Re: Bed preparation/Doug Ruhren

So, Lynn, how was the workshop?

I agree, if he were near me, I'd be there!  If I get south to your
area, I will sure take you up on the offer to go meet him!!  That B&B
sounds most interesting.

I can see where a public garden finds color most important - it's
what attracts people, but totally agree that for home gardens,
foliage and form are primary...they are with you all season where
flowers (lovely tho' they are) are fleeting.  And, of course, unlike
big public gardens, most of us do not have a crew on hand to change
out plants as needed to keep color going everywhere all season or
borders extensive enough to contain enough plants to provide
continual blazing color.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Lynn Lamb <lynnlamb@carolina.rr.com>
> 
> Marge,
>      Yes, I am definitely going to the workshop Saturday.  There
are at
> least 11 people signed up, so it is a go.  They have had trouble
getting
> enough people to take the gardening classes this summer.   I
personally
> think that the gardeners in this area are NUTS to pass up an
opportunity to
> learn from Doug for just $20. for garden members!!  We have marked
off the
> enlarged bed, done the Round-Up, and have lightly tilled the top
surface.
> My job now is to fork, as you told about in your article.  We have
alot of
> organic stuff in the back yard that we are going to use--rotted
leaves and
> grass, mainly.  Marge, the very first class I took with Doug was a
workshop
> on Plants With Winter Interest and he showed 150 slides!!  Many of
the
> pictures were from his own garden.  I asked him what he liked to
grow in his
> own garden and he said the little forgotten plants.  He also told
me that
> the three most important things at the Stowe Botanical Garden were
COLOR,
> COLOR, AND COLOR--but he thinks texture and foliage is more
important in
> home gardens.  He is a dear person and if you ever can come down
here, you
> must and we will meet and go through the garden together.  There is
a lovely
> Bed and Breakfast here in Belmont--a restored home of one of the
textile
> barons of the last century.  You would love our sweet little town.
> Lynn

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