbor-type structures to make you want to move 
> thorugh a garden, stuff like that.  About a third of the hall was 
> people selling stuff (okay, I ended up with 60 pounds of concrete 
> kitties - Mom used the excuse that it was my birthday).  There was a 
> big pond in the middle of the hall with some nice touches, but I'm not 
> a ponder - maybe some of your friends could let you know if that part 
> was worthwhile.  I could have spent more time with the exhibits, but 
> Mom got tired.  There was probably more there than to see.
> Parking, while not cheap at the flat rate of $22, is very well planned 
> and not a problem at all.
> Just my two cents.
> Mardi
> Iowa z4b
> 
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