The June 2016 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!

By dave
June 15, 2016

We have a huge collection of prizes put together for this month's raffle. Come check it out!

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Jun 17, 2016 10:23 AM CST
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Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Hi everyone! I know you want raffle tickets and one easy way to get five acorns is to post an event to the Gardening Calendar of Events. It's looking a little sparse right now! But check it out here: http://garden.org/apps/events/

You get five acorns for each event you post. So what kind of events do you post? Well, I belong to a local botanical garden and they have plant festivals every so often. I also look in the newspaper for ideas. The weekend section often lists plant shows from the different plant societies. Also, on Sunday in the Home or Real Estate section they have a Garden Calendar that lists events. Maybe you're friends with groups on Facebook that are holding a native plant sale or a plant identification walk? Most edible plants have a festival of some kind associated with them. Here it's strawberries, blueberries, kumquats, tomatoes, etc. Do you live near a preserve or nature center that is giving a lecture on pollinators, birds, or other topics relevant to gardeners? I love going out and attending these kinds of events. I even go to plant shows for plants I don't even grow just because it's so much fun to see the different varieties!

And remember - if you attend an event - take pictures! Then, you can add them to the plant database for more acorns! I recently attended a Hibiscus show and earned about 300 acorns from the pictures I posted to the database. Many of them were the first photo we had in the database. So go add some events, attend some events, and help the site (and your acorn stash) grow! Thumbs up
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Jun 17, 2016 10:25 AM CST
Name: Karen
New Mexico (Zone 8a)
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Thanks for reminding us of this, Melanie. I put one in last night, and will watch for more events. It's nice that we can search for things in our area that are interesting to us.
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Jun 17, 2016 10:34 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
I agree, Karen! I was really excited when Dave launched the feature. And because we have a lot of new members since the merge, I thought it was worth pointing it out. Now, I have to go add some events I know I are coming up!
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Jun 17, 2016 12:01 PM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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Thanks
*Blush* I have not even checked this out before
Must use it more often Thumbs up








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Jun 17, 2016 12:31 PM CST
Greencastle IN (Zone 5b)
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I had not even heard of this where is it located if I am trying to find it without your link?
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Jun 17, 2016 12:37 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Claudia, on the left menu, click on "Other Tools". Then, you'll see "Gardening Calendar of Events" in the list.
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Jun 17, 2016 12:39 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Region: Ukraine Region: United States of America Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Region: Florida Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Melanie, Confused I've been trying to add an event but keep getting a database error message ... not sure what I'm doing wrong but here's the information in case anyone in Florida is interested:

McKee Botanical Garden 12th annual Water Lily Celebration
Saturday June 18th
8:30 a.m. until 2: 00 p.m.

Florida's largest Water Lily collection, consisting of nearly 500 plants will be on display. This annual celebration attracts hundreds of visitors, photographers, artists and horticulturalists.

Gates open earlier than usual to allow for self guided tours to view some of the night blooming varieties before they retreat. Plant experts will be available throughout the day to answer questions and advise visitors on how to characterize the hardy species from the tropical varieties. They will also offer demonstrations on re-potting. Vendors will be on site with an array of plants for purchase. Photo's for the annual Water Lily Photo Contest will be on display in the historic Hall of Giants and visitors will have the opportunity to cast their votes for the "People's Choice".

Summer admission rates apply and are as follows: Adults $10.00, Seniors $9.00, Children (3-12) $5.00
McKee members and children under the age of 3 are Free.


http://www.mckeegarden.org/wat...
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Jun 17, 2016 12:41 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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plantladylin said:I've been trying to add an event but keep getting a database error message ...


Could you copy and paste the error message you're getting?
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Jun 17, 2016 12:50 PM CST
Greencastle IN (Zone 5b)
Daylilies Hummingbirder Lilies Region: Indiana Dog Lover Echinacea
Butterflies Birds Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Garden Photography Garden Ideas: Level 2 Celebrating Gardening: 2015
mellielong said:Claudia, on the left menu, click on "Other Tools". Then, you'll see "Gardening Calendar of Events" in the list.


Thanks @mellielong I got my event added! Thumbs up
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- Alan Keightley
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Jun 17, 2016 1:42 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Lin - what Dave said. It's worked fine for me several times and I see others have added quite a few events. Confused
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Jun 17, 2016 2:12 PM CST
Utah (Zone 7a)
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@dave

Got an error.
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Jun 17, 2016 2:13 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Region: Ukraine Region: United States of America Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Region: Florida Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Butterflies Bee Lover Hummingbirder Container Gardener
*Blush* Well, it must have been something I was doing wrong because I just tried again and it accepted it this time. *Blush* Sorry.
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~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!


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Jun 17, 2016 2:14 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Region: Ukraine Region: United States of America Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Region: Florida Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Butterflies Bee Lover Hummingbirder Container Gardener
The error message Betsy shows appears to be similar to the one I was getting earlier.
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~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!


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Jun 17, 2016 2:23 PM CST
Utah (Zone 7a)
plantladylin said:The error message Betsy shows appears to be similar to the one I was getting earlier.


So I just re did mine in a very simple format and it posted. Make it simple.

@dave

I need to edit the event dates. (Oops)
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Jun 17, 2016 2:29 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Region: Ukraine Region: United States of America Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Region: Florida Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Butterflies Bee Lover Hummingbirder Container Gardener
I have cataracts and the vision especially in my right eye is getting really bad. I'm not certain but when I first got the error message, I may very well have been typing my message into the wrong area (like the location.) Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
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Jun 17, 2016 2:57 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Well, we're all learning today! I messed up the first one I did and had to edit it. Dave makes that pretty easy, though, so no worries!
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Jun 17, 2016 3:14 PM 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
Ok thanks for that screenshot - very helpful! It should be fixed now. Smiling
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Jun 17, 2016 3:39 PM CST
Name: Rosie J
HILLSBOROUGH, NC (Zone 7b)
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@dave
I was going to send a private message but perhaps others will want this info.

I inadvertently duplicated an entry in the event section. I can't figure out how to delete one of the two.

This may have generated a duplicate acorn award also. I don't know how many I had to start ..but -- those acorns seemed automatically awarded in seconds.

So, how can I delete the duplicate entry and how do I return acorns?
Thanks.
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Jun 17, 2016 3:41 PM 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
Give me a link to the duplicate and I'll delete it. If you want to return the acorns just send them to me. Smiling
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Jun 17, 2016 3:49 PM CST
Name: Rosie J
HILLSBOROUGH, NC (Zone 7b)
If it sparkles - I'm there!
Bookworm Dragonflies Garden Art Region: North Carolina Plays in the sandbox Deer
dave said:Give me a link to the duplicate and I'll delete it. If you want to return the acorns just send them to me. Smiling


A link huh?

Well I will have to figure that out. I don't see it on the page...just a link to the event.

It is the FIRST one of the two posts that are duplicated

Calendar of Events: Sculpture Art in the Garden.. SEPTEMBER 17

Thanks!
Don't squat with yer spurs on!

People try to turn back their "odometers." Not me. I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved

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