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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Listen Up: SF Garden Show 2009
Some people want to see garden exhibits. But Georgia Silvera Seamans takes notes on the garden-show-goers’ commentary. Enjoy the spikes and snarks of her fine experiment in participant observation.
Field notes and all photos by Georgia Silvera Seamans
Five things I learned at the San Francisco Garden Show
• Orchids
Orchids are a big deal. Orchids attract a lot of attention and verbal responses like “Ooh” and “Aah.” I used the pedestrian entrance and once I got past the lobby, I was greeted by a large ORCHID banner and numerous orchid vendors. On the way to the “Marketplace” building I overheard two women coo at a gentleman who was pulling a wagon filled with orchids – purple, white, and pink. To be clear, they were ogling the orchids, not the man.
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