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The October Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!

By dave
October 14, 2016

This is it! The final raffle of the year, and we've got some fantastic prizes set up for you.

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Oct 28, 2016 11:36 AM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
View the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Congratulations to the winners! I'll be in contact with you each.

Winner #1: @Henhouse
Winner #2: @boojum
Winner #3: @Lalambchop1
Winner #4: @beckygardener
Winner #5: @jmorth
Winner #6: @drdawg
Winner #7: @joannakat
Winner #8: @Poohdaddy
Winner #9: @robertduval14
Winner #10: @Pistil
Winner #11: @sandnsea2
Winner #12: @KarenHolt
Winner #13: @abhege
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Oct 28, 2016 12:05 PM CST
Name: James
Anacortes, WA (Zone 8b)
(Heat zone - 1, Sunset zone - 5)
Region: Pacific Northwest Plumerias Adeniums Tropicals Bromeliad Cactus and Succulents
Container Gardener Plant Identifier Plays in the sandbox Garden Procrastinator Garden Photography
Yay! Congratulations everyone! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
I am not an early bird or a night owl--I am some form of permanently exhausted pigeon
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Oct 28, 2016 12:16 PM CST
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
Hydrangeas Photo Contest Winner 2018 Garden Photography Region: Pacific Northwest Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Forum moderator
Plant Database Moderator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Sempervivums Container Gardener Foliage Fan
Hurray! Hurray! Thank you for doing this. Love those kids. Dave did you see what your youngest boy did? In the beginning you put the tag on his pile and Rosebud had this funny look on her face. Brother saw her face and gave it to her. What a sweet boy . Thanks for sharing those sweeties with us.
Sempervivum for Sale
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Oct 28, 2016 12:21 PM CST
Name: Barbalee
Amarillo, TX (Zone 6b)
Congratulations, all!! I'm acorn busted, but I'll enter again when I gather some up (I don't have any squirrels in the area to steal from)~! Smiling
Avatar is 'Global Crossing' 04-20-2017
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Oct 28, 2016 12:31 PM CST
Name: Kathy
Arkansas (Zone 8b)
"Pets should not be a whim"
Region: Arkansas Bromeliad Dog Lover Region: Louisiana Enjoys or suffers hot summers Plant and/or Seed Trader
Vegetable Grower Garden Ideas: Level 2
Well, disappointed I didn't win but so happy for all the winners. This was alot of fun!!! And those kiddos are just as cute as can be!!!!
"Don't breed or buy while animals in shelters die."
"A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal..." Proverbs 12:10
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Oct 28, 2016 12:41 PM CST
Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)
Region: Ukraine Dahlias I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Houseplants Tomato Heads Garden Ideas: Level 1
Plant Identifier Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Congratulations to the winners. We're all winners with Dave, Trish and their wholesome family.
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Oct 28, 2016 12:52 PM CST
Name: Stan
Florida Panhandle (Defuniak Sp (Zone 8b)
Photo Contest Winner 2020 Photo Contest Winner 2019 Region: Florida Region: Gulf Coast Enjoys or suffers hot summers Garden Photography
Keeps Horses Daylilies Lilies Hummingbirder Dog Lover Butterflies
Congrats everyone! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
Stan
(Georgia Native in Florida)
http://garden.org/blogs/view/G...
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Oct 28, 2016 1:20 PM CST
Name: Ginger
Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Plays in the sandbox Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Region: Gulf Coast Tip Photographer The WITWIT Badge
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Native Plants and Wildflowers Birds Plumerias Hummingbirder Dog Lover
Congrats to the winners Hurray! Hurray! Gotta go visit my friend Jackie so I can see the video Lovey dubby
Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it.
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Oct 28, 2016 1:27 PM CST
Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
Region: Canadian Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Tip Photographer Garden Ideas: Master Level I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Charter ATP Member
Morning Glories Critters Allowed Birds Houseplants Butterflies Garden Photography
Congrats to all you lucky people!! Hurray!

Thanks Dave, for a fun visit with you and the little ones, they can be a handful! Hilarious!
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Oct 28, 2016 1:28 PM CST
Name: Leslie
Chapin, SC (Zone 8a)
Keeps Sheep Daylilies Hybridizer Garden Photography Cat Lover Hummingbirder
Birds Region: South Carolina Plant and/or Seed Trader Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2 Avid Green Pages Reviewer
Happy Happy Happy Hurray! I won.

Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to the Raffle Family and those who contributed! Looking forward to seeing what everyone picks.
Leslie

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15
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Oct 28, 2016 1:35 PM CST
Name: Cameron Allen
Plano, TX (Zone 8a)
Amaryllis Hummingbirder Irises Native Plants and Wildflowers Orchids Plumerias
Salvias Enjoys or suffers hot summers Tender Perennials Region: Texas Tropicals Winter Sowing
Congratulations to the winners!
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Oct 28, 2016 1:56 PM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
Bee Lover Garden Photography Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Region: United States of America
Region: Indiana Garden Art Annuals Clematis Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Level 2
Congratulations, all! And a huge thank you to all the vendors and members who donate such wonderful prizes I tip my hat to you.

I also really appreciate all the hard work that the Whitinger family puts in to make these raffles fun for all of us in the NGA community. These raffles have a lot of behind the scenes work that we never see. Thanks!!
May all your weeds be wildflowers. ~Author Unknown
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Oct 28, 2016 1:58 PM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
Bromeliad Vegetable Grower Region: United States of America Tropicals Plumerias Orchids
Region: Mississippi Master Gardener: Mississippi Hummingbirder Cat Lover Composter Seller of Garden Stuff
Can I say "I won!" yet, Dave? Whistling
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)

The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
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Oct 28, 2016 2:45 PM CST
Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
Forum moderator I helped beta test the first seed swap Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant and/or Seed Trader Garden Ideas: Master Level
Hurray! Another wonderful Raffle that is not a raffle.
Congratulations to all the winners. Hurray!
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Oct 28, 2016 2:55 PM CST
Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
Forum moderator I helped beta test the first seed swap Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant and/or Seed Trader Garden Ideas: Master Level
Hurray! Another wonderful Raffle that is not a raffle.
Congratulations to all the winners. Hurray!

I chuckled and smiled through the entire video. Thank you so much Dave and Trish for sharing your lovely family with us. Group hug
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Oct 28, 2016 3:51 PM CST
Name: Colleen
Edgewood, NM (Zone 5b)
Live Long & Prosper.
Seed Starter
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Group hug Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Congrats to all the lucky winners. It was fun playing Big Grin
Happy Gardening :-)
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Oct 28, 2016 3:55 PM CST
Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)
Forum moderator Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 1
Congrats to all of the winners!
As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
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Oct 28, 2016 4:10 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
I got an email from Dave and was thinking it was about a link issue or something. It didn't even occur to me that it was the raffle results. So to say that I was totally surprised to be the 4th place winner would an understatement. I am thrilled to be a winner and want to thank the generous vendors, the members here who have donated prizes or acorns, and to Dave and his little Raffle Team!

I must admit that watching the video .... made me feel like I was still at work in my PreK class! The students always make me laugh with the funny things they say. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when Dave started noticing the "fog" outside through the window ....which quickly turned to the thought of possible smoke from something burning on the Whittinger property. (Not that it was funny about a fire, but the look on Dave's face as it changed from wonder to alarm was hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! )

The children are always so adorable. The littlest 2 are sure growing fast. And the raffle boys are true "charmers"! What a beautiful family!!! Smiling
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
Garden Rooms and Becky's Budget Garden
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Oct 28, 2016 5:37 PM CST
Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
I have no use for internet bullies!
Avid Green Pages Reviewer Keeper of Poultry Vegetable Grower Rabbit Keeper Frugal Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level
Plant Identifier Region: Georgia Native Plants and Wildflowers Composter Garden Sages Bookworm
Congratulations to all the participants who make this NARR so much fun - the Whitinger family, the generous vendors and DND, as well as the folks who 'buy' the acorns and keep the action and excitement rolling. Congrats to all the 'winners' but I think that we on NGA are all winners because we belong to the best plant site on earth.
Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~"Leaf of Faith"
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Oct 28, 2016 6:24 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Dog Lover
A big congratulations to all the winners!!!!!!!!!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

A huge thank you to all the vendors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

A great big thank you to Dave & Trish et al. for NGA and the NARR's and all you do for us!

It's so fun to see Dave having so much fun with the kids and the kids just plain having fun. It's heartwarming to see such a happy family.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

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