Today was a day that I had been looking forward to for a few weeks. The Garfield Park Conservatory and Sunken Gardens in Indianapolis has their annual "Keep What You Pull Day" in the sunken gardens. Every year there are 10,000 tulips planted and when the show is over in the spring, the gardens are opened to the public to dig the tulips and replant them in their own gardens. So last night I loaded my car with tools and trash bags and a 5 gallon bucket...I would set my alarm for five in the morning and be on the road by six. I wanted to be there when the the floodgates were opened at 8:30!
I forgot one very important fact: Indiana is in the Eastern time zone. So I ended up getting there thirty minutes after everyone else. About the only tulips left were plain white. They are nice, but not the lacy pink ones or the deep violet tulips I was hoping for. Oh, Well! I did get quite a few of the white and maybe half a dozen of the violet bulbs. Can't complain anyway. Afterward, I enjoyed a stroll through the conservatory. Took lots of pics of the "rainforest" and bought a polka dot plant...
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