Actually this year, Gail, I came up with the idea of putting the plastic hanging basket inside the coconut liner so I did not have to water so much. And as to how many, depends on the size of the container of the plant purchased. If it is large enough, I put only one, but this particular one has three . I just made two more for the gazebo and I put only one in each of them...............they have not grown enough yet to see if that was enough, but the basket is pretty full, so I really think it will be. I put only one in a deep container (no basket) and it has filled out nicely...................so I am still experimenting. The containers of "mini;s" I had last year made it through the winter outside just fine and are blooming away.

It was a great day! The next San Antonio Botanical Garden sale will be in conjunction with Bootanica, October 25, so mark your calendars. From their site: BOOtanica Fall Festival and Plant Sale October 25, 2014, 10 am - 2 pm Join us for this annual event that celebrates Halloween and the season in a fun atmosphere suitable for even the smallest kiddos. Visitors to BOOtanica! will have a ghoulishly good time with a variety of fun events for the whole family, including a childrenâÂÂs costume parade! Enjoy Trick or Treating along WaterSaver Lane. If live snakes and other crawly creatures are for you then we have those, too. Fall plant sale accompanies the dayâÂÂs activities. Find water-wise plants perfect for your landscape.

Thank you for the Baggelini suggestion, ellendi. I have found some online, but need to get to the local mall to actually see it. It looks perfect with all the compartments. Kswl, I also plan on stopping by Nordstrom's to check out the Longchamp. My DD has one that she uses as a handbag on occasion. She loves it. Mel, DD's bf did have some kind of underlying heart condition and was on meds for high blood pressure. We are still waiting for the autopsy results. It won't change the outcome but will allow some sort of understanding of why this happened to a young athlete. Luggage and totes are a diversion....trivial, but needed, KWIM? Thank you so much for the suggestions.

Mtn, I didn't know about your Dolyestown connection, I didn't see the thread Maire_cate mentioned. If you family is free on whatever day we do the museum, tell them to join us. :-) Marie_cate, I don't know what day I'll be going. I'm just back (just 45 minutes ago) from HHI and have a trip to Dallas & Houston coming up soon. It won't be until mid November at the earliest. The exhibit runs until Jan 26th. If we get a group to meet, I'll post the date here in conversations in case anyone else is interested. Your brother is also welcome, even if he isn't Mtn's brother. Maybe they know each other. :-) Joaniepoanie, They are not suppose to being having cocktails in the particular room, there are other rooms for that. It's not Mad Men. They need to be focused and on their game in there. :-)