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Single Gardener Enthusiasts

I was wondering if anyone knows about any Singles Clubs for people who love gardening, horticulture, and nature.

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  • Zarine Z6 Mich
    22 years ago

    Ditto, Laurie. I don't even have older friends who garden! Everyone is like, why bother? It's too much work! They are the ones that are over weight and don't ever want to do anything either, though.... I am in Michigan. Anyone out there?

    Zarine gardening in Motown

  • Nano
    22 years ago

    I'd be interested as well - let's get it together....I'm gardening in OR, and loving it! New to the left coast from The snow-ridden east.

  • Betty Schimmoeller
    22 years ago

    Hi!
    To anyone who is interested in a get together for single gardeners, I will host a weekend (come and go, stay if you like) on June 1-3 at my 1840's farmstead in mid northern Indiana. The cost? Bring something to plant and plant it. Bring a favorite dish to share and we're good to go!
    Betty betscha2@tds.net

  • cdenham 4
    22 years ago

    Great idea! Let's get together!

  • blufloyd 5 cent. il.
    22 years ago

    ready to go have friend in dunes area to drag maybe.

  • Greg ny
    22 years ago

    Any single gardeners in Hudson Valley ? Let me know.
    Thanks

  • MRobbins 6b - Brooklyn
    22 years ago

    Greg, does Metro NYC count?

  • Cath 5
    22 years ago

    Have you no garden clubs in your area? No Master Gardener classes? I have met some of the coolest people of all flavors through these avenues! And they all love gardening! We swap, have breakfast meets, tour each other's gardens, dinners in the rain, you name it! Many are single, but much too busy planning gardens to hang out in bars!

  • larry Crawford Zone 6 in Ky
    22 years ago

    Hey Laurie
    We have gardeners in Ky.Also we have a Ky gettogether every year.Have for the last 3 years.Great fun and intresting people.We do the plant swap thing and tour a local garden spot.1st year Cave Hill in Louisville @nd year Bernhiem Forest(in rain)last year Shaker Town.What part of Ky are you from?? You should try to make the Kentucky gathering.We will have more imfo on site later.

  • Tally 9b
    22 years ago

    I have a lot of gardening friends, male and female, single and married and we ARE all nuts! Anyone want to carpool to Bettys from Texas?

  • ShadyLady Z5 Boston
    22 years ago

    Gardening SWF in Boston
    Gorgeous thirty-something with dirty (some even broken) nails would love to converse with any and all SGF (single gardening folks). I'm into "swinging" baskets, S&M (snapdragons and mimulus) and mixed containers. Let's play in the dirt...

    Like Tally above says -- we're all nuts! Can I come in and represent Boston?

    ShadyLady

  • Laurie KY/6
    22 years ago

    Larry - thanks for the post about gardeners in Kentucky. I'm in Louisville. I'll watch for the post on a get together.

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    Lavoie Boho
    22 years ago

    That's 2 of us near Boston - I will email you. Meanwhile, anyone else out there? I am SWF 45 no kids, not overweight. People say I remind them of Susan Sarandon or Kelly Lebrock. I am a happy person with no real problems. Can there be anybody out there for me who can say the same? I am fairly happy being alone, but would like to widen my circle of friends. Email me, anyone near Boston.

  • Anne zone7,
    22 years ago

    I have often wondered if anybody ever thought of meeting people thru gardening and now I found you all. I live in Georgia and would love for someone to have a garden get together! Any other single Georgians who feel the same? E-Mail me if so, would love to organize!! Oh yea, I forgot to say that I am single and not overweight either! Anne

  • Jane_in_Boston
    22 years ago

    SWF, Boston area. Also unable to grow nails due to plant addiction. Currently an indoor, apartment gal who lets her Windowboxes really hang out!

    Friends mistake certain habits as a lack of modesty, when actually its supreme confidence that the windows are impossible to see into, because of the teeming overabundance of hanging plant matter!

    Would love to meet someone with whom I could have outdoor adventures , of the perrennial kind! Looking to explore my Seedier side, too!

    34 year old freelance professional, who has lots of enthusiasm, but a serious lack of available window space. 5'3", long brown hair, with a decent figure, and very strong constitution, just MADE for hauling compost, lifting & planting shrubbery or trees, and amateur fruit-farming.

    "Baggage" includes a chip on my shoulder from when an old Ex used the term "jungle" to describe my apartment, and didn't use a joyous tone, tsk tsk. Other baggage includes a large collection of Begonia Babies, including some "bastards" whose lineage is unkown. They are loved, nonetheless. Also, Monster Spathiphyllum, Stubborn African Violets, lots of Philodendrons, and Calatheas.

    I am a devoted and faithful human partner, but cannot maintain fidelity to only one plant species. I am readily lured by flambouyant flora, and easily enticed by enchanting epiphytes. I've had multiple flings with Succulents. And I would do it again, too!

    OK, OK... I think we need to petition Spike to make a new forum... for singles who garden!

    Whattaya say?
    -Jane in Boston

  • treehouse
    22 years ago

    SWF young at heart gardener in North MD
    Addictions include daylilies, scented plants, specimen shrubs and INTERESTING garden decorations- latest one is twisted treetrunks to use as plant stands.

    Want my treehouse ASAP.

    Looking for fun loving gardener to chat with and play with in the dirt.

    Send e-mail.

