Too sunny to look this way.
Mini-Roundup in Calgary, 2009
Many thanks again to Joanne and her DH for hosting such a wonderful get together in their spectacular garden oasis!
Greats gals, fantastic food (especially the deep fried turkey!) and perfect weather.
-You Canadian gardeners are a special group, thanks for letting me join in.
Some more photo's from the day
Calgary DG RU gals
It was great to meet you too, Cath! Boy - all the way from MS to see Calgary again! Glad you made the trip ^_^
Who knows - maybe you'll have a RU in MS & we can visit you there lol
~Susan~
Furry garden helpers - Keli and Todd
After lunch this wasp needed a drink
J's amazing roses
Folklore rose
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Sorry can't remember the ID on these northern blossoms
Nigella, a.k.a. Persian Jewels, Love in a mist. Thx Nancy!
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Lily
Iris
Busy bees
more unique blossoms
A special thanks to J's daughter,( jr gardener and budding photographer) for helping out, especially with the dogs!
Keep in touch and "ya all" are welcome to visit down south anytime, except maybe hurricane season....:~)
Cheers
Cath
Lovely photos of Joanne's beautiful flowers, Cath. Thanks for sharing.
Great pics and it looks like everyone had a good time.
We sure did!!
Nice to have met new people ^_^
Great photos Cath - and it was really nice to meet you and Keli too! And Donna - you too! How cool that you drove all that way to join us. Ü And of course, always great to see our other garden buddies.
Special thanks to Joanne for hosting and her hubby for serving up that scrumptious turkey. It was to die for. Got any left???? LOL.
Joanne too.
Thanks again everyone for a wonderful afternoon. Yup, have left over turkey, buns, potato salad, corn salad, veggie tray, cheese & crackers, dessert squares, sparkling juice and wine.
Cath, awesome pictures, especially the Folklore rose. And a big thank you for the beautiful bouquet.
Donna, hope you have a good trip back to Edmonton.
Lot's of leftovers to go chow down.
hahahaha guess there'll be lots for lunches, and dinners for the next few days! ^_^
Boy, is that wind ever "kicking up"!
my DH is up on a friend's roof, shingling. Hope he doesn't blow over! ^_^
He should be finished in an hour or so...........
~Susan~
Thanks for the round-up Joanne...and Cath, if you haven't already found out, the 'northern' photo is Nigella, a.k.a. Persian Jewels, Love in a mist.
Great to meet some more gardeners, i hadn't discovered the Canadian forum before.
Nancy - I'm so glad you were able to come, and now that you've found the Canadian Forum, you can post here!
It's a good thing that Joanne told you about it, eh?
~Susan~
WOW .. looks as though you all had a great time ... congrats on your RU ^_^
I'm planning one for Thunder Bay .. gonna be easy too .. take myself to Tim Hortons along with a gardening magazine and spend a half hour reading !!!!
~M~
lol! Actually that sounds nice too.
Roflmfbo, Marilyn!!
Looks like grand time at the Cowtown RU!!!! Hope we do it again next year so I can come!
That would be Awesome if you came, too!
Maybe next year, I'll take a proper vacation and be able to do more about the RU ^_^
~Susan~
I think we need a break from a Calgary roundup - it has been 3 yrs in a row!
echoes
Aug 25, 2009
Carol, if you are tired of those Calgarians, come to Manitoba for a visit.
Looks like you cowgirls had a great time. I would have loved to have been there and met you all and just to see Joanne's garden.
I think it would be great to have the next Round-up in another Alberta location. I think there quite few of DG'rs in Edmonton.
Echoes, if you are ever in Calgary, you will have lots of beautiful gardens to check out.
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I think it would be great to have an Edmonton RU! (or Lethbridge, or Red Deer - any DG'ers there?)
~Susan~
Thought you checked that out & invited all the DG Albertans to the last one?
I did, but perhaps it would be more agreeable to not have to travel. I didn't hear from a lot of the ones I emailed.
I figured if I posted it, perhaps someone might think it's a good idea to have it in their city. It was really just a "call" to those who might need a "nudge" to have a RU in their city lol
I really wasn't going to go through the whole list to see who was in what city, and my CRS wouldn't allow me to remember who was where lol
There are only 17 paid subscribers in all of AB. There locations are given in the Members list, search for Alberta and show only subscribers. My mistake, I thought that's what you did.
Oh well, the 2009 is a past event and we will see what comes up for a Round-Up in 2010.
no, it was suggested I send to all of AB DG'ers, whether they're subscribers or not.
Anyway, as you say, 2009 RU is past, and was an unqualified success!
Thanks again for hosting it, Joanne!
I just can't believe the change from the last time I was there, when you had the trampoline, etc! I know a lot of people pull grass out, but I grew grass this year, and I gotta tell ya - Love the Grass (and I'm glad I took all the pics I did! Your flowers are astounding!)
Where did you get the Pinata Rose? I love the way it changes colour, and it's a great size!
**note to self - take care of tender roses, and bring in dahlias, so I can have a rose & dahlia garden next year lol
Susan,
Thanks for organizing the event and the nice comments about my garden. The Pinata rose was from greengate garden centre a couple of years ago. This is a good time to buy roses since most will be on sale now. I mound the tender roses in October/November. But if you are going to buy a new rose plant it in and now and mound the peat moss later.
I called Green Acres, and they said that this was a bad time to buy roses, but I've been doing it anyway - bought an explorer rose, and 4 carpet roses (I'll def have to cover them in peat moss!)
Thanks for the suggestion re: peat moss vs straw. I would have automatically picked straw if it weren't for your suggestion. I'm sure it's in abundance, and I'll get some in Sept ^_^
I have a lot of tender roses to mound, and I'm going to check Dahlianut's article in the Calgary Hort mag to remind myself how to keep dahlias overwinter.
btw - any tender rose should be well watered before I use peat, right?
I'll call Greengate and see if they have any Pinata roses left.... I have a perfect spot for it!
I wish I could show Marlene & Wilma your garden. They'd want theirs to be like yours, I'm sure. I've planted a lot of the flowers I got at the RU & the dats that were left, in their berm (large, huge, long berm!). Oh, and I got wasp stung for my efforts, on Sat night lol Guess the wasps didn't like me sticking a pitchfork in their home lol it was the root of a large bush my DH cut off with his saw.... they must have a large nest there. I bought some Exterminator foam........ I'm deadly with foam, for wasps LOL
I'll have to post pics of their yard........
Sorry to have missed the roundup. I was playing two weddings and the second was at the
Ranche in Fish Creek Park. I planned to pop in but the first wedding went overtime and I was afraid of being late to the second. Hope you all had a great time.
We did, thanks
We missed you, Theresa, but hope you had a good time playing @ the weddings!
btw - I don't believe I've ever heard a viola. Do you know where I can find a recording, or something?
Violann was telling us about a young lady in her family playing a concert, and I was thinking that I don't know if I've ever heard a viola playing all on it's own.......
~Susan~
Great garden, great food and great company. So glad you all had a nice Round-up. Thanks for posting the all the pics so we can get a sense of the day and to fit names to faces.
Sandy
Susan - for viola music, go to http://www.scottslapin.com/
He used to have sound clips right on the web site. Try the link for CDs. If nothing else, there are a bunch of links to YouTube videos of hims playing. He's a top notch violist (as is his wife).
Ann