Best garden destinations
I am looking at the Spring 2007 issue of "People, Places, and Plants: The Magazine for Northeast Gardners" that I picked up at Ladd's garden center in South Windham.
It contains results of the annual readers poll on where Northeast U.S. gardeners like to browse or buy (either in person or via internet or catalogue). Unfortunately, the magazine does not give much information about each one, possibly on the assumption that the winners won because "everyone" was already familiar with them.
I list a few of them, skipping over such things as "favorite lawn care company" since few people would hire an out-of-state-company to do their mowing. Also, I omit those categories where the high vote getter was actually quite low. For example, the high vote getter among Florists got only 2/3 the number of votes garnered by the bottom vote getter in the Garden Center category.
Worthy of note, however, are these:
If you like visiting or doing business with this kind of place -- I do! -- get a copy of the magazine and read the rest. I'm sure all that made the list are excellent.
It contains results of the annual readers poll on where Northeast U.S. gardeners like to browse or buy (either in person or via internet or catalogue). Unfortunately, the magazine does not give much information about each one, possibly on the assumption that the winners won because "everyone" was already familiar with them.
I list a few of them, skipping over such things as "favorite lawn care company" since few people would hire an out-of-state-company to do their mowing. Also, I omit those categories where the high vote getter was actually quite low. For example, the high vote getter among Florists got only 2/3 the number of votes garnered by the bottom vote getter in the Garden Center category.
Worthy of note, however, are these:
- Favorite Seed Catalogue: Johnny's Selected Seeds,Winslow, ME
- Favorite Public Garden: Tower Hill Botanic Gardem, Boylston, MA
- Favorite Compost, Soil, or Fertilize: Coast of Maine Organics, Portland ME
- Favorite Garden Center: Russell's Garden Center, Wayland MA
- Favorite Specialty Nursery: White Flower Farm, Litchfield, CT
If you like visiting or doing business with this kind of place -- I do! -- get a copy of the magazine and read the rest. I'm sure all that made the list are excellent.
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