Annual Picnic
The annual Botanical Interests summer picnic for employees was held at Judy and Curtis’s house today. It was a bit warm with temperatures in the low 90’s, but very pleasant in the shade under the huge willow tree.
Once everyone arrived, we began our traditional ‘Name that Plant’ contest. Employees were given a sheet with multiple-choice answers then walked the vegetable/herb beds and the perennial border, trying to guess the names of the plants that were marked with numbered flags. There were a few participants that correctly identified all twenty-four plants on the quiz and won bragging rights for the day. For those that missed a few (or more), it was fun and educational. Seeing how delicious or gorgeous some of varieties looked, hopefully inspired some of them to try some new things in their garden in the future.
Lunch was a feast from Qdoba Mexican Grill, and the key lime pie, chocolate chip cookies disappeared pretty quickly as well as the homemade brownies whipped up by Judy and Curtis’s daughter and aspiring chef, Catherine. As a bonus, we were treated to fresh snow cones made by Judy and Curtis’s other daughter, Sophia.
This picnic every year is a time for us all to get together and have some fun, but also a time to talk about how the just-ended season went. Our 2011 wholesale season begins in July Watch the website for the new varieties to be available soon online.
Try as he might, Curtis did not escape the ‘Gatorade Dousing’ that is also a tradition at this picnic. After a couple of failed attempts, Corey from Accounting managed to sneak up on him from behind and dump a bin of half-melted ice over Curtis’s head! It’s our mischievous way of saying, ‘Thanks, Coach…for another great season!”