GREETINGS FROM SHELLEY RYAN
I wanted to take this season
(and a slower time of year for most gardeners) to express my thanks to Master
Gardener Volunteers, Extension Horticulture folks and Public Garden staff
throughout Wisconsin for all their support of myself and The Wisconsin Gardener
television series over the past many years.
We are coming up on the
Garden Expo season, when I look forward to seeing many of you in person, (it’s
a gardening family reunion!) but I will not be there this year and will greatly
miss laughing, brainstorming and sharing with you.
As many of you know, I was
originally diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. I retired last January, 2013 when my cancer
returned with a vengeance so that I could better focus on my health. Friends and fellow gardeners say they see me
on television on The Wisconsin Gardener and are happy to see how well I
look.
Ahh, the illusion of
television! Sadly the shows you see
on-air are repeats. Production of new
episodes of The Wisconsin Gardener ended with my retirement.
Physically I am struggling
now, my cancer has spread and I have visited the inside of the hospital more
times than I’d like since retirement. I
hope to be around for a while but we have discontinued chemo and I’m enjoying
the rest from that treatment for the moment.
However, it gives me a
wonderful opportunity to say thanks to all of you for generously sharing your
time, your ideas, and your gardens with me for the past 22 years. Thank you so very much, all of you, for a
wonderful 22 years. Literally I couldn’t
have done it without you.
With love and friendship,
Shelley Ryan
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