bobm
Garden Master
Another resounding successful garden tour !!! There were 62 groups of people that came out to see my garden. Thankfully I had 6 Master Gardeners helping out to guide the future gardeners with their many many questions. Late in the afternoon, I found out that one of the Master Gardeners was misidentifying the red thyme groundcover as elfin Thyme. 
Two ladys that toured alone came back draging their husbands along to show them what she wanted for their gardens. One couple purchased an acre of land and since they were small guage railroad buffs wanted to get ideas as to how to landscape and to lay out the track. The husband upon walking into my back yard let out a yell YAHOO and had the biggest smile that he could muster . He asked me if he could take pictures of my backyard to show his landscape architect as to how to shape his property and lay out his train tracks. Yup ! 
I kept 2 of my dead maple trees to show the people as to why some of their plant purchases died shortly after they planted them. Most newbies were very grateful that I did show the good with the bad of gardening. The gardeners with gardening experience thanked me for doing so. 
Two ladys that toured alone came back draging their husbands along to show them what she wanted for their gardens. One couple purchased an acre of land and since they were small guage railroad buffs wanted to get ideas as to how to landscape and to lay out the track. The husband upon walking into my back yard let out a yell YAHOO and had the biggest smile that he could muster . He asked me if he could take pictures of my backyard to show his landscape architect as to how to shape his property and lay out his train tracks. Yup ! I kept 2 of my dead maple trees to show the people as to why some of their plant purchases died shortly after they planted them. Most newbies were very grateful that I did show the good with the bad of gardening. The gardeners with gardening experience thanked me for doing so. 
