Comments on: reporting in http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/ Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. ~H.D. Thoreau Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:14:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mary Ann http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/comment-page-1/#comment-338173 Mary Ann Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:11:11 +0000 http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/#comment-338173 Sue, I had the good fortune to check out the show in Philadelphia a few years back. ALWAYS GOOD to attend a garden show, especially for the first time. I tend to agree with you, Philadelphia's show is very over the top, luscious and driven by floral design. I also felt it leaned toward traditional and formal. Fun all the same. The REAL show came on the way home when we made an unscheduled stop at Longwood and while we were in the conservatory, a blizzard wrapped around the glass and we thought it was pure magic! See? Always good to go to garden shows. Sue, I had the good fortune to check out the show in Philadelphia a few years back. ALWAYS GOOD to attend a garden show, especially for the first time. I tend to agree with you, Philadelphia’s show is very over the top, luscious and driven by floral design. I also felt it leaned toward traditional and formal. Fun all the same. The REAL show came on the way home when we made an unscheduled stop at Longwood and while we were in the conservatory, a blizzard wrapped around the glass and we thought it was pure magic! See? Always good to go to garden shows.

]]> By: SueG http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/comment-page-1/#comment-336713 SueG Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:49 +0000 http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/#comment-336713 Good to see you in the NW. I must say I agree with all the musings you had from the show, loved the work and rockery, but I really missed the WOW factor that the show has been missing. Yes...we want to reach the balcony, patio, small living space gardeners...but do we have to do it so repetitively. I just returned from the Philly flower show and was a bit wowed by the in your face color of the New Orleans theme, but it is not a garden designers show...it is definitely for the floral designers. Still can't help but be a flower show junkie and admit to lovin' it all. Happy spring! Good to see you in the NW. I must say I agree with all the musings you had from the show, loved the work and rockery, but I really missed the WOW factor that the show has been missing.
Yes…we want to reach the balcony, patio, small living space gardeners…but do we have to do it so repetitively. I just returned from the Philly flower show and was a bit wowed by the in your face color of the New Orleans theme, but it is not a garden designers show…it is definitely for the floral designers. Still can’t help but be a flower show junkie and admit to lovin’ it all. Happy spring!

]]> By: robyn http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/comment-page-1/#comment-329373 robyn Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:11:17 +0000 http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/#comment-329373 Hi there, Mary Ann...I am very honored to be included on your list of favorites. It was a very fun exercise in building a garden with the hard work of NHS volunteers and some great donors---Lakeview Stone, Lucca Statuary among them. Normally, I don't enjoy the idea of designing by committee (that's why the camel has two humps you know, it was designed by a group!) but this turned out great. Special hats off to Wendy Welch, Gillian Matthews and Nita Jo Rountree for all their hard work, too. It was great to see you and finally meet Delos-- better not turn your back on that man too long, as all the women in the NW corridor will be sending in their resumes! Of course, he's got the best already....September will be here before you know it and we'll see you in Portland if not before. Stay well and happy gardening this summer! xoxo Robyn Hi there, Mary Ann…I am very honored to be
included on your list of favorites. It was
a very fun exercise in building a garden with the hard work of NHS volunteers
and some great donors—Lakeview Stone,
Lucca Statuary among them. Normally,
I don’t enjoy the idea of designing by
committee (that’s why the camel has
two humps you know, it was designed
by a group!) but this turned out great.
Special hats off to Wendy Welch, Gillian Matthews and Nita Jo Rountree
for all their hard work, too. It was great to see you and finally meet Delos–
better not turn your back on that man
too long, as all the women in the NW
corridor will be sending in their resumes! Of course, he’s got the best
already….September will be here before you know it and we’ll see you in
Portland if not before. Stay well and
happy gardening this summer!
xoxo Robyn

]]> By: debra http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/comment-page-1/#comment-325323 debra Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:17:50 +0000 http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/#comment-325323 Gee, do we both have exquisite taste, or what? Did you know, MA, that the gorgeous chocolate brown and robin's egg blue garden designed by Tami Ott-Ostberg of Garden Dreams Design was the garden I chose (along with fellow editors at Seattle Homes & Lifestyles) to receive our award for the best residential design?!!! It is as perfect as a Tiffany box, isn't it? And you'll get a kick out of hearing that Bob Smaus, former garden writer for the LA Times who "retired" to the Olympic Peninsula, wrote a fun piece about the show this week, including a rave about that rusted container that you feature here. He described it this way: "a steel pipe crafted... so its sides (are) peeled back like a banana, ... stuffed with little plants." Here is the link to the story: http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-northwest28feb28,1,3676018.story Gee, do we both have exquisite taste, or what? Did you know, MA, that the gorgeous chocolate brown and robin’s egg blue garden designed by Tami Ott-Ostberg of Garden Dreams Design was the garden I chose (along with fellow editors at Seattle Homes & Lifestyles) to receive our award for the best residential design?!!! It is as perfect as a Tiffany box, isn’t it?
And you’ll get a kick out of hearing that Bob Smaus, former garden writer for the LA Times who “retired” to the Olympic Peninsula, wrote a fun piece about the show this week, including a rave about that rusted container that you feature here. He described it this way: “a steel pipe crafted… so its sides (are) peeled back like a banana, … stuffed with little plants.”
Here is the link to the story:

http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-northwest28feb28,1,3676018.story

]]> By: Victoria & Kim http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/comment-page-1/#comment-313223 Victoria & Kim Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:46:15 +0000 http://www.gardensofthewildwildwest.com/index.php/2008/02/26/reporting-in/#comment-313223 Well your photos look great and interesting too. Too bad the show didn't quite live up to expectations. Well your photos look great and interesting too. Too bad the show didn’t quite live up to expectations.

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