I left home bright and early on Thursday, September 18th arriving at the Miller Garden for the 10am tour...
This was only the third time I'd visited the Miller Garden, or more properly the Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden. Since the garden is located in a gated community—and visitation is limited to just 500 people annually—all visits to the Miller Garden are by (highly sought after) reservation with a staff member as a guide. This class was a tour through the garden's fern collection led by Del Brummet, Head Gardener at the garden, and my friend Emily Joseph, Nursery and Sales Manager for the Hardy Fern Foundation (as well as as well as Retail Sales Manager and Assistant Nursery Manager for the RSBG).
Of course there will be a future post all about the ferns I saw, but here's a favorite; Parablechnum novae-zelandiae (synonym Blechnum novae-zelandiae).
Last, but certainly not least, another big box of tillandsia from my friend Matt. He doesn't have the space to overwinter these beauties so I said I'd give it a shot. Granted I haven't started the Great Migration yet this year so I'm still feeling optimistic. Had he hit me up a month from now who knows?
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