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September 12, 2010
Here's my first barnyard animal "Howdy" courtesy of AVSA president Ron Davidson and his lovely wife Jan! Howdy Back Mr/Ms. Goat!!
There are still many of you out there (I'm speaking to you actual humans rather than animals now!) that I would love to add to the page, so grab the camera, quickly letter your sign, and email it off to me at john@barringtonviolets.org !!
September 8, 2010
I'm thrilled to be adding more violet growers showing off their plant stands while adding in a "Howdy John"! If you're reading this and I haven't received your photo yet, please snap off a shot holding your sign and email it to me at
Here's a shot of Leonard Re from California
...and with this photo we go international with Dr. Bill Price from Canada!!!
September 2, 2010
With todays entry into the Howdy John collection, Paul Sorano, shown here with Marie Burns, opens up his greenhouse and the "gun show"! Yikes!
Tom G., that means we need you showing off your own gun show in your greenhouse holding a Howdy John.
By the time we get to Ralph and Olive the demands will be much more complex!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 31, 2010
Sorry for the big gaps in new posts, but sometimes life gets in the way of violets!:(
My showplants are doing much better now that the weather in Chicagoland has leveled off a bit from the torent of heat that was July. Buds are starting to poke up all over, but hopefully not too early for the shows in the early part of October. I promise I'll post pictures from the plant room very soon.
Meanwhile, here's the latest addition to the Shout out to John series from David in VA. shown here holding his plant of the trailer 'Candy Fountain'. Wow! David really knows how to grow the big ones! Thanks David!
I'm still waiting for the much-promised but yet to be sent photos from many of the rest of you!!! :)
August 27, 2010
Here are a couple more delightfull additions to the "Howdy John" series! Below we have Beverly Powers of TX and Amy Cash-Allison with her dog from Arkansas! Howdy back ladies!!!!!!
Here's a fake Ron Davidson (current AVSA pres.) photo by Tom G.
Ron, please dont revoke my AVSA membership :)
August 24, 2010
Tom and Libbie Glembocki enjoy the liquid fruts of Tom's photography labor in Denton, TX with a pair of apparently cheap (I only paid him five bucks!?) margaritas!!!
A shout out from the Mothership!!!!!! Ruth, Jenny, and Amy plus one, stand in front of the AVSA sign to get into the action with their "Howdy John!"
August 23, 2010
More violet growers have been stopping by on Facebook or the blog to say "Howdy!!"
Check out Marjorie Bullard and her lace-edged plant shelves below.
August 22, 2010
I'm LOVING this flood of Violet folks checking in to say hey! Maybe it's just me, but I enjoy getting a peek at others plant rooms.
Below is a photo of Bill Foster, AVSA Hall of Fame Inductee for 2010. WOW!!! Thanks sir!
This photo below shows the lovely and gracious Libbie Glembocki of Bluebird Greenhouse with a plant stand at home saying "Hi"
Frequent visitors to the blog will recognize the woman below as my friend and violet mentor Andrea Worrell, sending me a loud "Howdy John!"
So join in the fun, and send me a shot of you with your light stand and a sign we can easily read with your howdy, hey, or hello! Email them to me at john@barringtonviolets.org
August 20, 2010
Another big thank you to Tom Glembocki (Bluebird Greenhouse) for taking these photos on his westward journey and back home again.
These photos below of Hortense and Ray Pittman are the next installment of the
"Famed Growers/Exhibitors send a Shout out to John (me)"
I can't imagine there are folks that don't know the Pittman's. They have introduced over 800 violet varieties, including the Jolly series.
August 19, 2010
Okay, so I owe a major THANK YOU to Tom Glembocki for meeting my double dog challenge of getting a photo of Anne and Richard Nicholas' plant room. It's the african violet version of getting invited to dinner at Madonna's house because she thinks you're very chic and cutting-edge.
Anne uses small canning jars with rings but not the lids to hold her Solo cups. The white and black paper is to lower algae levels inside the jar.
