Heronswood update

**jo ellen meyers sharp h*@sbcglobal.net**

FYI -- from Greenbeam's The Weekly Dirt

Heronswood Nursery lists for $11 million
Some local citizens balked at the $11 million asking price for the 
15-acre Heronswood Nursery in Kingston, Wash. The nursery's extensive 
grounds include world-renowned botanic gardens. George Ball, Burpee 
president, responded to critics in a 
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column in the Aug. 4 edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Ball 
said $11 million is a fair price for the "living museum." He noted 
that real estate appreciation rates in the Seattle area nearly 
doubled from 2000 to 2006. "I assure Seattle gardeners and garden 
lovers I am doing all possible to maintain the Heronswood property so 
that it remains, whether public or private, a wonder of world 
horticulture and a source of pleasure to the community for years to 
come," Ball said. Parent company W. Atlee Burpee & Co. is looking to 
sell the property after moving Heronswood's mail-order business to 
Pennsylvania.

jems
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Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, author, photographer
Region III Director Garden Writers Association
Phone: (317) 251.3261
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