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Author Message   Goswimmin  My Weather Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 08:37 pm:    On Friday my Master Gardener group took our monthly field trip to Park Seeds in Greenwood, South Carolina which is about 2 and a half hours away from here. I never realized that Wayside Gardens was part of park seeds and owned by the Parks. We happened to go on a frightfully hot day. The day was reserved for journalists from all over the U.S. and we were allowed to tour with them and see the facilities. I was impressed with the test gardens and many of the new products that are coming out in the Fall 2004 catalog. Someone gave a nice talk on the echinacheas that are being developed for various colors and shapes. I purchased an orange one while there. We got to see the packaging of seeds, some of which are still scooped out in tiny scoopers and dropped into machines to put them into envelopes. They took us through the shipping department which connects to large storage rooms kept at different temperatures to accomodate various plant needs. One room is kept at 36 degrees and housed lots of bare root roses that are kept at just below the temperature for sproating. It looked strange seeing all those bare roots on tables then going out into 90+ temperatures. If you are around the Greenwood S.C. which isn't very far from Anderson or Greenville, you may want to stop and see them. Just seeing the lovely test gardens would make a nice trip. Mary Goswimmin - Georgia, Zone "7b"   Formerly_ci  My Weather Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 08:20 am:    I think gardening field trips are great. I have been to some great growers and nurseries on Long Island and it was fun to see how they do things behind the scenes. Large companies like Park and Wayside and Burpee get a lot of flack but I found then very helpful when I was a novice gardener. I don't order much from Wayside anymore but I found their color catalog very helpful for learning about the different varieties and cultivars of shrubs and perennials. Kaveh, Currently UK, zone 8

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