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Join Date: Nov-2005
Location: Bremerton, WA
Country: USA
Posts: 1,456
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Originally Posted by JGamby713
Ms Vic,
Thanks for posting this thread. Dan is a great guy, many people rush to judegement and think he is arrogant, but I find him funny, very knowledgeable and he cooks a mean steak!! Last year I had the privilage of staying at his house and will be back late this June for a night when I pick Walter Pall up there. The Robinson family is great and very fun to be around.
I was up there a few months ago to visit Dan and was suprised by the amount of work that he has done to his trees, although some was your work I would imagine. I love Elanden Gardens, that place is awesome and when I was there last June I took over 200 pictures. Now I have a way better camera and should get some more....
Dan is one of the original pioneers of collecting in America. He has been in almost every state of the country collecting so his experience and knowledge is untouched by many!
Thanks again for posting and doing your "Public Relations" work for Dan!
Jason
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Jason,
I can't take any credit from what you saw a few months ago. But when you come back this summer.... My hand will be all over the place. Because it already is. He has extended more trust and faith in me than I give to myself. Even when I take off something I wish I hadn't... he is encouraging, or he dismisses my concern. It's always a processes of moving me from working one species or technique to another. He has been generous in every way.
I hope I get to meet you this summer. I am in the garden a great deal. I'll be the chick with the shears in her back pocket, who looks like she is in 7th heaven, working on the trees.
Warm regards,
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