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Mar 16, 2015 1:03 PM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
Raises cows Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: Texas Plant Identifier
Yes. I really do want to visit again. The chapel hadn't been built on my first visit, so it has changed. It really was a personal garden space for Mr. and Mrs. Clark. They had $$$$ to spend and hired help, but they were gardeners as well. I didn't know them, but I had met Mrs. Clark the first time I was there. On one of my subsequent trips on a weekend when all the help was off for the weekend, I was trying to locate an area on the map and not managing. With my friends in tow, I stumbled across Mr. and Mrs. Clark down on their hands and knees weeding in an area so I naturally asked for help. It turned out the area I was looking for was in the planning stage and not done yet. They couldn't have been more cordial. The money was there to commission a life-size bronze of Mr. Clark - with him sitting down gardening and his Labrador retriever playing near http://trtdg.com/2009/05/08/cl... - a chocolate lab that I also met in an earlier visit. It has changed some, I know. It's larger and it's set up to cater functions like weddings. That probably generates income to maintain it, but feels a bit more commercial than private.
Donald

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