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Guess where this is 2

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Alisdair

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Guess where this is 2
« on: August 16, 2011, 08:32:29 AM »
This is a tricky one! I have a couple of clues up my sleeve if you need them....
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Alisdair Aird
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John

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2011, 06:16:56 PM »
I'm sure it isn't but it looks like the Med Gdn at Sheffield Botanic Garden.
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John
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2011, 07:19:54 PM »
Good try (they'd be flattered, I'm sure!), but no. ;)
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Alisdair Aird
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John

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2011, 08:10:21 PM »
It must be Helena Weisner's garden?
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John
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2011, 07:16:45 AM »
 ;D
Absolutely not! (But she did see it when I saw it)
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Alisdair Aird
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2011, 02:21:52 PM »
Clue: I bought seeds of Iris muntzii here.
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Daisy

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2011, 03:23:41 PM »
Would it be in California?
Or is that a silly guess?
Daisy :)
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2011, 06:10:19 PM »
 A perfect guess, Daisy: now name the garden! 8)
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Alisdair Aird
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Daisy

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2011, 06:19:54 AM »
I have never been to California, so it would be a complete guess!
The Huntingdon Botanical Gardens?
Daisy :)
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2011, 07:09:20 AM »
No, Daisy!
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Alisdair Aird
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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2011, 08:06:34 PM »
Stab in the dark - Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco?
(geez - just realized its been 30 years since I visited)
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Mike
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2011, 07:16:09 AM »
Good try, Mike, but no.
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Alisdair Aird
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Daisy

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2011, 03:19:40 PM »
What about Santa Barbara Botanic Garden?
Daisy :)
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Alisdair

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Re: Guess where this is 2
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2012, 10:39:09 AM »
Much further north, Daisy!
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