The Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee's LARGEST Plant Sale

Good morning! It's that time of the year again! Yup, time for the Largest Plant Sale in Middle Tennessee sponsored by the Perennial Plant Association of Middle Tennessee (PPSMT). Here is a bit of information for you all from the publicity chair:

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One of Nashville’s top gardening events—the Mid-Tenn. Perennial Plant Society’s Plant Sale—will take place on April 11 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. The free event runs from 9:00 a.m. until noon, or until plants run out. Get there early because even with hundreds of plants on display, we usually sell out early.
As always, you will find more than 450 varieties of shrubs, roses, vines, perennials, and annuals, carefully chosen by top PPS gardeners to thrive in Tennessee gardens. PPS volunteers will also be on hand to offer advice on making the best choice to fit your yard and gardening experience. Signs above every group of plants show a picture of the plant in bloom and tips on planting and cultivation. For a complete list of plants, visit www.ppsmt.org and click on the “Plant Sale” tab.
Selection isn’t the only reason to come to the Sale. Prices are as low as many big box stores. And quality is much higher since all plants come from local, handpicked growers. Admission to the sale is free; Metro charges $5 for parking. Your purchases support the charitable activities and scholarships for horticultural students sponsored of PPS of Middle Tennessee.
So whether you’re an old gardening hand or a newcomer to the exciting world of gardening, the 2015 PPS Sale has the perfect plant for you. See you April 11!

Background: The Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee promotes the use of perennial plants in the landscape and offers education to local gardeners and scholarships to area horticulture students. The annual plant sale is the group’s major source of funding for these scholarships. The group holds free monthly education meetings, which are open to the public. It also offers garden tours to members. For more information, visit www.ppsmt.org.

Get the complete plant list, as well as updates until just before the sale at www.ppsmt.org.  Join us April 11 from 9a.m. until noon at the Tenn. State Fairgrounds. 

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The Largest Perennial Plant Sale in Middle Tennessee and New Beginnings-A Baby!

Are you looking for a new start this spring? Perhaps you might think your garden needs a pick me up-or perhaps even you might need a pick me up! What better way than to go shopping? 

And since we are mostly all gardeners on this blog what is better than shopping for plants this time of the year? This Saturday, April 6th at exactly 9:00 AM the Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee will be holding its annual plant sale at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville. This is your ticket to fun and good buys! There is no charge for admission to the sale. You will want to come early as the selection of plants and reputation of this large plant sale is legend. 

New beginnings in your garden and perhaps new beginnings for some outstanding perennials such as the ones pictured above. In order from top to bottom are: scilla, candytuft, and an herbaceous peony. You can find some of these plus many more at the sale. Check this link for more information. 

Speaking of new beginnings, we just welcomed our third grandchild to the family on March 24th. This Easter we were able to all visit together. Pictured above are my two oldest children-Elizabeth on the left holding her new baby Everleigh, and Christine on the right holding her nearly sixteen month old daughter Adella....

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The Camellias Bloom and A Talk to the PPSMT Members

The fall blooming Camellia sasanquas are in bloom! And boy are they gorgeous!

They are one of the plants I will be highlighting when I speak to the Perennial Plant Society tomorrow night at 7:00 PM in Cheekwood's Botanical Hall in Nashville. The meeting is open to the public so come and and have fun! My topic is "Winter Gardening" and I will cover everything from first and last frost and freeze dates to winter plants, winter greenhouse, winter sowing, winter chores, and winter fun....

in the garden....

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The LARGEST Perennial Plant Sale in Middle Tennessee

It is spring now and you all definitely have spring fever. I can just tell! Not to mention my traffic count tells me there are a lot of folks looking for garden information. Well here is the best tip I have for you this season! Okay, maybe one of the best because surely you know I have more tips. There is a HUGE, and I mean HUGE, perennial plant sale with over 450 varieties of plants, and thousands of pots of these said plants, all priced to sell  and you are invited to buy! The sale is hosted by the Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee and will take place at the Al Menah Shriner Center, 1354 Brick Church Pike, on April 9 from 9 a.m to 2 p.m.


I have been a member of the society for several years now and have posted about it before. I tell you I love it! The members are so sweet, share their plants freely and teach me tons! If you are interested in joining it check the badge on my sidebar and be sure to not miss this plant sale...


