{"id":5466,"date":"2013-07-05T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:00:10","slug":"a-day-at-garden-bloggers-fling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2013\/07\/a-day-at-garden-bloggers-fling\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day at the Garden Blogger’s Fling"},"content":{"rendered":"
At one point, our busses could not navigate the narrow streets of Richmond, so we all disembarked, and found ourselves in a neighborhood – all of us with camera in hand, so what does a garden blogger do? Freak out the neighbors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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A new must have – Leucadendron linifolium. Oh you San Fransicoan’s – you have it made!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
The fantastic sculpture in artist Matt Gil’s garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The Matt Gill Garden presented lots of texture and interesting plants, making me sort-of wish that I had a garden in San Francisco ( New England has rain, so that keeps me here!).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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At Annie’s Annuals, we were presented with a product demo from one of the sponsors, DRAMM.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Fling attendee’s surprised Kellee with bubbles, celebrating our unity and get-together. It was hot, nearly 100\u00ba, but we still took time to admire the Wave garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
The reception on Friday night was incredible, and this was indeed the perfect location. Well done SF Fling!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Even though it was hot outside, it seemed cooler under the white washed glass of the conservatory. OK, sure, the wine helped us stay cool!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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As the sun set, Fling attendees made their way into the tent for a gourmet dinner and swag bags generously supplied by the Fling sponsors. Although I missed the other two days, I think I was able to get a good taste of what these Flings are all about. I would have liked to see a few of the other gardens and nurseries, but sadly, time was not in my favor. I’m not really interested in swag bags or especially product presentations, as I tend to create my own content, but the other bloggers seem to enjoy them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Garden Bloggers from across the country and Canada attended this years Garden Blogger’s Fling in San Francisco. Who’s that on the right? Why it’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
A Day at the Garden Blogger's Fling - Growing With Plants<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n