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By DR. DIANE RELF
Extension Environmental Horticulturist
Avid gardeners have great insights into what would increase gardening across Virginia. Recently in The Virginia Gardener Newsletter (Department of Horticulture, Blacksburg, Va. 24061-0327), I invited gardeners to express their ideas about how the horticultural industry could better help them to be happy, successful gardeners. I received numerous excellent letters with suggestions for improvement. Here are some of their comments:
Healthy plants over a longer season would be a boon to customers. Spring need not be the only strong selling season according to several TVG readers:
“I have had garden center employees treat me like a slightly dangerous lunatic because 1 wanted to purchase
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