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Oh, I almost forgot. What perennial is pictured above? I'll give you a hint. It is the queen of all flowers but it is a sub shrub-not herbaceous. Still it is technically a perennial. Any guesses? 

One more note on plant sales, Cheekwood is having their annual Wildflower Plant Sale this Saturday, 26 March 2011 starting at 10:00 am at Cheekwood. 
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Perennial Plant Society's Premiere Garden Speakers and Chihuly at Cheekwood

From In the Garden

I feel awfully lucky to be a part of such a great gardening organization called the Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee (PPSMT) here in Tennessee that I simply must talk about it. Not only do they have over 200 members from all around Middle Tennessee, but they have great garden speakers, garden tours and a plant sale that is a big fundraiser for the organization. Meetings are the third Tuesday of each month at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in the Belle Meade area of Nashville. And what a treat Cheekwood can be for visitors! When PPSMT members walk into the Botanic Hall area for their meeting they are greeted by a wonderful display of ferns and other tender perennials along with a couple of macaws. A special feature that is on display in this area (for just a short time) and amongst the whole garden is a Chihuly exhibit. If you haven't seen Chihuly you simply must! I know a few of my blogging friends have seen his exhibits-namely Rose and Cosmos (who no longer blogs). I will not go into detail about the exhibit because I was there to hear a wonderful speaker talk about hellebores on this particular night so let's get on with it. If you wish to check out Chihuly at Cheekwood just check this link. Hurry-time is running out.

From In the Garden

Once you enter the Botanic Hall proper you are greeted with a wonderful wide open space filled with chairs-filled with members of the PPSMT who have come to hear C. Colston Burrell speak on hellebores.

From In the Garden

He was an absolutely awesome speaker! Not only was he funny, he imparted a great deal of useful information for us gardeners. He also showed a lot of grace when the presentation equipment occasionally malfunctioned. I learned so much about hellebores as I think all members present did.

Mr. Burrell is an award winning garden author who has authored many good garden books that are most useful to gardeners. He is a native plant enthusiast and well versed on hellebores. His presentation had wonderful photos of all the types of hellebores from around the world. Great shots of some great gardens too! I so wish he had brought some of his books to sell so I could have gotten him to autograph one for me. You see, last month's PPSMT speaker was none other than Peter Loewr and boy oh boy did I ever wish I had brought my copy of Ornamental Grasses so he could autograph that book for me. How cool is it that we in Middle Tennessee can see these award winning authors come to this little capital city of Nashville to speak to us? I just think the PPSMT is top notch. In addition to great speakers we get a plant swap each month (gotta know what you are getting though) and we also get free garden tours!

From In the Garden

Speaking of gardens I'm going to leave you with this teaser of an outside display of Chihuly. Members of the PPSMT were not allowed to wonder the Cheekwood grounds and google and gaggle along the displays but some of the displays are within sight of the parking area so many of us took advantage of the situation and snapped some photos. I have not actually seen the whole exhibit but it is on my to do list. How beautiful is Cheekwood with Chihuly? I just had such a great time I had to share it with you all....

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Perennial Plant Society's April 09 Monthly Meeting and Spiderwort

From In the Garden

Spiderwort, aka Tradescantia virginiana or species is a native perennial plant that works well in the shade garden. It has flowers that last only one day then fade away. I grow it here all through my gardens, and like it very much as it is an easy to grow reliable perennial. Once planted it returns each year and even self seeds around a bit. The one pictured above is a new addition to my gardens. It is 'Sweet Kate' spiderwort. A lovely plant with chartreuse foliage and a vivid blue flower that works well in any garden.

Spidewort was named for John Tradescant, a gardener for King Charles I of England. He and his son are credited with introducing many new plants to England, more info on that soon.

A really neat thing I found out about spiderwort is that if you break off a tip of a leaf, wait for a drop of sap to appear then touch the sap between two fingers and try to pull the sap apart. It resembles a spider's silky web. Perhaps that is where the common name spiderwort comes from. I found this information on this website. Do check it out for more neat information and try the sap trick.

Tonight's meeting of the Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee features Cathy Green of Green and Hagstrom Inc. The title of her program is "Garden Ponds and Aquatic Plants". She will be speaking about the differences between water features; including koi and garden ponds and what type of plants work best in them. Spiderworts would well around any water feature in a natural setting. For more information on the program visit the PPS's website located here. All meetings are held at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and begin at 7:00 pm. Hope to see you there....

