Garden Bloggers Know Everything

Well, everything I want to know. As the bloggers swarmed over the cottage district gardens of Buffalo, the hum of conversation accompanied their progress, and knowledge was shared.

Like the simple technique for hybridizing dahlias explained to me by Joseph of Greensparrow Gardens- can it be true you just rub them together? I’m going to try to give new dahlia ‘Dad’s Favorite’ some dark foliage courtesy of ‘Fascination’ to make my idea of a perfect plant. Fairegarden‘s Frances shared lots of good info on  dianthus culture, including the idea of planting two varieties, ‘Bath’s pink’ and ‘Firewitch’ together and allowing them to cross.

Dee of Red Dirt Ramblings, Pam of Digging , Carol the May Dreamer and Mary Ann of Gardens of the Wild Wild West discussed the technical and business aspects of blogging, generously sharing their expertise with the tyros like me.  Mr. MacGregor’s Daughter Barbara, assisted by Gail of clay and limestone demonstrated for the docent at the Botanic Garden the proper technique for burying your banana peel next to a rose.

The banana peel should be buried here

It's all in the toes

A longtime favorite of mine, Cold Climate Gardening‘s Kathy Purdy shared the story of her neighbor Marilyn Belford‘s textile artistry. Xris the Flatbush Gardener was the master of IT and html questions; his clear and patient answers reflected his teaching background and made me begin to understand a bit what happens when I make these posts and how to make a blog function better.
Gail again revealed her spokesmodel talent with this sum and substance hosta crisping up in its sunny location.

It was especially nice to meet and learn from bloggers in my Northeast corner of the country, Pat from Commonweeder, Heather who works in my hometown and Layanee of Ledge and Gardens just up the road in Rhode Island.
Jim of Art of Gardening and Elizabeth, the Allentown gardener, also of Garden Rant, demonstrated superb organization and thoughtfulness, allowing the attendees to flow seamlessly from one plant experience to the next, incidentally providing and arranging for excellent meals, hotel and transport in the city of Buffalo, which turns out to be a fantastic destination for garden lovers. Buffalo Garden Walk is happening in two weeks, so you didn’t miss all the fun – it’s well worth the trip.

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