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June 19, 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized

The Carnegie Gallery Secret Garden Tour was a great success and the weather was incredible. We had many, many visitors and really enjoyed talking gardening. My sister-in-law was on hand to help out and she found the day relaxing and very pleasant. In the west garden we have a rare iris which is a true peach in colour and ruffled. This is called the Beverly Sills iris and was a showstopper. I understand that it is almost impossible to find this iris now. As well our red poppies were blooming in full force. They are done now but it was a glorious 4 days of a deep, rich red colour. I think that most people were amazed at the amount of different plant material that lives in our garden. We do have over 200 perennials. As a bonus our garden was featured in the Hamilton Spectator in a column by Kathy Renwald.
For 3 days this week, I was in New York City with a group of friends. It was a wonderful time of good food, laughter and lots of fun. We walked for miles and miles and window shopped and did some buying as well. Our travels took us from Park Avenue boutiques to Canal Street bargains. This was my first time to visit Soho which is a place that I would like to visit again. My nephew who is 13 wanted a Bape Hoodie. I had never heard of this brand but we found the shop in Soho. The hoodie which was white with red line-drawn faces of an ape was 275 US$. (unbelievable), His size was not available and instead his mother and I got T-shirts-the last 2 in the most recent design. The clerk said that generally new products are sold out by the end of the first day and there are line ups. Amazing isn’t it-what good marketing can do!!
I, of course checked out jewellery stores like Bulgari, Van Cleef and Arpels, etc. What I found were pieces of drusy in beautiful colours and large pearls (and of course many other delicious things). I have white agate and smoky quartz drusy in my inventory and am expecting to get other colours in September. Pearls are always an important part of any jewellery wardrobe and in September I hope to get some quite large ones. This visit to NYC has been inspirational for me and I an excited about getting back to work. But I have to have a rest and recover from an absolutely fabulous trip.

Posted by Stephanie @ 7:10 pm

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