Flower Hunting
Apr 4, 2013 16:32:23 #
It's snowing again today, and bitterly cold with high winds, but all you lucky people with flowers and sunshine have forced me to go out and raid the garden centre again. :D cc welcom as always :)
Apr 4, 2013 18:31:54 #
Apr 4, 2013 19:51:33 #
Very nice!!! I thought about doing that at my local nursery. They had so many beautiful flowering plants. I might have to steal your idea! :thumbup: :lol:
Apr 5, 2013 04:31:49 #
Stunning image Robbie7.
I saw a TV program the other day about UK garden centres, were they gained more revenue from the visitor experience; than the actual sales of flowers and plants.
This in essence meant that the visitor would wonder around the facility looking at flowers shrubs plants, but making purchases in the cafe/restaurant, gift section, clothes section, and garden accessories; tools, bird food, jams/ preserves, cakes, pottery.
This artical sums the situation up beautifully.
http://thinkinglikeahuman.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/zombie-ecology/
I saw a TV program the other day about UK garden centres, were they gained more revenue from the visitor experience; than the actual sales of flowers and plants.
This in essence meant that the visitor would wonder around the facility looking at flowers shrubs plants, but making purchases in the cafe/restaurant, gift section, clothes section, and garden accessories; tools, bird food, jams/ preserves, cakes, pottery.
This artical sums the situation up beautifully.
http://thinkinglikeahuman.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/zombie-ecology/
Apr 5, 2013 05:40:26 #
Robbie7 wrote:
It's snowing again today, and bitterly cold with high winds, but all you lucky people with flowers and sunshine have forced me to go out and raid the garden centre again. :D cc welcom as always :)
Oh Robbie...what a stunning shot!
Apr 5, 2013 09:05:34 #
charlene palmer wrote:
Very nice!!! I thought about doing that at my local nursery. They had so many beautiful flowering plants. I might have to steal your idea! :thumbup: :lol:
Hi cp :) America is such a vast country I am never too sure who is enjoying sunshine and who is knee deep in snow..lol..It is so frustrating here with what seems to be a winter with no end :( Seeing members posting beautiful wildlife and insect shots doesn't help, so desperate times call for desperate measures..thanks for looking :)
Apr 5, 2013 09:07:07 #
Carolina Wings wrote:
Oh Robbie...what a stunning shot!
Oh Carolina ..are you married ? lol :wink:
Apr 5, 2013 09:08:52 #
gym wrote:
Beautiful colors, Robbie.
Hi gym :) I think one of you guys inspired me with this shot..thanks for looking.. :thumbup:
Apr 5, 2013 09:15:50 #
macro2009 wrote:
Stunning image Robbie7. br br I saw a TV program ... (show quote)
Hi Macro :) Thanks for the link, I think we all were aware that garden centres have become a place for many families to prioritise in a typical day out, but it is really interesting to read a well written article confirming this :)
Apr 6, 2013 13:59:37 #
Robbie7 wrote:
It's snowing again today, and bitterly cold with high winds, but all you lucky people with flowers and sunshine have forced me to go out and raid the garden centre again. :D cc welcom as always :)
Hi Robbie
Lovely shot and great colour. Please tell me the name of these flowers they really are stunning
Apr 6, 2013 17:17:12 #
steve1oshea wrote:
Hi Robbie
Lovely shot and great colour. Please tell me the name of these flowers they really are stunning
Lovely shot and great colour. Please tell me the name of these flowers they really are stunning
Hi Steve, so sorry I didn't think I would be posting this shot and never bothered to look..I know shame on me :hunf: Next time I see them I'll PM you honest..tfp and your kind comment..
Apr 6, 2013 17:28:47 #
I think this is a type of Calla Lilly. Nice shot of it too. The garden centers seem to thrive on camera nuts like us. Who else fills in their time between Valentine's Day, and Sweetest Day etc., etc.
Apr 6, 2013 17:32:33 #
Robbie7 wrote:
Oh Carolina ..are you married ? lol :wink:
No...not anymore...and just think, only a pond separates us ;-)
Apr 7, 2013 03:31:30 #
Robbie7 wrote:
It's snowing again today, and bitterly cold with high winds, but all you lucky people with flowers and sunshine have forced me to go out and raid the garden centre again. :D cc welcom as always :)
Hi Robbie, That is really, really nice. Thanks for suggesting I join this group. This will be great fun.
Apr 7, 2013 05:02:08 #
Carolina Wings wrote:
No...not anymore...and just think, only a pond separates us ;-)
Better start practising my swimming then..lol
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