"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
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We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up
for the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky
peeps will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open
their gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

kate

That reminds me...About 10 years ago i was Texture coating a super-rich
chaps mansion in Newbury, this was a huge job & i was there for 4 months or
so & we all got along nicely. It was also a hot summer & they was having a
garden party with a marquee & all the trimmings for their 30th wedding
anniversary. The trouble was that his wife wanted perfection & was rather
miffed that the lawn looked scorched & she asked me if i had any ideas to
rescue it, i jokingly suggested that i buy some grass coloured water based
emulsion & spray the lawn with my spray-paint unit....So we did & after a
few passes with my kit we had a lush lawn that looked rather excellent.
Regards,
Beefheart.