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I found some research online (several sources) that say spiderworts are ephemeral, then some sources that say the flowers are ephemeral (fading away when the sun comes out). I checked my Southern Living Garden book and it does not mention spiderworts being ephemeral, so I have backtracked on that fact. In my garden, the spiderworts do tend to fade away in late summer, but not completely. They return robustly the next spring.

Camellia Sport or Abnormality? And PPS!

Anyone who reads along with me knows I love camellias. Just simply adore them. Even without blooms the shrubs are very attractive. The leaves are super great and even when the plants grow odd leaves such as the one pictured above, I still like them.

This particular camelia is a white spring blooming sasanqua. It has several areas on the 4 foot shrub that have these oddly colored leaves. I don't know enough about plant breeding and plant genetics to determine if this plant has a 'sport' or just unusual variegated leaves or even a disease (say it ain't so!), but the leaf is not a normal leaf for this particular shrub. The shrub is most healthy and full of fat buds right now. There is no obvious sign of anything unusual. Does anyone have information about this kind of phenomenon occurring in camellias?

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Tonight is the monthly meeting of the Middle Tennessee Perennial Plant Society. It starts at 7 pm at Cheekwood Botanical Garden in Nashville. The speaker is William Cullina, the plant and garden curator from Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens-I am so excited! He has a wonderful website with tons of pictures of all of our favorite flowers, and is a nationally recognized speaker and author. See why I love this society? I also ran across some more information on Mr. Cullina on a professional blog. Mr. Cullina is an author and you can find info about one of his books on this blog. I will there with some friends, if you read this blog and are there tonight I hope to see ya!

Veggie Garden Update-January 2009 & Perennial Plant Society Meeting

Tina's Update:

This is a dual post-hope you don't mind. There is not much going on in the vegetable garden this month for me. That is it above under a dusting of snow. You can just make out the A-Frames in the background of the tree-looks cold huh? It is, but it still has some green showing with the onions and garlic, but that is about it. Siberian irises are starting to poke up, the love in a mist is still growing, as is chamomile with lots of green foliage. The bananas sleep, as does the rest of the garden. Next month it will wake up. Enjoy some down time from the vegetable garden.

But! For all you seed starters, now is the time you may be wanting to start some cool season crops seeds such as: lettuce, broccoli, chard, cabbage, cauliflower. I plant all of these from starts so I do not do the seeds, that is why I am resting this month. If you plan to start cool season crops from seeds, start now. You also want to prepare for the main spring season of planting seeds by getting all your supplies in order now. I have found that if I start seeds prior to the end of February (for my area), I am in trouble. Do not start too early. As a general rule of thumb, look at the average date of your last frost (for us here in upper Middle Tennessee it is 15 April) and add two weeks to that date as a target date for planting out seedlings. Base your start times on how long the package says to start them in advance. Generally 6-10 weeks is a good time.

This month's PPS meeting is a member sharing meeting. Each member will share their favorite garden helps sites. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm in the Botanic Hall at Cheekwood, refreshments and socializing at 6:30 pm.

Additionally, Mr. Jim Janosky will give a short presentation on the Horticulture Program at Nashville State Community College. This is the very same program I am enrolled in. Fortunately I am taking a different weekday class than Tuesday so I am going to be able to attend these meetings.

I do hope to see you all come on out and meet some really nice gardeners in the Middle Tennessee area.

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Today is of course the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. A great day in our country's history to have a minority President elected, but aside from that fact, the fact he is such a dynamic person and has brought so much hope to our country is heartwarming. May the next four years bring only good things to our country, and to the world as well as to President Obama.

Skeeter's Veggie Garden Update:

The Saint and I have started to prepare our Georgia vegetable garden for spring planting. Here you see him turning over the soil with a shovel. The top of the soil consisted of straw (hay bales from my 2007 Fall Display) used as mulch last year along with fallen pine needles and leaves from the trees above.


















It was one muddy mess due to the recent rain falls. Even though, the Saint kept at it until he had the entire little garden turned over. Next we hooked up our little red wagon to my Red Rider and we went across the street to visit with our friend Silver. Silvers sister horse, Georgia was off on a ride with her mommy.

