Re: I survived the garden tour
Julie wrote:
>
> We had several hundred people through the garden on Sunday (some of you may
> remember my anxious whimpering for ideas earlier) and it went well. The
> temperature was in the mid 90s. The most asked-about plants were Verbena
> bonariensis, V. rigida, Phlomis fruticosa, and Philadelphus lewisii. And
> the pomegranate, which is glorious right now. For some reason, hardly
> anyone around here seems to know that pomegranates are well suited to our
> climate.
> My husband pretended not to know anything about plants (he has a graduate
> degree in botany) and deferred plant questions to me.
> I was entertained by the variety of straw hats.
> So, thanks for your helpful suggestions. We did dress the place up with a
> layer of fresh mulch, my son sold cold drinks and cookies, and we decorated
> the garden with a large plastic Godzilla, an orange ankylosaurus, and a
> pintail decoy in the pond. I wrote up a one page flyer about our garden
> philosophy & plant sources, and a list of spp. & varieties that we grow.
> It's one of those things I'm glad I did and hope not to do again for a
> while.
Julie
Good to know things went so well. The number of folks you hosted was
staggering. I have opened my garden only once or twice, but rarely had
more than thirty to fifty to deal with and never under such hot
conditions.
I think the flyer sounds a really good idea.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
