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Re: [GWL]: Gardens To Go

Doreen, look at the preplanned gardens of High Country Gardens 
(www.highcountrygardens.com) to see if that's close enough for 
you.  Margaret Lauterbach

At 05:04 PM 8/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
>About a year ago, I read in a London newspaper about the gardens-to-go trend
>in the UK.  The article detailed how garden centers were selling boxes and
>totes filled with plants, fertilizer, seed, planting chart and even borders
>and small garden ornaments.  A bale of compost was included in the
>package—all for one price.  These gardens-to-go were aimed at the
>time-starved young professional who lived in a terrace house (a row house
>with a small backyard) in urban areas, and at two-income suburbanites with
>little time and small yards.  Varieties of gardens included herbs, sunny
>annuals, shade gardens, curb appeal, etc.  You get the picture.
>
>At the time, I thought this was a terrific idea for the USA, in view of the
>success of Etera and Spring Hill were having.  I pitched the idea to a
>couple of editors with no luck last year.  A few weeks ago, I got a contract
>to do the article.
>
>With the demise of Etera and Spring Hill, I’m in a quandary about retail
>sources.  Do any of you know of regional garden centers that package this
>way?  Do you know of any catalogs that will be doing this concept for 2002?
>I think Park does in the Park Countryside catalog, but how about others?
>
>And, lastly, can any of our UK list members give more details about the
>gardens-to-go trend and how it has worked?  Popularity, variety, endurance,
>etc.?
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>Doreen Howard

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