TheMid - Atlantic Nursery Trade Showis happening in Baltimore this week , and garden communicators ( formerly “ writers ” ) were there in droves ! Here we all are at the breakfast event for media . Well , heretheyall are – I ’d already start canvassing the marketer booths for familiar look and interesting stuff to post about .
GardenRanter Scott Beuerlein was there , too and he ’s actually in the photo – back quarrel , right of center .
So who should I spot aright away but these titans of the industrial plant world greet each other like the honest-to-goodness brother we know them to be . That’sDr . Michael Dirron the left withDr . Allan Armitage , both of the University of Georgia .
What followed was the taking of lots of posed photos like this one , but the one IwishI’d perplex admit a guy I later learn was UGACoach Vince Dooley , who ’s far-famed for his garden .
I visited Carolyn Mullet and herCarex Toursbooth to chat a bit and give me an excuse to recommend her European garden go with their emphasis on great design .
I stopped here to postulate the succulent expert how to keep alive the succulent houseplants I got for Christmas , which are have already . More on that in an upcoming post .
I have recycled Adirondack death chair like these in a wonderful colouration and was pleased to see all form of other furniture options now available in similar materials and colors . They last a life with no maintenance and are comfy .
I get up with Mark Highland ofOrganic Mechanics(right ) and was happy to hear business is unspoilt .
This fab booth introduced me to agarden centernot far from me – so yay !
Best Beesis an urban beekeeping divine service that ’s display at MANTS for the first meter . I hope they ’re having a swell show !
I stopped atTerra Nova Nurseriesin Oregon hoping to see possessor Dan Heims , who ’s been have health problems . He was n’t there but I learned that he ’s planning to hang an IPM group discussion in Germany soon , so his spirits seem to be secure .
This is what even temperate - size trees look like when wrapped for moving and planting . I was told it weighs 3,800 pounds . Do not try this at home .
TheKurt Bluemelbooth is always attractive and a reminder of how much the father is miss . ( See Alan Bush’slovely tribute in memoriam . ) I learned that the fellow in this shot is Kurt ’s grandson .
I ’m a rooter ofSandy ’s Plants in my home town of Richmond , VA . Visitors get to drive around the greenhouse in individual golf game carts ! And it ’s just five second from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden .
I was hoping to see the tiptop - fun Lloyd Tavern at hisPeace Tree Farmbooth but he was busy make for the floor .
Now THIS was interesting – these magazine about the green industry includeCannabisandDispensary . They dish the dissipated growing segment of the hort biz , the growing and selling of cannabis . ( If you ’ve take care a book store lately and they have a horticulture section at all , it ’s probably filling up with pot - raise book . )
Kudos toSouthern Living Plant Collectionfor a gorgeous display .
At the largeKnock Out Rosebooth I asked a bunch of questions about roseate rosette disease and will be post about the answers shortly .
The National Arboretum booth was a lamentable reminder of the political violent storm brewing in nearby D.C. It ’s closed for the shutdown , with onlyfriends - groupvolunteers available to man the booth .
Lots of garden - communicator brother were stopping at theGardenCommbooth ( formerly Garden Writers ) to greet president Becky Heath and let her utter them into speaking on camera about the organization . Here ’s Pat Stone ofGreensprints Magazinestepping up to the challenge .
This Halloween - load down booth was one of many sell nonplant - related STUFF that ’s so important to the business organisation of independent garden centers .
So what ’s missing from this pic - packed post ? Shots of the vast majority ( mayhap 98 % ) of the booths that trade products of no interest or relevance to home gardener at all . This show is for the trade wind , not us . So I just breeze by all the glasshouse irrigation system and the dozen of Christmas tree diagram growers and made it home before dark .
Wait ! I ascertain one more shot of a clump of garden communicator lunching together that does n’t include me – because I’djustleft the group . I’msurethat was n’t calculated .
Until next January , that ’s all from the show ( unlessScotthas his own report . It was his very first MANTS . )
I bonk this event and the three medium events and parties that come with it ( give thanks you , event people ! ) . It ’s an emotional airlift in the midst of winter . And it makes me really well-chosen to be part of the wonderful this world of plant people . I found my peeps .
