RE: Ken Druse on garden tours
- Subject: RE: Ken Druse on garden tours
- From: M* D*
- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 16:16:17 -0700
I found the article hilarious. I can relate to a few things that were said.
My garden is part of a big city wide tour coming up on July 14th. They have
given out 1800 tickets, but reassured us the gardens are spread over such a
wide area that probably not more than 300-400 people will make it to any one
garden. Gulp!
I am on countdown now. One big project everyday for the next week and then
its ready or not. Over the years, I've had a lot of tours and visitors and
find people to be 99 & 44/100% polite and complimentary. I've had to ask to
have a dog removed and a couple of children one time, but that is minor.
The thing I hate is to get buttonholed with one person who wants to
monopolize my time. I think it is inconsiderate of all the other folks who
came too. So sometimes I pretend I just saw my long lost best friend,
excuse myself abruptly and go waving and calling across the garden, then out
of sight. This usually works pretty well.
I love Ken Druse's books - The Natural Garden, The Shade Garden (my bible, I
have tons of shade) & The Collector's Garden. He does it all......write,
photograph, propagate and garden. What a guy!
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of ECPep@aol.com
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 6:54 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Ken Druse on garden tours
Just a slight disagreement with Druse, who has a very good propagation book
out - lots of pictures, I don't think gardeners mind giving cuttings if it
is
the corrrect time to take the cutting. I don't.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4 where it was heaven today - no rain - cool temps and breezes to keep
the bugs away.
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