The Perennial Plant Symposium

The Perennial Plant Symposium was a wonderful program.  I learned many things from many speakers. They had programs for retail, design and grower all going on at the same time, so I had to make choices sometimes when I really wished I could have attended them all.  It was kind of funny, Abby and I both wanted to go to the same design program but there was a grower session called Vexing perennial diseases that I thought one of us should go to.  So I went.  As it turns out Abby said the design session was kind of boring, but I thought the disease session was really interesting.

We visited a bunch of gardens both private and public and a few nurseries and garden centers.  I was most impressed with the private Critz garden.  I believe it is the most beautiful private garden I’ve ever seen.

As an added bonus, my friend since first grade, Penny, that lives in Atlanta came and picked us up one night and we went out to dinner with her and her children.  We had fun.

Sometimes it’s hard to spend sooo much time with a fellow employee but, after all is said and done, I can tell you that we came back and we still like each other.