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Perennial Flower news

Hey guys:

I thought I would let my fellow garden writers list now of an exciting new 
development.  Valleybrook Gardens, Canada's premier supplier of herbaceous 
perennial flowers made me an offer I simply couldn't refuse.:-)

Many of you will know of Valleybrook's "Heritage" Perennials - they're the 
ones grown in square blue pots - in 1500 different varieties. While 
Valleybrook is a wholesale nursery with no direct consumer sales, part of 
my new job is to help you discover whatever you need to know about 
perennials plants.

They needed somebody to work with customers and garden writers in the 
Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes States and I'm it.  :-)  Sort of a one-stop 
shopping for perennial information.

I'll still be writing my syndicated column and books but I'll also be 
offering fellow garden writers some special services related to perennial 
flowers.

For example, if you need a speaker for a horticultural event, Valleybrook 
is willing to pay my expenses to do the talk.  You simply have to have one 
of our dealers ask me to do it and involve them in arranging/ sponsoring 
the event.  If you're interested, I can provide you with the names of 
dealers in your local area that carry the "Heritage" Perennials and can 
work with both of you on this.

If you're in the trade, Valleybrook will also sponsor me to talk to trade 
association meetings on a variety of retailing and business topics.  I've 
written about these things for the past twenty years in a variety of trade 
magazine articles and am more than willing to share 23 years of retailing 
experience.

Fellow Canadians will know John Valleau (he wrote the "Perennial Gardening 
Guide" now in its third revision) - both John and I are now working 
together to provide gardening information about our "Heritage" perennials 
to you guys as well as our trade customers.  In fact, if you go to 
http://www.perennials.com  (that's pretty easy to remember) you'll find one 
of the best searchable databases of perennials on the Net.

I'll be in touch with other perennial news on a regular basis.  And if you 
need to contact me, you can still get me *offlist* at 
dgreen@simplegiftsfarm.com until I figure out how to use my new valleybrook 
address. ;-)

Doug

ps. I was at the nursery this past week and a few pots simply jumped into 
my car and followed me home.  I tried to stop them - I really did - but 
they overpowered my gardening resistance.  That double flowering primula 
(in full bloom of course) simply didn't give me a chance.
Douglas Green,
Freelance writing: You've got a story to tell - I can write it.
http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/clips/clipmaster.htm

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