Disclaimer: Due to the nature of the remainder of this post, you may want to set down your bowl of cereal, toast, bagel, cup of coffee or what ever you may have in your hand at the moment. I will not be held liable for any accidents or replace any computer keyboards or monitors! Place the phone near by for quick access to 9-1-1 in the event of chocking on donuts or such matters.

Now back to our story...
Who did not know what was next to come? Let me see those hands all you slow pokes.

Ah, the Saint is such a Saint indeed. Rose over at Prairie Rose's Garden says Tina's Mr. Fix-it is a Saint for getting a little old piece of metal in his eye for Tina. Well, has Mr. Fix-it ever shoveled horse poop for Tina? Ha, probably so! tee hee! (Mr. Fix-it, I do hope your eye has healed for you) That Saint of mine is continuing to be a Saint by rolling up his sleeves and grabbing a fork and going to work.

A little horse poo never hurt anyone so I was hard at it as well. The picture to the right shows me thinking, "the things I do for a blog topic!" Hey, good exercise for me as I let the Saint ride my Red Rider as I did the walking around the pasture. He did insist I ride for a bit though. Such a sweetie, or was he just wanting a bit of exercise as well? Hum, I will go with the romantic aspect of being a gentleman. Can a man be a gentleman while shoveling poop? Once the wagon was full of good old Georgia and Silver horse poo, we headed back to the garden. Now we (yes we, I only snapped a picture or two then went to work also) slung a wagon of poo into the garden being sure to spread it all over the entire top of the freshly turned soil. We shall now let Mother Nature take its course and work her magic. The next day we had a half inch of rain fall onto the garden so hopefully, things are already starting to happen.
Such a Saint as he smiles big for the camera while cleaning up my little Red Wagon. Argg, look at all that weed in the grass. No, look at that beautiful man helping his woman play, In the Garden...

*Tina, our husband's are indeed Saint's to us...

Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee

Tonight is the monthly Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee meeting. It will be held at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and starts at 7 pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30 pm. This month's meeting promises to be the best we've had in a long time. Allen Bush, owner of Holbrook Farm and Nursery in Fletcher, North Carolina will be the featured speaker. Some of the plants Holbrook Nursery have introduced you all too include 'Palace Purple' heuchera, lamium 'White Nancy', and stokesia 'Klaus Jellito'. The title of Mr. Bush's program is "Louisville to Lijian, Hither and Yon". It will include fun perennials Mr. Bush is currently working on in his garden.

The above picture shows four gardening partners on their way to last month's meeting. They include me (on the left), Gerianne, Diane, and Debbie. We are all in the same garden club and had a great deal of fun on girls night out in Nashville at Cheekwood last month. Unfortunately I will not be able to join my friends for this month's meeting.
The above picture is of a few special folks involved with the Perennial Plant Society and also with Nashville State Community College (NSCC). The tall guy on the left is Jim, the head of the Horticulture program at NSCC (I am currently enrolled in this program), the lady in the orange sweater is Carol, (a student at NSCC and classmate of mine), and the lady on the right is Lillian. Lillian is the current President of the Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee. The event this evening was the award of a scholarship to Carol. Great job Carol and congratulations on your scholarship!

Hope you all come out to the meeting tonight and learn some new things going on in the plant world. This society is a real boon to gardeners in middle Tennessee and such fun!

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Perennial Plant Society's October Meeting

This month's meeting of the Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee meets tonight at 7:00 pm in the Cheekwood Botanic Hall, refreshments are served at 6:30 pm. The speaker this month is Troy Marden of Moore and Moore Nurseries in Nashville. The title of his program is "Gardening on the Edge" and you can expect some treats. Troy is one of the hosts of Tennessee's very own gardening show called The Volunteer Gardener. I took a chance and Googled Troy and guess what??? He also has a garden blog and it can be found here. Do stop by and tell him hello when you get the chance. Hope to see you at the meeting.

The hibiscus pictured above grows in my father's garden in Maine. My dad is NOT a gardener but rescued this poor dead thing from a pot that was on a relatives grave site in Maine. He brought it home and stuck it in some dirt in front of his house and walah! The plant has truly blossomed and my father adores it. Each time I visit he INSISTS I take a bit of it with me and I will one day soon, but this trip it did not work out.

