tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post8139885367230322957..comments2024-03-07T22:17:08.572+10:00Comments on 70 Plus and Still Kicking: Inspiration and Tranquility in this Garden CentreJune Savillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-19041984170402542712008-11-14T08:08:00.000+10:002008-11-14T08:08:00.000+10:00Drop in next time you're passing Oz (!) Clara and ...Drop in next time you're passing Oz (!) Clara and we'll give you the red carpet treatment. Lynne and John have sold a lot of Ben Doones over the years and one day one was chipped slightly and I claimed him. You'll see that he is installed in my garden in the slide show on my sidebar. He's become quite a mate.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-38898748243053452172008-11-14T00:31:00.000+10:002008-11-14T00:31:00.000+10:00Oh, I want to see it in person! What a beautiful...Oh, I want to see it in person! What a beautiful place. I love Ben Doone. That certainly would caused a lot of smiles. Thanks for sharing your daughter and son-in-laws gardens with us. I loved it!Clara....in TNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111947670369158947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-78826424432156581642008-11-12T17:51:00.000+10:002008-11-12T17:51:00.000+10:00Hi Suranga ... What a lovely something to aim for!...Hi Suranga ... <BR/>What a lovely something to aim for!<BR/>I'm pretty sure Lilly is in Canberra which is quite a way in this wide brown land of ours. Still, she keeps threatening to move up here away from the cold. <BR/>There wouldn't be a word in edgewise with all of us. <BR/>We'll work on her. And you keep buying lottery tickets.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-20066421343832789252008-11-12T17:48:00.000+10:002008-11-12T17:48:00.000+10:00SylviaI am proud of them of course - I just wish i...Sylvia<BR/>I am proud of them of course - I just wish it wasn't such hard work. They deserve for something to come more easily ...June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-79808325104351915242008-11-12T15:03:00.000+10:002008-11-12T15:03:00.000+10:00June,I am thinking of setting up a list of places ...June,<BR/><BR/>I am thinking of setting up a list of places I want to visit (when I finally win a lottery and decide to travel around the world everywhere, without having to count), and I just added this garden place to the list. Of course, I dont need a tea place there; i will simply come over to your place and share a cuppa with you, and maybe Lilly can join us with Des, though I havent the Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-23663137271909623642008-11-11T02:11:00.000+10:002008-11-11T02:11:00.000+10:00June, your daughter and son-in-law have created an...June, your daughter and son-in-law have created an incredibly beautiful place where so many can benefit! I love all the pictures! I'm so happy that they've had such success, it's well deserved! Have to admit I wish I could wander through their display gardens! I know you're very proud of all they've accomplished.Sylvia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484577678585907669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-25371916498162173982008-11-10T18:24:00.000+10:002008-11-10T18:24:00.000+10:00Thanks for being a follower on my blogs A.J. See y...Thanks for being a follower on my blogs A.J. See you around eh?June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-76575099607816820132008-11-10T18:21:00.000+10:002008-11-10T18:21:00.000+10:00Yes A.J. Australia is beautiful often and 'ugly/be...Yes A.J. Australia is beautiful often and 'ugly/beautiful' in others. All of it compelling I think.<BR/>I enjoyed my visit to your blog - especially your art work.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-70523928546428193792008-11-10T11:08:00.000+10:002008-11-10T11:08:00.000+10:00June what wonderful pictures and you are living in...June what wonderful pictures and you are living in a beautiful country. Thank you for visiting "W&RW", I look forward to your post.<BR/><BR/>A.J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-91026569925583713892008-11-10T09:32:00.000+10:002008-11-10T09:32:00.000+10:00Thanks Tropigal Coming from Florida, it's quite li...Thanks Tropigal <BR/>Coming from Florida, it's quite likely that some of the plants would be familiar to you as well. We're sub-tropical here.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-86284255042955207112008-11-10T09:30:00.000+10:002008-11-10T09:30:00.000+10:00The photos do a great job of capturing the ambianc...The photos do a great job of capturing the ambiance of this place. If I lived closer, I would amble on over to have a browse. I love the colors, the arrangements of water features and flower displays -- it's all good.TropiGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446899192152298083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-15539231336333168472008-11-10T06:57:00.000+10:002008-11-10T06:57:00.000+10:00Kate againNo they don't have a tea room as such bu...Kate again<BR/>No they don't have a tea room as such but you can still have a cup of coffee while sitting at tables and chairs set beneath a tree beside a garden pool. The centre isn't big enough to justify a full blown facility.