Zampini family friend Stacy Pandy created Hope is Growing. 

These are a series of eight different affordable garden kits that can add a ray of sunshine for someone who is suffering from cancer.

Retail counter top or floor size displays are available AND they are great fundraiser!

LCN Selections licensed grower, Prides Corner Farms of Lebanon, CT is involved in many branded programs including ‘Pink Ribbon Plants’.  

Their plants sales of ‘Pink Ribbon Plant’s has raised approximately $30,000.

Thanks to both of these companies for supporting a cause near and dear to our hearts!

It was great to reconnect with old friends while making new ones.

Dan Heims
Terra Nova Nurseries

Denise Schreiber
Eat Your Roses author

Jimmy Turner
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden

Kirk Brown
Joanne Kostecky Garden Design Inc.

Renee Shepherd
Renee’s Garden Seeds

It was quite the nature-enhanced event. A scorpion even visited our hotel bathroom! Hawks, jack rabbits, ground squirrels, javelina, geckos, bats, monarch butterflies and hummingbirds abounded.

Jim shared this crabapple butter recipe with me. It’s perfect slathered on crusty sourdough bread on a brisk autumn day.

Lee’s Nearly Famous Dolgo Crabapple Butter
Wash 8 lbs of Dolgo fruit and place in a large kettle.

Cover with water.

Heat to a boil and simmer until fruit starts to soften.

Drain and process fruit through a mill, then add:
3 lbs of sugar
2 quarts of cider
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves

Simmer the mixture over a low heat.  

Cook 2-4 hours or to desired thickness.

Stir occasionally.

Pour hot butter into jars. Process in hot water bath or freeze.

Your house will smell absolutely scrumptious!