Re: Radio?

**D*@aol.com**

Hi, Jeff... this is Denise Cowie in Philadelphia. 

Are you interested in topics less tangible than a book or a garden tool?  How 
about a web site that could be very helpful for anyone planning a vacation  
to the Lower 48 -- or even for anyone planning to attend the  Philadelphia 
Flower Show (March 2-9) who might want to check out a few public  gardens during 
their visit?  (It's still winter then, of course, but we  have some great 
"chill-chaser" gardens, such as Longwood's many conservatories  -- including its 
brand-new indoor children's garden -- and Morris Arboretum's  exquisite 
Victorian Fernery.)

As site coordinator, I'm interested in spreading the word about the  
vacation-planning potential of  _www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org_ 
(http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org) ,  an umbrella site for more than two dozen public 
gardens in the  southeast-Pennsylvania/northern Delaware/southern-New Jersey 
region. 

Background: It was designed to appeal to both local gardeners (with  news, 
events, interviews etc) and to potential visitors from out of the region.  It 
helps travelers by giving a brief history of horticulture in this area, from  
William Penn and the Quaker tradition, to the du Pont  
estates-turned-public-gardens, up to new pleasure gardens like  Chanticleer. It offers a concise 
description and photos of these gardens (with  links to their individual web sites 
for nitty-gritty information such as  directions, times, fees etc.), plus a map 
showing the gardens' geographic  relationship to each other, and some 
suggested itineraries.  (You probably  know that Nemours, one of the du Pont estates 
in Delaware, is planning to reopen  in Spring 2008 after being closed for 
major refurbishment.) 

Just a thought. Are you planning to speak at the flower show this  year?

Denise

Denise  Cowie, Coordinator
Greater Philadelphia Gardens
_www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org_ 
(http://www.greaterphiladelphiagardens.org/) 

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