What a great DH and what a great deal! I love having a junkin' buddy. My Bob and I drove by a house we are interested in. We couldn't stop on the road in front of it because it is a highway with no parking lane. So I drove around to the back through the alley so we could look at it. What was the first thing my Bob did? Go looking through the garbage! No one lives in the house so we didn't have to worry about getting yelled at. Bob was telling me all the new things they must have installed in the house. lol! He took some scrap pieces of copper piping and I took an old painted wooden chair with lots of character. Some day when I have a yard, I'd love to plant that chair. Give your DH a big hug and smooch from the rest of us!

BILL: Thank you so much, he is a real cutie. when I stepped into the plant room and seen him in this pot I had to run back for the camera, he looked so content there. SHARON: Thank you so much we all love little babies dont we! Denise: Hi Thank you so much he is adorable, just got him yesterday and no name as of yet , sometimes I just wait to see what fits thier purrsonalitys. As for the Adenia, I will try to take pics when it leafs out this spring they look like varigated snowflakes, very lacey looking, it is an old plant over 20 yrs, it came from Ed Storms. This is my first succesful picture posting I have tried several times.I don't know what I done right this time I just hope I don't forget lol! Hi Puglvr : Thank you so much, I think I read or heard cats are like potato chips..... lol AZPEDSRN: Hi yes he fit that pot like it was made for him it is now his fave place to lay! I 'rescued' him from a cardboard box at the local flea mkt, he looked so sad and lonely I couldnt leave him behind. Thanks Paul he is areal cutie! Ronda

I think they do but its not much. I am a member of the gardens, which is $25/year (not much compared to how much it costs to be a member at Selby or Fairchild, and you get the same benefits...newsletters, 10% off any plants you buy at their gift shop, early member's entry to sales, free door prize at sales (usually an herb or butterfly plant) and the list of gardens nationwide that will honor your membership and let you in free or reduced price. Its not a large place, I would even venture to say in all honesty that Kanapaha here in Gainesville is larger and much better planted, but then its been here longer and is not on campus like this garden is. Everything there runs on volunteers. Its very nice. The sales are in no way as huge as some of the other sales but they are very quality. The Tropical plant fair and the Spring sale usually have Gardinos, the Croton Society, 1-2 bromeliad sellers, a dedicated Palm seller, the guy from Going Bananas was there the last 2 sales I went to, an orchid vendor or 2, Bob Smoley was there once, there has been a guy there with a fabulous collection of gingers and heliconias (he had stuff like the White etlingeras and White Alpinia purpuratas and all like that, but his prices were pretty steep) and several other vendors who had more of a varied "not all one thing" selection fo plants. I have bought palms there, I got my variegated Erythina indica there, I have gotten some nice bulbophyllum and cirrhopetalum orchids, philodendrons, hoyas, anthuriums, cool species of Staghorns, bananas (got my 1000 fingers there), broms, variegated monstera, just a ton of cool stuff.

so Debbie... have ya decided what orchids to showcase in your lil terrs yet?