Spring update from Gardino's website: 31st Annual Redland Festival Where: Fruit & Spice Park - Homestead, FL When: Saturday January 12th, 2008 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday January 13th, 2008 10:00 am - Phone: (305) 247-5727 E-mail: fsp@miamidade.gov 2008 FFGC 52nd Annual Tropical Short Course Where: Embassy Suites Hotel - Boca Raton, FL When: Monday January 21st, 2008 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Phone: (772) 286- 0507 for info and registration Some of the speakers are: Gene Joyner (Tropical Flowering Trees), Rufino Osorio (Native Plants), Gail Miller (Orchid tips of the trade), Dr. Kimberly Moore Phd (Designing your garden), Claudia Bates (Wild about Flowers) Gardenfest by Garden Club of Indian River County Where: Under the oaks in Riverside Park - Verobeach, FL When: Saturday February 2nd, 2008 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday February 2rd, 2008 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Phone: (772) 567-4602 Website: www.gardenclubofirc.org Admission: Free 45th Annual Coconut Grove Art Festival Where: Coconut Grove, FL - Miami area When: Saturday February 16th, 2008 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Sunday February 17th, 2008 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday February 18th, 2008 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Website: www.coconutgroveartsfest.com Admission: $5 adults, children 12 and under free Pine Island Garden Club Plant Sale Where: Pine Island, FL When: Saturday February 23, 2008 9:00 am - 4:00 pm one day only Phone: (239) 283-4607 Website: www.pineislandgardenclub.org E-mail: csharples@att.net And from a Flamingo Gardens email: Vendor Opportunities for Spring Garden Shows Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary seeks vendors for the Spring Garden Event, March 8&9, and Orchid/Bromeliad Show, March 22&23. Garden Event features everything for the yard and garden, for the Orchid/Bromelid Show only those plants and related supplies and items including arts and crafts. 3750 S Flamingo Road, Davie. Information and applications available at http://www.flamingogardens.org/events.htm, flamingoelk@hotmail.com, or 954-473-2955x34.

lawyers switched their link to html and i got a gander at the fruit list. it was definitly worth the wait and would be worth filing a brief just to be prepared. lots of trees i can easily pick 20-25 i wish to add. would like double that many more but alas i must round-up the fencing before i make my purchase. still have 8 more trees from burnt ridge to plant before this event. montmorency cherries are a big time need for me and i want at least 5 maybe 10 this year. i absolutely crave cherry cider and juice ,but the pure thing is next to impossible to buy commercially. next year i believe i will look for 5 english morellos for mixing and the color. at these prices i think i will start digging holes on the 1st of may.

Wow....what an amazing list of people.... too many of them no longer with us or active here. It is nice to remember some of their names and their struggles that we shared. Thanks for the memories.

Hi Irma, I'm glad you had a good time! I Google Mapped the location a couple of days ago, pondering if I could make it down, but decided 4 hours each way was a bit far. But the title "Rare Plant" definitely got my antenna up and my wheels turning, haha! Good purchases: it's impossible to have too many caladium. :) Are they a new or interesting variety? Never heard of Solanum wendlandii, so I had to look it up in Google Images. They are so pretty!!!!!! Here's a link for anyone else that wants to take a peek: Google Images: Solanum wendlandii EDIT: By the way, the common names for it are Costa Rica Nightshade and Giant Potato Vine. The first one sounds a lot more romantic! Carol in Jacksonville