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The Rose Geek commented on a discussion: Anyone get your roses from Garden Roses yet?
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The Rose Geek

@Judijunebug, I am here. I started getting notices about the same time as everyone else about google searches that I needed to do to get up to speed.


I have so many different thoughts. My instinct tells me that their hearts are/were in the right place.


- I wish they would have communicated sooner so that buyers could have comfort. i think the community would have been willing to wait for orders if they felt in the loop.


- I wish that they weren't being dragged through the mud. I really want the best for everyone


- I wish that they had a successful year and didnt overestimate the production


- I wish they would have reached out to the vendors that prop to ask for advice when things started to fail. I think our trusted vendors are so nice that they would have offered advice.


I think that Tess is doing the best she can currently as a one man show with Nate in the hospital getting the help he needs. I hear people are receiving refund notices today and she is trying to answer every email. With the start of shipping season for potted roses just kicking off, I think that they responded fairly quickly to make things right.

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strawchicago z5

I never trust anyone who's verbose in their speech (exaggerating or saying more than what's needed). Nate sent out long, long messages rather than to the point like Pat Henry of Roses Unlimited, or Mindy of Hummingbird Roses, or Burling of Burlington roses, or Linda of LongAgoRoses.

I wanted an extra gutter & downspout to catch more rainwater, so I called 3 roofers for estimate. The first one dressed nicely with a neatly trimmed mustache, shook my hands firmly and gave a long & impressive speech of how he did roofing for BIG businesses and churches. He's super-friendly and gave me a quote of over $1,000.

The second one was grumpy & tired & inspected my roof briefly and said "it's $200", then left.

The 3rd one was a Mexican guy who could hardly speak English, gave the same quote of $200 and took the time to write a written estimate of $200 for the job. I chose him. He did a great job.

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KittyNYz6

Straw,

I read his bio about himself, again on his website. It says he majored in Botany & plant pathology. Could that be why you think he has a horticulture degree? I dont see any degree mentioned or chemist? Do you know on his website where he mentions it?

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