Re: Dealing with people picking your flowers
Thanks Marya,
I work as a gardener at our local small hospital and have always been amazed
at the lack of vandalism or "flower-picking". I was getting somewhat
depressed reading this latest thread and wanted to give some kind of advice
to the effect of yours below.
I wholeheartedly concur. As with all pest problems, consider the source of
your damages before responding. It's only good IPM.
Doug Mongerson
Salmon Arm, BC
Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: <sistermarya@juno.com>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Dealing with people picking your flowers
> This subject makes me think it's confession time.
>
> I still remember being 8 years old and lying on my face in our neighbor's
> garden, smelling the hyacinths--then picking one and taking it home.
>
> My neighbor was not happy, of course. I can't remember if it was him or
> his wife who explained to me that if I left the flower on the stalk, it
> would live longer and I could come over and smell it any time, and other
> people could too. It was an arrangement we both could live with :-).
>
> That was probably the beginning of my experience with flowers in gardens
> and of course I grow my own hyacinths now. You might have a budding
> gardener to deal with, Chris. Perhaps you could offer to teach or at
> least allow the culprit to spend time with the flowers, knowing of course
> who to blame if any are missing. :-)
>
> Marya
>
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