See ya tonight and in the garden....

Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee

I have been negligent in posting about this meeting and am a bit late, but here goes. The Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee (PPS) is meeting tonight at 7 pm for the meeting in the Botanic Hall at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. The speaker is Keith Davitt. Keith is an award winning Landscape Designer and Author and the title of his program is "Garden Designs for Outdoor Living-Making the Most of Small & Large Spaces".

See ya there! The above sedum is Autumn Joy. Doesn't look like it does it? This is what happens to good plants in the wrong spot. This Autumn Joy is in shade, but still it blooms, albeit a bit differently than the sun version. I like it anyhow.

in the garden....at Cheekwood.

Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee

I have spoken many times of the Perennial Plant Society of Middle Tennessee (PPS) and want to share it with my readers again. This is a really super organization! I do wish it was a bit closer to me here in the Clarksville area, but really I don't mind the drive to Nashville once a month (especially when I carpool with a great gardening friend). This month's meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 19th at 7:00 pm. The guest speaker is Carol Reese from western Tennessee. If you have never heard Carol speak you are in for a treat! She is so funny the audience loves her all the time.

The meeting starts promptly at 7:00 pm, but refreshments are served at 6:30 pm in the Massey Auditorium at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. At each meeting there is usually a plant swap. People bring extra plants and share with others. You do not need to bring plants of your own, this plant swap does not work that way, it is a first come, first served type deal. I do warn you though, be sure you know what you are receiving. Most plants that are easy giveaways are plants that are vigorous and spread rampantly so you may not want them. But there are tons of great plants here. I have personally received: Sweet Autumn Clematis, colombines, the 'Fairy' rose, 4 O'Clocks and many more, just check it out before you plant.

The above pictures shows 'Tardiva' hydrangea comingling nicely with 'Goldsturm'. I love good pairings and this picture came out nicely. Both flowers would make any member of PPS happy since they are both perennial! Here is a link to the PPS-check it out!

in the garden....looking forward to a great PPS meeting this month with lots of good fellowship with other passionate gardeners. Gail, DP, Mother Nature, and Dave-see you all soon!

Perennial Plant Society and New Friends

Last night my friend Geri and I were treated to a REALLY awesome speaker's program on gardening with deer. I posted a little about Carolyn Hoyne earlier when I let you all know about ths month's program, so now is the follow-up. Not only is she a good gardener, but artist and speaker! She made the program fun for all and I could tell the crowd was impressed. I know I was!

I know SO many of you are living with deer in your garden, as does Carolyn-but she actually loves the deer. I found that quite odd coming from a gardener and landscape designer who gives this same talk professionally.

Carolyn has training in landscaping, and instead of trying to shoo the deer, she tries to garden with them. She looked around the forest and realized there was greenery in the forest where the deer lived, so why wouldn't there be greenery in your garden where the deer only visit occasionally?

Carolyn was most gracious in letting me snap a photograph of her and her husband for use on here. I really appreciated it! Carolyn tells me she is not a computer person-her husband is the big computer person. He told me that even though he is on the computer all the time he has NEVER read a blog, doesn't visit them, not interested. He said they can be too addicting. Here is the good part, I think both him and Carolyn will have to visit here to see this post and he even admitted as much! Who knows, he might even become a daily reader?!

Here is a list of Carolyn's deer resistant plants:

Deer Resistant Perennials
Achilea, aconitum, alchemilla, allium, anemone, anthemis, arisaema, artemisia, asarum, aristolochia, asclepias, astilbe, baptisia, belamcanda, bergenia, calamintha, caltha palustris, caryopteris, centaurea, convallaria, delphinium, dianthus, dicentra, digitalis, echinacea, echinops, epimedium, eupatorium, euphorbia, ferns, galium, gaillardia, gaura, ornamental grasses, helleborus, herbs-fuzzy, scented or pungent, hesperis, iris, lamiastrum, lamium, liatris, lychnis, mertensia, monarda, nepeta, paeonia, perovskia, physostegia, polygonum (Persicaria), pulmonaria, rheum, salvia, solidago, stachys, tanecetum, teucrium, thymus, verbascum, vinca, yucca

Deer Resistant Annuals
Begonia, dusty miller, datura, lantana, portulaca, purslane, salvia, verbena

Deer Resistant Shrubs
Berberis (Barberry), Buxus (Boxus), Hypericum (St. John's Wort), Kolkwitzia (Beautybush), Picea (Spruce), Potentilla, Spirea, Viburnum

Carolyn's Homemade Deer Deterrent
5 eggs (out of shell), 6 oz (3/4 c) hot sauce, 1 tsp liquid soap, some water.

