Re: city of gardens

**y*@sfo.com**

Speaking for myself, my top choices would be (1) somewhere I haven't 
been and (2) based on my current interests and (3) gardens not 
normally open to the public. I'd make it for a couple weeks, more or 
less, to allow for 2 weekends of garden tours.

For example, to appeal to a wide range of gardeners, you could choose 
something like the Los Angeles area in the spring for the Huntington 
and other public gardens, tours of a few wholesale nurseries (and 
maybe an organic farm or a garden-art supplier) not normally open to 
the public, and, especially, some private garden tours (such as the 
one of eccentric Venice gardens). Plus the option of going up to 
Santa Barbara to see Lotusland and the SB Botanic Garden and maybe a 
tour or two there, or a trip to the Channel Islands. And maybe a day 
or so of a hort conference or class.

Or somewhere in the southern hemisphere for the winter -- a better 
time for most gardeners, because it would not involve leaving their 
own gardens at a busy time, and it would be a treat to visit a warm 
place. New Zealand? Australia? South Africa?

But I think the real enticement would be meeting local gardeners, 
seeing local gardens that you wouldn't get the chance to see on a 
typical tour, and getting a  sense of what is special about the 
plants that are native to that place.

Tanya Kucak

At 11:54 AM -0400 10/22/07, jo ellen meyers sharp wrote:
>If you were going to one city in England to see gardens, where would
>that be and about how long would you need to be there to do it
>justice?
>
>If you were going to one city anywhere to see gardens, where would
>that be and how long would you need to be there to do it justice?
>
>I'm gathering suggestions for a client's sweepstakes pitched at
>gardeners. Someone suggested Hawaii to the client, which I don't
>think a gardener would be particularly interested in.
>
>If you could get back to me by the end of the day, that would be
>great. Thank you.
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