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Inspirational persons

My first time in a garden was with my Aunt Lorraine Tetlow,I was about 7 or 8 years old helping her pick blueberries in her garden, in the back alley of her philadelphia row home. I can still smell the blueberry cobbler we made.When she moved to Palmyra,New Jersey and had alot more space to grow, gardening was a daily thing.Aunt Lorraine had peaches,apples and cherry trees,a vegatable garden to die for with tomato,lettuce,egg plant and cabbage.Around the house was roses,from climbers to bushes.Aunt Lorraine is the reason I have the passion for Gardening. My second encounter of inspiration was the mother of my best friend,Mrs.Marie May.Mrs.May worked in a floral shop in Palmyra,N.J.,Vicky and I would stop in to the shop after school,and MAN the FRAGRANCE was so powerfully beautiful.Mrs. May was always smiling,always gracefuly spoken words when she would to talked to us.And then at her home the Blooms were amazing in her flower garden.Her home inside always had a fresh flower arrangemen