Whirl in blender. Put in gallon container. Fill up with water. Shake. Let sit 5 days or more. Spray on plants.

Lola, a faithful commenter and reader, also sent me a deer deterrent recipe:

Fishy Homemade Deer Deterrent

3 tbls kelp, 1 c fish emulsion, 3 tbls liquid hand soap, 3 gal water.

Mix kelp, fish emulsion and soap in sprayer. Fill the (3 gal) sprayer to fill line with water. This smelly mixture will have to be reapplied every 7-10 days to ornamentals.

Hope these tricks and tips help you readers who have a deer or even a bunny problem. I am blessed here that I have neither, as are the deer because I would not be so nice as Carolyn. Thanks for a really good program Carolyn and PPS!

Another really wonderful part of the evening was meeting Gail, of http://clayandlimestone.blogspot.com/. Geri and I were running a bit late as the location was changed from its usual location. Though not far, in the dark in Bell Meade for some out of towners was DIFFICULT for us! So was getting home-too busy looking at the beautiful skyline of Nashville-sorry Geri!

Anyhow, Gail found me right away and we had a good time talking. I wished we could've talked much longer. I have blogged about the garden blogs before, but I really don't much about them and the blog community since this blog is published through an FTP on the Leaf's website. The fact this blog is published through an FTP on a local community website makes this blog, by its very nature a bit different. People visiting here will generally hear of it by word of mouth or by visiting the Leaf's homepage for information about the Clarksville area. Visiting most other garden blogs will start with a search for 'garden blogs', then you will select the one you are interested in based on your location, style of gardening, type of soil or whatever suits you! Once you visit one blog, you will usually find commenters there that you may want to visit as well. This is an easy process. There are literally thousands of GARDEN blogs all over the world and we all have the capability to talk to one another. (Can you say addicting?!) Of course you can't visit every single one nor comment on every single one, but it sure is nice to get other perspectives and ideas. I read about half a dozen each day, including the Tennessee garden bloggers, one in Indiana and a few others located around the country. Gail is very knowledgeable (YES! Lots of knowledge and ideas!) and it was good to get feedback from her and get her perspective on blogs in PERSON! Before too long we Tennessee garden bloggers will be quite a clan with folks like Dave at:http://thehomegarden.blogspot.com/, Craig at: http://harvistry.blogspot.com/ and Frances at: http://www.fairegarden.blogspot.com/ and others.

Gail was a very good sport in letting me take her picture with my friend Geri. That is her to the right of Geri. Geri was an even bigger sport because she does not like her picture taken. You all have heard me talk about her many times before because we garden well together and have become really good friends throughout the past few years. You will hear about her again. I have also featured pictures of her garden on here-so not only are you seeing my garden, you are also seeing hers-and she doesn't even need a blog-seems a little unfair I am doing all the work! Now you have a face to go with the name. These two ladies are good gardeners and it was an awesome night for not only the program but for old friends and new friends too!

P.S. Geri DOES read this blog (though not each day-shame on you!), but I doubt she will ever comment as she is SO not a fan of computers. But I expect we will all get to know Gail and Dave even better as time goes on, because they comment frequently. Both Gail and I are looking forward to meeting Dave next month if the situation dictates.

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Perennial Plant Society

This month's speaker at the Perennial Plant Society's monthly meeting will be Tom Harper. The title of Mr. Harper's program is "Orchid Culture for the Home". According to The Perennial Post, the Perennial Plant Society's monthly newsletter, Mr. Harper is an accredited American Orchid Society judge and has traveled from coast to coast speaking about orchids. The meeting begins tomorrow evening with refreshments at 6:30 pm, and the program will start at 7:00 pm at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville.

Membership dues for the Perennial Plant Society are $20 per year, and a better deal I have not been able to find-so take advantage of these great programs. Meetings are the third Tuesday of each month at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. The new year for the society has just begun-which reminds me-gotta go pay my dues!

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