Whew! We are back from the ANLA (American Nursery and Landscape Association) tour of garden centers in the Seattle, Washington area.  We toured some of the largest and best garden centers, to gather ideas for products and displays, and to offer them our ideas for how to improve their facilities. 

I had never been to the Pacific Northwest.  What beautiful country!  It is usually a little drizzly, but we lucked out and had sun for most of the trip.  Plants just grow so well out there.  The hot, humid summers that we have stress our plants (and the gardeners who care for them).  Not so in Washington.  The seasons are longer and more moderate, and they are in a warmer zone than we are, so they can grow some interesting and unusual plants there that wouldn’t survive our winters.

We went a day early so that we could play tourist, but after that it was a three day whirlwind of activity, from early morning to late in the evening.  We are all dragging a little bit.  But we’re glad to be back in the Ohio Valley. 

Written by Lynn on the slope of Teasel Hill where it is warm and mild, and the sky looks like rain.

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