Have you checked out the revamped Violet Barn website yet? I think it looks great--Way easier to navigate. It's also got great functionality now with a shopping cart! Ea$y $hopping, anyone?
But my favorite part? The BLOG! Only 3 entries so far, but that first entry ("Let's get the ball rolling..." Dec 22nd 2010) is a REALLY cool read where Rob explains his African violet history.
I LOVE to hear people's African violet stories!
I explained some of mine here. I found a miniature noID at Lowe's one night and had to have it... There's actually a WHOLE lot more to the story and some day I might tell the whole thing, but for now I'll just say African violets saved my life.
How did YOU get into African violets? Please comment!
But my favorite part? The BLOG! Only 3 entries so far, but that first entry ("Let's get the ball rolling..." Dec 22nd 2010) is a REALLY cool read where Rob explains his African violet history.
I LOVE to hear people's African violet stories!
I explained some of mine here. I found a miniature noID at Lowe's one night and had to have it... There's actually a WHOLE lot more to the story and some day I might tell the whole thing, but for now I'll just say African violets saved my life.
A fairly recent pic of the very first African violet I ever got.
How did YOU get into African violets? Please comment!
My wife originally got me into violets. She had a little purple NOID, and then we got one from both her mother and grandmother. A pink and a purple with geneva respectively. Then she introduced me to the wide variety that is available, and we ordered somewhere around a dozen plants. A few months later an add appeared in the paper about a local violet show and sale. We went and bought several plants there. I then joined the club that sponsored the event. Since then I have collected a few more plants and sold some at the semi-annual sale. This spring will be my first show entry, and I plan on having around 3 plants, plus the 3 project plants that the club gave out. Violets also launched me into other gesneriads including: aeschynanthus, Sinningia speciosa, episcia, and streptocarpus.
ReplyDeleteOoooh Mark, good luck at your upcoming first show! You'll do great, I just know it.
ReplyDeleteI bought a noid at Lowes, searched the internet to try & not kill it. Found www.rachelsreflections.org and the rest is history.
ReplyDeleteYay for Lowe's!
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