The Flower Tour

Peter, let me just tell you what an excellent “adventure” your “Flower Tour” was for me.

You know I’m a florist, and have been for years.

I thought I knew a lot about flowers and growing them, but I learned so much from the tour of the farms outside Quito. I’m amazed that some of them are locked behind gates, but I guess that trade secrets are important in every business.

I can’t get over it, though. The flowers were just so beautiful, and to know that they are being sent all over the world to florists was so special to me.

It is going to be different now when I open those big white boxes that say “Flowers from Ecuador” because now, I’ve seen where they grow, and have talked—well, not exactly, since I don’t know very much Spanish—but enjoyed the time I spent with the farmers, growing the flowers.

Thank you so much for putting this together. It is a special memory.

Jena Ratliff,
Great Neck, NY