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Re: "Gloom and Doom of American Gardening"
Gene wrote: Personally I believe there is a lot of life left in hort.
I have no argument with that statement. I was only pointing out that if
someone were looking for a fresh subject, here is one that goes back only a
decade-- Gardening American Style[see Sara Stein, Carol Otteson; Ken Druse,
Darrel Morrison, Noel Kinsbury, and now even Alan Armitage has a book out on
American Native Plants--]. The idea actually goes back a century, but that's
a whole 'nother story.
Maryann Whitman
-----Original Message-----
From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Gene Bush
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 7:21 AM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: [GWL] "Gloom and Doom of American Gardening"
Hello Mary Anne, and others,
Ran into a delay in shipment of some much needed supplies for the
nursery and made a trip to the big city to pick up the supplies myself so I
could have them immediately.....
Talked to my hort rep..... first up he states that his commissions are
up 18% thus far this year. Best year he has had in some time. There are
bottle necks in the supply chain all up and down the line ... wholesalers
can not keep up with the demand. Those who cut back and delayed to cut cost
on heating are not supplying the demand. Hort rep says the numbers are up,
just some changes in what is in demand. In spite of national gardening
magazines that do influence gardening, the reality of hort is very much a
local thing....
My writing is no less in demand, nor are my slide presentations and
lecture on gardening... and I stay in a small niche without even trying to
please everyone. Personally I believe there is a lot of life left in hort.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maryann Whitman" <maryannwhitman@comcast.net>
> Gene
> overheard two up-scale home owners at Starbucks the other day comparing
> their hedgerows--the fact that they were being discussed as status
> symbols,
> to me, was 'way beyond the point. It seems that one developer in
> particular
> is building his McMansions on old farm fields and is working within the
> old
> fence lines. Voila, mature hedgerows. What the women did not know was that
> that particular developer was plying his trade in a township that pretty
> much required such behavior.
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