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Two things that are getting old: me and being talked down to in the garden center - GardenRant

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By Elizabeth Licata Verified
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I have but one request of nursery and garden center personnel. Could we please stop treating all customers as though they're buying the first plant for the first garden they've ever had in their lives? Sure, many gardeners are just beginning. But probably even more have been gardening for some years. They've been through the wars with wrong plant/wrong place, droughts, monsoons, weed infestations and design miscalculations. They've spent a lot of money in the process.
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Gardening AI is still not there - GardenRant

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By Elizabeth Licata Verified
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Back in our innocent pre-ChatGBT days, we were excited about how emerging technologies could help gardeners. We were on the watch for new phone apps that could help with identification of weeds, design, watering systems and more. Those days are over. Now many gardeners simply assume that their phones have the answers to most gardening questions and problems. First, let it be said that there are a lot of great apps out there. There are also a lot of really bad ones.
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‘Skip the flowers’ on Mother’s Day? No thank you.

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By Elizabeth Licata Verified
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It happened in the run-up to Valentine’s Day and now I’m seeing it as Mother’s Day approaches. “Skip the flowers!” cry various online ads for a wide range of businesses. These vendors want you to buy different gifts for your valentine or mom or participate in activities that replace picking up a bouquet or arrangement. Such gift alternatives, they claim, will be more permanent/more desirable/just plain better. I don’t argue that these alternative offerings aren’t good ideas.
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