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-3550262985239714682008-11-10T06:55:00.000+10:002008-11-10T06:55:00.000+10:00JudyEndless Summer GC is just your sort of place J...Judy<BR/>Endless Summer GC is just your sort of place Judy, I just know you'd really love it. <BR/>About Ben Doone - would you believe that there have been one of two people who objected to his bottom?<BR/>It makes all sorts ...<BR/>The high rise veggie patch. If the corrugated iron ones aren't available there (Lynne and John get them made up) your son could make one out of treated timbers or June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-28361180883366805462008-11-10T06:52:00.000+10:002008-11-10T06:52:00.000+10:00Kate Ben Doone would certainly be a hit on your st...Kate <BR/>Ben Doone would certainly be a hit on your stoop!<BR/>I think you would be a hit in the garden centre - although I think the fun metre would go higher and the tranquility measure way down!<BR/>Thanks for the kind words about the centre. It IS lovely.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-42880081826541125332008-11-10T04:37:00.000+10:002008-11-10T04:37:00.000+10:00Oh, my, June, what a beautiful and tranquil lookin...Oh, my, June, what a beautiful and tranquil looking place to visit. I would be going there all the time just to hang out. I love that gnome! They have to be so talented in what they do because they are so successful. I am going to show my son the way they are growing veggies in the high rise garden bed.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078537002880283509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-52804316782330269112008-11-10T02:06:00.000+10:002008-11-10T02:06:00.000+10:00Hi June, I've just spent some time having a decco ...Hi June, I've just spent some time having a decco at the Garden Centre. Your daughter and her husband have done a brilliant job in organising their centre,it looks fantastic. I wish I could just click me fingers and land slap dang in the middle of it... I suppose that would cause a bit of a sensation though... Do they have a wee cafe where folk can admire the views and have a cuppa ? That Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979505705280901138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-23865594214817164462008-11-09T16:52:00.000+10:002008-11-09T16:52:00.000+10:00If someone had asked me Lilly I'd have said I just...If someone had asked me Lilly I'd have said I just KNEW you were a purple girl!<BR/>You can visit the garden centre when you finally make the break north - and then we can have our cuppa.June Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-34574307201195441352008-11-09T16:10:00.000+10:002008-11-09T16:10:00.000+10:00June - I LOVE garden centres and your daughter and...June - I LOVE garden centres and your daughter and son in law's centre looks amazing. I love those bicycles a whole lot. Everything looks beautifully presented. I also love the purple walls in the shop. Yes, I can see you have done a great job on the marketing side of things just from reading your post. I imagine you are the perfect person to do that. I really enjoyed seeing the photos June. I Lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597193176450931002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-5340837516787378002008-11-09T15:40:00.000+10:002008-11-09T15:40:00.000+10:00JeannieI've definitely learned everything I know a...Jeannie<BR/>I've definitely learned everything I know about gardening from Lynne and John. Lynne designed my home garden and John and his team constructed it for me. It's very easy to look after so that's up to me. <BR/>My garden is now a beautiful haven and I send them subliminal thanks every day. <BR/>I will take some credit for my big part in marketing the garden centre since they began twelveJune Savillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194576632686640776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489210412257406098.post-73801815885143762752008-11-09T15:11:00.000+10:002008-11-09T15:11:00.000+10:00Your daughter and son-in-law run such a beautiful ...Your daughter and son-in-law run such a beautiful business. :D<BR/><BR/>I noticed the pictures of your garden. Does your daughter help with your garden at home, or did she get her green thumb from you?Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118103744959559899noreply@blogger.com