Inverness Swap - A good time was had by all

14 years ago

Well guys, it was a hot day but we had a great time. Three intrepid Delandians made the trek across 44 to Inverness to swap plants and talk to plant people. As usual, we were not disappointed. Thanks Mary for driving. Kara, thanks so much for having us over and thanks to your mom for the garden tour. It was amazing!

Here are some pictures.

Our host, Kara digging in the dirt.

Kara's garden

My new best friend. I tried to trade some plants for her but nobody was interested.

Kate's famous little red wagon:

Lynn's (Kara's mom) garden. This is just part of it but it is large and incredible. And like most gardeners, if you liked something you got it, but I noticed she got Kara to dig it up. Smart mom!

The other intrepid photographer:

All in all, a good day. Kara, thanks again.

Melissa

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Comments (14)

imagardener2
14 years ago
Beautiful plants, beautiful setting, beautiful people.

Love photo #6 (?) with the vivid blue siding and colorful plants, so tropical. You can tell creative people live there.

Denise
laura1
14 years ago
i'm sorry that i missed kara's swap and garden! after seeing the progress that she was making in her front yard (on forum) it is too bad. i've gotta draw the line somewhere. looks like you had a good time. i saw a few people i know AND saw a few plants i might be interested in...hehe
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castorp
14 years ago
I had a wonderful time. I've been wanting to see Kara's garden for years! Thanks for having us, Kara, and thanks to your Mom too for showing us her gorgeous garden. I left with some great plants and seeds, and lots of planting ideas. I loved all those self seeded primrose and phlox, those roses trained on the fence, the native rosemary, the bottle tree . . . I could go on and on.

It was good to see you all again--and to meet some new people too. Thanks to Mary for driving & Melissa for navigating. It was a fun day!

Bill
manature
14 years ago
It looks like everyone really enjoyed themselves, and the pictures are beautiful. Thanks for sharing them, Melissa.
Kara, I have a bottle tree that looks just exactly like yours! Almost the same size and shape! I got green stakes from Wal-Mart and bent them to make mine look like a bouquet, and by golly, it could be a twin sister to yours!
Great minds, and all of that!

I am now at the point where I have to be inside by 11:00, or I'm dying from the heat, so I suspect my swaps are done until next fall, at the very least. But I can see I missed a great time!

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solstice98
14 years ago
Jim and I had a wonderful time! A big Thank You to everyone involved. Kara, you and your Mom Linda make a great gardening team and I really appreciate all the plants you shared.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

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solstice98
14 years ago
Mary, what was the website you suggested for looking up turf weeds?
gatormomx2
14 years ago
Whenever you have a question about your yard , home or garden , try - solutionsforyourlife.com .
Enter in the search box what you are considering . Try flipping the words around to get different results .
Example : turf weeds or weeds in turf
If you enter the word grass instead of turf you might get answers about Muhly grass , ornamental grass or Fakahatchee grass .

I enjoyed the drive and had a super day . Very glad I went . Now bring on the rains !
solstice98
14 years ago
Here's some more pictures, including one of Gatormom giving me a much needed lesson about weeds. Thanks for the website!

Isn't this a lovely spot for a swap?

"Oh! What's that plant? And that one? Oooo, can I have that?!?"

Kara digging more plants for us - this time from her mother's garden!

Right back at ya, Melissa!

Some of Kara's great garden art:

My happy little wagon back home and full of plants from the swap! (I'm thinking they are not going to find room in this bed!)

Thanks again to everyone for my lovely plants! They are all in the ground and watered in. Now if we could just get that rain....

Kate
KaraLynn
14 years ago
It was a wonderfull time and thank you everyone for coming! It was fairly hot ou in the sun but a bit cooler once you got under the trees. I now have more wonderful plants to add to the garden, both front and back. Believe it or not, this is the first time since the swap yesterday that I've had a chance to get on the computer and even now it's just a really quick stop. After everyone left yesterday I crashed and took a two hour nap, then I was up and out the door. Along with my dad, Destin, Beket, and her brother and mom, I went out to Chiles for dinner and then on to the movies to see Star Trek. That was a fantastic movie, both funny and action packed, without being hokey at all! Then this morning I went out shopping with both my parents and my three year old niece, Mariah. We just got back a few minutes ago. What a packed weekend!

That cute little girl in the third picture is my one year old niece, Mylene. Isn't she adorable!? She is such an serious and independant little girl.

Denise, that blue siding belongs to Mom's, Lynn, summer kitchen that my parents built when they remodeled the kitchen inside. Mom ended up cooking in the outdoor kitchen for about four months since we did all of the remodeling ourselves. Now the summer kitchen is a great place to have parties and get togethers.

Marcia, that's funny that our bottle trees look so much alike. I got the idea for mine out of a gardening magazine years ago but they used rebar. I lucked out in that a couple years ago one of my neighbors was stripping out a grocery store that was closed and he ended up with a mountain of scrap copper piping in his back yard. I traded a sample brass big truck exhaust that I salvaged from the trash at work for a dozen copper pipes. Now those pipes are very nicely aged.

I agree that this is probably the last swap for me as well untill the cooler weather in the fall. The hot sun is just a bit to much for my pale skin, even with sun screen and my big hats!

By the way, who brought the brocoli slaw to the swap? Mom really liked it and would like to get the recipe.

Kara
FlowerLady6
14 years ago
It looks like everyone had a great time in a lovely, peaceful environment. Great gardens filled with color, both in plant life and art, and that fantastic outdoor kitchen. Wow, I love that tropical look. It reminds me of paintings by Gauguin.

Kara ~ You look like a happy gardener and it shows in your lovely gardens.

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an_ill-mannered_ache
14 years ago
sorry i missed it! stupid job...
nova_gw
14 years ago
Kara, It looks like a good time was had by all! I am sorry I missed it! Stupid Fishing Tournament but we did get third and a major sunburn!

nova
wanna_run_faster
14 years ago
Kara, your garden is beautiful and you look like you're having way too much fun digging in the dirt! :)

Thanks for sharing your pictures Kate and Melissa -- you too are just too funny with taking pictures of each other taking pictures lol!~
scents_from_heaven
14 years ago
Kara, I am so sorry to have missed this great get together but a nasty cold laid me low and with the threat of swine flu, a high fever and working for Disney I did not wish to take a chance so I stayed in bed for the weekend and felt very sorry for myself as my housemate went south to spend the weekend with his Mom. I am glad you all had a grat time and maybe I can wangle a private tour later on. Linda