Comments on: Kingston Ramble http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/ Heronswood Voice – A web log written by George Ball Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:50:49 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Steve McNew http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24635 Steve McNew Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:06:58 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24635 Doggone good, thoughtful material! I agree entirely on the point of heirloom supremacists running down the obvious benefits of hybrids. Doggone good, thoughtful material! I agree entirely on the point of heirloom supremacists running down the obvious benefits of hybrids.

]]> By: George http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24613 George Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:25:46 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24613 Wonderful testimony to Heronswood’s storied past in the Pacific Northwest. Our dream is that folks from around the U.S. will feel the same one day. Hope to see you next year. Thanks very much and happy gardening. Wonderful testimony to Heronswood’s storied past in the Pacific Northwest. Our dream is that folks from around the U.S. will feel the same one day. Hope to see you next year. Thanks very much and happy gardening.

]]> By: Sue Penski http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24608 Sue Penski Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:20:20 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24608 Thank you, thank you! I discovered what gardening could really be in the Pacific Northwest by visiting and ordering from Heronswood in Kingston...now I am tackling what I consider my 'last' garden on the southwest end of one of the islands....and when I come upon a Heronswood plant that has survived the climate here....I smile.... I cannot wait until the next open house. Sue Thank you, thank you! I discovered what gardening could really be in the Pacific Northwest by visiting and ordering from Heronswood in Kingston…now I am tackling what I consider my ‘last’ garden on the southwest end of one of the islands….and when I come upon a Heronswood plant that has survived the climate here….I smile….

I cannot wait until the next open house.

Sue

]]> By: George http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24612 George Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:47:49 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24612 Thank you so much. Look forward to meeting you at Fordhook. Meanwhile, good luck in your garden endeavors. Thank you so much. Look forward to meeting you at Fordhook. Meanwhile, good luck in your garden endeavors.

]]> By: Karl http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24607 Karl Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:44:49 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24607 Being a neophyte when it comes to your site and your blogs, I had some time to wander through your postings and I am having a hard time deciding how to praise your efforts for Heronswood (Kingston) and I cannot wait to further explore what is going on in Doylestown, etc. A gardener all of my nearly 60 years, on Long Island, NY, I rarely meet anyone who seems so committed to the same endeavors and creative sensibilities, but I believe that I find that person in you! My own "suburban" garden is less than a half acre, but in the thirty years or so that I have sculpted and nourished it, (having started with an old, plain farmhouse and mostly indigenous species, I have fashioned a private 'park' which one friend has called 'The Bosky Dells'). I hope that when I retire, away from the northern winters, I will leave my efforts to someone who will care for my garden, too. I have seen your photos, I admire your efforts, and I hope to visit, at least your facilities in the east. Bravo! Here Here! Ignore the naysayers, (they will always be nipping at someone's heels!) I plan to devote a good deal of time exploring your adventures online - Thank you so very much! Being a neophyte when it comes to your site and your blogs, I had some time to wander through your postings and I am having a hard time deciding how to praise your efforts for Heronswood (Kingston) and I cannot wait to further explore what is going on in Doylestown, etc. A gardener all of my nearly 60 years, on Long Island, NY, I rarely meet anyone who seems so committed to the same endeavors and creative sensibilities, but I believe that I find that person in you! My own “suburban” garden is less than a half acre, but in the thirty years or so that I have sculpted and nourished it, (having started with an old, plain farmhouse and mostly indigenous species, I have fashioned a private ‘park’ which one friend has called ‘The Bosky Dells’). I hope that when I retire, away from the northern winters, I will leave my efforts to someone who will care for my garden, too.
I have seen your photos, I admire your efforts, and I hope to visit, at least your facilities in the east. Bravo! Here Here! Ignore the naysayers, (they will always be nipping at someone’s heels!)
I plan to devote a good deal of time exploring your adventures online – Thank you so very much!

]]> By: George http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24611 George Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24611 Thank you for the clarification. I was last there two years ago. Do you no longer have visitors go through in single doses, almost privately, like in those days? Wonderful place. You folks were planting Japanese black grass in beautiful parquet-like beds in the late 1980s. And the small pond is magical. Thank you for the clarification. I was last there two years ago. Do you no longer have visitors go through in single doses, almost privately, like in those days? Wonderful place. You folks were planting Japanese black grass in beautiful parquet-like beds in the late 1980s. And the small pond is magical.

]]> By: Diannn Marie http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24605 Diannn Marie Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:37:25 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24605 Hello George! Thanks so much for the inside info on what the heck is up with Heronswood, Kingston. Loved the photos! I work at the Bloedel Reserve and just wanted to thank you so much for mentioning us and for the wonderful compiment but a small correction is that we no longer require reservations. We do prefer that you call ahead but we don't require it. Also of note this summer is the first summer we are staying open until 7pm, June thru August. Thanks again for all you do! Always, Diann Marie :) Hello George!
Thanks so much for the inside info on what the heck is up with Heronswood, Kingston. Loved the photos! I work at the Bloedel Reserve and just wanted to thank you so much for mentioning us and for the wonderful compiment but a small correction is that we no longer require reservations. We do prefer that you call ahead but we don’t require it. Also of note this summer is the first summer we are staying open until 7pm, June thru August. Thanks again for all you do! Always, Diann Marie :)

]]> By: George http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24610 George Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:57:32 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24610 Thanks very much. Thanks very much.

]]> By: dwilsn401 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24604 dwilsn401 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:56:07 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24604 Looking forward to your next post (as always) with close-ups and discussions. Many thanks for the "mini-tour". Love the pictures! Looking forward to your next post (as always) with close-ups and discussions. Many thanks for the “mini-tour”. Love the pictures!

]]> By: George http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/07/kingston-ramble/#comment-24609 George Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:35:03 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=958#comment-24609 Thank you, Paula. I love the Deep South, home of my mother. I mention it in the posts, Queens Part 1 and 2. I’d live down there if I had the chance. Thank you, Paula. I love the Deep South, home of my mother. I mention it in the posts, Queens Part 1 and 2. I’d live down there if I had the chance.

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