Cindy, I am very pleased to hear that you have a great plains garden area set up. I think claude woud be pleased - though he probably would have suggestions.
John Gyer Clarksboro N J USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Reed" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] rockless rock garden, was all that other stuff > On 1/13/2011 11:25 AM, Ilse Burch wrote: >> "For every minion of the peaks there are a dozen steppe children >> growing in the dry Continental heart of all hemispheres still unknown >> to horticulture". quote used by Bob Nold > > It is for these "steppe children" that I and a few others formed the > Great Plains Native Plant Society nearly 30 years ago. That and the > urge to carry on where our friend and neighbor Claude Barr left off. > After a lengthy series of adventures, we have nearly completed a > structure which will serve as the visitor center on a piece of land > where you may tramp around and see some of the unimproved native plains > flora. We hope to eventually deserve the interest of serious wildflower > gardeners. > Your visit is welcome any time - but contact us before your > arrival, as we are now open by appointment, only. With good timing you > can see many interesting little plants in bloom. > Yesterday the temperature was 20 degrees below 0 (F.), but today it > is 36 degrees above. The durability developed by eons of such > variability is likely to be more appreciated if our climate changes in > the ways some expect. > > Cindy Reed, z.4 South Dakota > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l > > _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
