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...Enjoys working on cars and is an amateur horticulturalist. According to the Seattle Times, he spends his time, "grafting fruit trees, ministering a friend's ailing gardenias, growing orchids in his office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commerce Secretary: Gary Locke | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

This newfound power has inspired companies to transform the most mundane of activities—shopping—into a time of spectacle and excitement. Whole Foods is the innovator in this field, stocking voluptuous produce that would shame the most diligent of horticulturalist. Photos of ruddy farmers reassure you of the authenticity of the product you are buying...

Author: By Will E. Johnston | Title: Selling Values by the Cup | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

Kelly, who started as a horticulturalist with Harvard’s grounds maintenance division two decades ago, started working on this project about two years ago, when several trees were cut down in preparation for this weekend’s move...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Victorian House Hits the Road | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

...India she and Charles were taken on a tour of the Mughal Gardens at the President's palace in New Delhi. "When we had covered about half the garden," recalls S.K. MATHUR, the chief horticulturalist, "she suddenly asked me, 'Do you talk to the plants?' I said, 'Of course.' She started laughing, and then she asked, 'Do they respond?' I told her that it had been scientifically proven that plants respond to tender human attention. I think she was glad to hear that. She was asking quite seriously because her husband had said on TV that he talked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN LIVING MEMORY | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

That, I found out, is the attraction of Brattle Square Florist Shop. It pleases everyone, from the most serious horticulturalist to the flower novice who just wants to see life bloom on his or her desk every day during the cold winter months...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Bulbs in the 'Hood | 10/7/1993 | See Source »

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