Wow! What a sale. I think I’m fully recovered. Fitting that the 10th would be the best so far, but I say that every year… You all helped me raise $4300 this year, a record, making the grand total for 10 years around $23,700 for The Nature Conservancy. I still have money dribbling in. THANK YOU.
And if you couldn’t come, IT’S OK!!! It’s always ok. There will always be enough people who come and donate plants and buy plants. I had 66 donors this year donate almost 1600 plants — not to mention about 3000 bulbs from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Some people donate 1 plant and some people, like my friend Sheryl, donate over 300 great plants!
There are a lot of stories around the plant sale that I love. I will share them with you over time in this blog. Today a story happened that I will share with you now.
Someone who came to the plant sale told me she lived in the Fan in Richmond. Her address was very near where we have a condo so I told her I would have to walk over there next time I was in the area. I did that today. I had a vague memory of the address so I just decided to head in that direction and find it. I did, sure enough.
I found myself in front of a precious house with a garden chock full of plants. Toward the front, at the sidewalk, there was a small area that was recently cleaned out and planted. I started recognizing plants! And she had put some of the little markers that came with the plants next to the plants. I recognized my friend Mary Lou’s handwriting on one of the markers and my friend Sheryl’s handwriting on another one! I recognized one of the plants from my own garden, a helianthus. And there were some plants with no markers that I recognized from the plant sale. How cool is that! I just stood there smiling. I love you all and your passion for living, growing things.
Mr. Brown relaxing at the sale.