Capt. Beefheart wrote:
"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.

Whoops managed to reply to Capt. B's addy, so apologies if you see this
twice

I've seen the groundsmen at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua water the
grass with green dyed water prior to a match! don't know how common that is
though?

Thinking about it, instant wow things might be sexy lighting, or some mature
plants from a specialist that are at their best, sculpture shaped things!
Interseting new pots with some nice new plants plonked (carefully arranged!)
in them. Just a thought

HTH

Tim
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