Re: Huntington Plant Sale
- Subject: Re: Huntington Plant Sale
- From: J* D*
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:44:48 -0700 (PDT)
Hmmm. $65? That would cover membership in two
different botanic garden societies here in the Bay
Area, and neither of them charges an entry fee if you
don't want to join (Strybing and UC Santa Cruz)...
Not that I don't envy you the access to the
magnificent gardens you cite!
-Jason Dewees
--- Anne Williams <annew@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Anyone planning to attend the annual plant sale at
> the Huntington on
> Sunday, May 21st should know that from this year
> forward the sale is
> open to members only. The fellows will shop on
> Saturday evening, the
> time that used to be reserved for members only. It
> will be possible to
> purchase memberships at the entrance prior to the
> opening of the sale at
> 10 a.m., believe the rate is now $65, but not sure
> as I'm a senior and
> pay $50.
>
> A passing comment on anyone feeling sorry for
> Southern California
> gardeners, keep your pity to yourself. Within a 20
> minute drive from my
> Glendale home I can be in Descanso Gardens, the
> Huntington, or the L.A.
> County Arboretum, that's over 600 acres of botanical
> gardens, world
> class camellia, rose, and cactus collections just
> for starters. When I
> want to go another 20 minutes I can reach Rancho
> Santa Ana with its
> fabulous collection of California native plants, or
> in my backyard is
> the Theodore Payne Foundation with more of the same.
> We're doing just
> fine down here, thank you very much!
>
> Anne Williams, glad to be from the south!
>
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