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Re: UCB Botanical Garden Holiday Sale (12/6)

I want to thank Sean for tipping me off to this great event.  I had a
wonderful time and bought an armload of plants.  I'm not sure how many list
members were there as well as me.  I talked to Elly (did I remember
right?) who was one of the volunteers and really enjoyed that.  If you were
there, I was there from about 10:30 to noon and was the only person in a
wheelchair.  The long-suffering short man with long hair grumbling at me
was my SO.

Sean warned me that the sale would be crowded and grabby.  This was true as
I walked into the main room.  I got worried since I couldn't navagate my
way around there at all.  The back room wasn't so crowded though.  I could
move around and talk to the volunteers.  Fortunately, the back room had all
the herbs and was where I wanted to be anyhow.  By the time I moved to the
front room, it wasn't so crowded but the back room was.

Notes for disabled folks wanting to try out their other sales: the space
was completely wheelchair accessable.  The building, however, was down a
very steep (but accessable) path.  Thank god it wasn't raining while I was
there.  Had it been slippery, I would have been a goner.  I needed help to
get down that hill and I never need help going downhill.  It was too steep
for me to feel safe.  There was no way I could have gotton up alone either
(you'd have to be someone (preferably an athlete) who was in a chair
because you had bad legs, not overall problems, like me).
	The space was okay for people with chemical sensitivities.  No one
was smoking anywhere.  The plants might have been sprayed; I couldn't tell,
though I had a slight headache when I left.  But at least there were no
overt smells anywhere, pesticides, air fresheners, perfumes, etc.  Just
wonderful plant and dirt smells.

Okay, now for the good part: the purchases.  I'm on a fixed income so I
only bought 8 plants.  Unfortunately, I didn't take notes when I was there
and some of the tags that came with the plants lacked the info that was on
laminated sheets present at the sale.  So, I'll ask you all some questions
if you don't mind.

1) Bay Laurel.  Laurel Nobilis "Saratoga."  A nice specimun in a 1 gal
pot.  The last one they had too :-).

2) Lavender.  Lavandula "Goodwin Creek Grey."  I forgot to note what kind
of lavender this was.  Does anyone know?  The leaves are ruffled at the
edges (L. dentata, French?)

3) Thymus "Woolly Thyme."  This would be T. pseudolanuginosus

4) St. John's Wort.  Hypericum Perforatum (the species isn't in Sunset but
is listed in herb books)

5) Santolina green.  It didn't say anything else, but of course this is
Lavender Cotton, the common varient form.  S. rosmarinifolius I assume? or
would it be S. ericoides?

6) Kalanchoe species.  Not a very useful description...*which* species?
>From the choices in Sunset, it sounds most like K. uniflora.

7) Feverfew.  Chrysanthemum parthenium, presumably.

8) Oak-leafed Geranium.  This is the main one I wish I had written down.  I
know it's Pelargonium, but which one?

Thanks you all,
Cyndi
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Oakland, California            Zone 9 USDA; Zone 16 Sunset Western Garden Guide
Disabled, chemically sensitive, wheelchair user          Organic Gardening only
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"There's nothing wrong with me.  Maybe there's                     Cyndi Norman
something wrong with the universe." (ST:TNG)                   cnorman@best.com
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