BP, Ooooh...bad girl!! LOL!! You probably have seeds up the yingyang, and you're ordering more??!! :) I ordered from Patrick's just before the holidays when they were having a sale. Half the order was sale items and the other half was not. I really like them. This was my first time ordering. They sent me two packets of a particular Lynchnis I'd ordered, and none of another on my list. I e-mailed them and told them of this small fumble, and they sent me the one which was missing within the week. Truly impressed!! I will be placing an order with Vesey's soon just because they have seeds of an Alyssum which I'd like to try. It's the annual Alyssum which is mound forming and more compact than others. I also want some orange Tagetes - one of my favourites and the only Marigolds I grow.

Hi Everybody, I just checked my Dave's Garden email and found that you are all looking for me and for Patrick Studio! I then decided to go onto Gardenweb and found this thread and wanted to address everyone's questions. We are definitely not out of business. Patrick Studio has been around since 1975 - it's by no means a new company and we hope to be around for years to come. We allowed the website "Guru Garden" to lapse because we are no longer offering retail sales of any kind. It was a decision that I had been considering for the last couple of years and that's why the website isn't operating. I had been meaning to contact our past customers to inform them of this change but somehow, you all beat me to it! You can all believe that it was a difficult decision to make. I really enjoyed dealing with most of our customers and developed an affinity with some because after all, I'm a gardener too. I was especially passionate about the seed end of the business since it's always been my main interest; the plants I am most fond of and appreciate most are those that I grew from seed. Unfortunately, you can't be everything to everyone and we had to make financial decisions that would allow our company to continue to grow and prosper. We've dealt with commercial businesses located in Montreal for over 30 years and in 2001 we expanded on the internet via 'The Guru Garden'. As time progressed and because of our exposure in the Southern Ontario market through Canada Blooms and other shows we attended, we started to acquire a number of wholesale contracts with garden centers in Toronto and eventually in Montreal that were interested in offering the rare and unusual plants that we grow. One of the reasons that gardeners have difficulty finding unique plants in garden centers is that there are only a handful of commercial growers that are truly interested in offering unique plants. This is our main field of expertise and where we want to invest and expand. There are garden centers located in Quebec, Ontario, and the Maritimes that sell our plants. They are also available through mail order companies. In any case, once things subside in mid November, I hope to post again on Gardenweb on a more regular basis. Marilena (aka MaryV_Montreal)

Thank goodness for internet ordering, then... :)

Sheesh....is that all you guys ordered...Amateurs...LOL Got sucked in again...Well we might be moving to a new place early next year and I will be needing to personalize the garden...Yeah...thats why I ordered over $100 of seeds... How's that for justification! Here's my list: Alcea rosea 'Indian Spring' 1 Aquilegia Nora Barlow 1 Astrantia major 'Primadonna' 1 Calceolaria rugosa 'Golden Bunch' 1 Calceolaria x hybrida Sunset Red 1 Gaillardia Sundance Bicolor 3 Helichrysum 'Pastel Pink' 4 Lupinus aridus Summer Spires 2 Lupinus texensis Alamo Fire 3 Meconopsis cambrica rubra 2 Monarda fistulosum Bees Favourite 2 Nicotiana tabacum 3 Nigella Mulberry Rose 3 Scabiosa columbaria Misty Butterflies 4 Tagetes Dwarf Safari Yellow Fire 4 Tanacetum niveum 2 Viola cornuta 'Black Prince' 4 Viola Princess Cream 2 Viola x wittrockiana Contessa Mix 4 Viola soraria Emperor Blue Vein 2 Mirabilis jalapa alba 4 Lathyrus latifolius albus 1 Lavandula hybrida Lady 1 Lobelia speciosa Fan Scarlet 1 Erigeron aurantiacus 1 Eustoma grandiflorum Pink Mermaid (Lisianthus) 1 Convolvolus cantabrica 2 Corydalis sempervirens 1 Celosia Amigo Mahogany Red 4 Campanula waldsteiniana 2 Delphinium elatum White Swan 1 Delphinium grandiflorum Summer Stars 1 Delphinium yunnanensis 1 Diascia barbarea Apricot Queen 1 Dodecatheon jeffreyi 2 Dodecatheon clevelandii 1 Dodecatheon meadia 1 Dodecatheon pulchellum 1 Echinops ritro 1 Gazania krebsiana 1 Nepeta 'Pink Cat' 1 Platycodon grandiflora Shell Pink Platycodon F1 Hybrid 'Astra Series Semi-Double Blue' 1 Pulsatilla grandis 1 Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Heiler Hybrids' 1 Trollius x cultorum 'Orange Globe' 1 Verbascum phoenicum 'Antique Rose' Some of these weren't on the sale list but I figured I might as well get them now since I was ordering...but isn't it amazing how all those "they're only a dollar" seeds can add up!