Re: Selection

**"* W* G* <t*@earthlink.net>**

Kate: You are out of line and woefully so! Here in Asheville we have BB Barns, one of the best nurseries in the Southeast with an incredible selections of native plants, exotic (but well-behaved perennials), and rock plants galore, not to mention an amazing choice of pots--the owners are men. Then at the other end of town we have Reems Creek Valley Nursery, the same in concept but this time run by a husband and wife team, the Penlands. Finally, we have Sandy Mush, one of the all time greats, owned and operated by Fairman and Kate Jaynes. The only time I've run into boring selections from men are at the box stores, like Home Depot and Loew's, where their corporate heads have never even visited a nursery. And if you don't believe me about the box stores, ask the clerks!
Best, Peter
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Subject: Re: [GWL] Selection

> Kate:
> 
> I found your comment about 'guys' incredibly sexist and  reprehensible.  We 
> obviously know and have had experiences with very  different people in the 
> business.
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> 
> Andrew Messinger
> The Hampton Gardener
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> In a message dated 5/25/2008 10:36:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> KTCopsey@aol.com writes:
> 
> Duane
> I really think it depends on what folks want. If they want  Knockout roses  
> then Home depot is fine. If they want ground covers  they can go to the 
> walmart  
> that sells stepables or whatever. If they  get hooked on gardening though 
> they  
> will find that wooly thyme is  available from most herb growers, where it is  
> probably cheaper, and  more original/heirloom roses are available from mail  
> order.   
> 
> I have found over the years though that most nurseries get most of  their  
> money from landscape and are guys - hence the boring  selection.  If you can  
> find 
> strictly perennial nursery (usually  operated by women) then they will  offer 
> the less mainstream products  as well as the banal options.
> 
> Alas, like independent bookstores,  independent nurseries  are a dying breed.
> Kate
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> Kate   Copsey
> Garden Writer
> _www.katecopsey.com_  (http://www.katecopsey.com/)  
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> In a message dated 5/25/2008  7:36:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> dcamp@chilitech.net  writes:
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> I  tell my readers to buy locally whenever possible,  but if the locals have  
> nothing more than half a dozen dead common  plants, I'm going go back to  
> pushing mail order.
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> I know those  who live in or near real major  metropolitan centers have 
> places 
> they  can go to find the less banal, but  are others in less urban climes  
> experiencing this?
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