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Apr 30, 2012 4:11 PM CST
Name: Ann
TN
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Two years ago I had a local garden club that wanted to come visit my garden. I worked really hard for two weeks getting ready for them. When the day of the visit arrived, it was one of the hottest days of the summer with warnings about air quality. I had 4-5 people show up. I knew at that time that I would not work that hard to have people visit again. Last year I had another garden club that wanted to visit during peak daylily time. I knew these people since I had been a guest speaker at one of their meetings and I knew them to be real gardeners. I did nothing extra for their visit and I thoroughly enjoyed then. They want to come again this summer. They were all respectful and didn't step into the beds (my husband know not to do this and he isn't a gardener), but stayed on the paths. I once was visiting on a pond tour and there was one house we visited that also had beautiful gardens. The visitors trampled flowers, stepping anywhere in order to get a better vies of the pond. I decided then that I would never be on a tour. I turned down a tour for a couple of years that would benefit the local library. The big difference is that real gardeners know what not to do when visiting another garden. Real gardeners understand if there are a few weeds and if everything isn't perfect.
Ann (farmerbell); TN

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