The Last Snow? Beautiful though...

Came in to work to yet another dusting of snow. It was not necessarily unexpected although it was nice that it was beautiful and very photogenic. It would have been a better dusting for Christmas than early spring. Regardless, it melted off quickly and the gardens immediately looked more spring-like. We had the police visit this morning due to a burglar alarm (errant). The officers were real nice and still sympathetic over the horrible vandalism in 2006. That incident will be long-remembered in Janesville.

We're in the process of creating planting beds for an iris collection that will be arriving this summer. The American Iris Society will be having their national meeting in Madison in 2010. That June, we will have over 600 attendees of this conference come and see the extensive iris collection that we will receive this summer. There are other sites as well. The irises, many new and/or not available in "the trade" are sent to us from hybridizers and growers around the country. These 500 varieties will require two years to establish and we're excited about being involved in this opportunity. It's also nice to have avid plantspeople visit the gardens and see what we're all about.