Re: Educating the Educators
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: Educating the Educators
- From: I*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:27:37 EST
From: Irisborer@aol.com
In a message dated 1/15/99 9:02:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, BILLS@hsc.edu
writes:
<< I usually hate me-too messages, but in this case I have to chime in. I've
done a fair amount of talking about irises since my book came out, and this
is by far the most successful approach for groups that need an introduction
to the genus. >>
I agree. I also do a fair amount of talking about irises... and I know that
the two things folks are most interested in are what types are available for
the garden and how to grow them.
Since my audience is in the northeast, I HAVE to talk about iris borers
(people think it's a plague ... or it's in the soil ... or their nurseryman
tells them to spray something ridiculous. And at the very end, I give the
'commercial'.
My next big gig is in New York City... New York Horticultural Society. And I
plan to have copies of Bill Shear's book available for the annointed.
Kathy Guest... in the Buffalo Burbs where - for something novel, we had
freezing RAIN, followed by 4 more inches of snow.
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