    Jan

  • Alberto
    22 years ago

    thanks for the idea nancy !
    i think i'll try it here in canada

  • Cole
    22 years ago

    Thanks for the idea too.
    SWF in Phoenix area, Mesa AZ. I would love to meet an available single gardner who is as passionate as I am about life. One of my specialities are roses.
    Send an e-mail.
    ..................))))X
    Cole

  • daveg
    22 years ago

    I too am a single gardener. It seems like there are a lot of us all around the country. While it may be difficult to get together, I'd like to make a suggestion. We should all post on the suggestion area asking for a "Single Gardeners" forum

  • ubiquity
    22 years ago

    my name is jon.i live in oxford mississippi.i am a single(heterosexual) white male of thirtyfour with shoulderlength blonde hair(i'm letting it grow out again)blue eyes,@five foot ten,@one forty.i'm one of those people who can eat anything he wants and not gain weight.i'm very high energy,and i'll talk your ears off if you let me.i collect tropicals(mostly aroids)and i'm going for that rainforest look that's so popular these days.my kitchen is smothered in 'em.i love to cook,have a BFA in painting,and i party like a fool.if ya want to chat me up,just e-mail m

  • Luna_Pa_6
    22 years ago

    Has anyone heard of a singles organiation called Single Soilmates? I belonged back in the old days when they were still mailing out profiles of subscribers. It should be by e-mail now if they still exist. I keep looking on the Net to see i i can track down a quality singles site that deals in gardening but no luck so far. Daveg's idea seems agood one since so mamy intersting people like to use the Garden Web

  • sirenac
    22 years ago

    This is a fun thread! I am single and I am very attracted to men who love flowers and gardening! To me it is a sign of vitality, life, and the kind of sensitivity that isn't "head in the clouds poetry, daydreams and promises" but "feet on the ground and beauty from toil and reality"! I'm a VERY hard worker and I like people who aren't afraid of that (all of US!) I'm 5'1"...Italian (I can COOK those tomatoes!)...fun...artistic...have a good job...if anyone in the Jersey area wants to get together even to "talk shop" and share catalogs...let me know! :) Single Jersey gals...I'm straight but we can commiserate! (I posted a photo of 40+ self on my "Wild Thang" thread looking for kindred spirits before I came upon this.)

    Nym

  • Bethintokyo
    21 years ago

    Any single gardening men here in Tokyo? I'd love to meet up with you!

  • Fluid_Floyd
    21 years ago

    My first date with a wonderful women I met years ago was pulling weeds in her vegetable garden! Her friends couldn't believe it, but we had a great time. Unfortunately, she moved on to green pastures...

  • petals_ONT
    21 years ago

    Are there any gardeners in Ontario, love to share gardening interests with you

  • frostedcupcakes
    21 years ago

    Funny, I live in the GARDEN state and for the life of me I can't find a single chap around my age into gardening!

    What's wrong with this picture?! LOL

  • dplantlady
    21 years ago

    Found a Single Soilmates chapter in UT -- 801 392-0115
    not too convenient for me, but maybe for someone out there.

  • wild_garden
    21 years ago

    this is a good idea, i'm single and garden!

  • Grower12519
    20 years ago

    I am in the landscaping. Just checking to see any single females in here with similar interests. From Erie,Pa. 22/M. Email me to talk.

  • jimlang
    19 years ago

    57 year old retired white hetrosexual male. Live on lake in South Carolina -- gardening and fishing.

    jimlang@art2bseen.com

  • djonesc
    19 years ago

    just moved here, northern va, and am loving this thread ... i'm single, love gardening, don't act my age, and love fishing, camping, riding bikes, and, most especially, gardening ... oh, did i already say that??? LOL

    darlene

  • GardenLadee
    19 years ago

    Been single for over 4 years and belong to a couple of organizations but never met a single mature (50+) like minded person.
    Would enjoy conversing with a single male that is into gardening. This is a great thread for us avid gardening singles----Thanks for posting it!

  • GolfClubSuzetteZ6
    19 years ago

    I, too, am Single, Female(40ish), enjoy gardening and all garden-related subjects. I actually make my living in the horticulture field. This "Single Gardener Enthusiasts" idea is very interesting. Are there really any Single/Male/Hetero/Gardening types anywhere on this planet???!!! Well, if there is.... come on, lets talk soil conditions, perennials, herbicide, propagation, you name it!! Okay Ladies, post a response, what's your experience, do these Male Species Gardening types exist???

  • Faulks_Z5
    19 years ago

    Single here, hetero female, out west. Has anyone followed up on this idea?

    I did find a forum here earlier today, Single Living, but now I can't find it again. Aaargh !

    Carolyn

  • jleek
    19 years ago

    lOOKS AS IF PEOPLE SELDOM VISIT HERE. I am of the Boston area and just happen to be single==either way always interested in getting together and meeting new friends and learning new ways with the garden. Have been busy with the compost forum and will be giving that more of a try now. Jacquelyn

  • hementia8
    19 years ago

    I am a sigle normal active,age 67 male.My interest are gardening,fishing.biking,hiking and nature in general.I own a 2 acre daylily farm and would like to converse with singles of like interest.Has anyone tried to form a club and have regional or national meetings?
    Charlie,South Mississippi.

  • belladonnaberte
    19 years ago

    This sounds like a great idea to me too! I'm in z5 southern Wisconsin, and I do not know of any singles that like to garden be male or female.

    Love and Hugs

    Karen

  • WIDOWED_GARDENER
    18 years ago

    YES, MEN DO GARDEN.I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF NURSERY MEN AND MALE GARDENERS. REGARDLESS OF YOUR GENDER, HANDS IN THE SOIL AND WORKING WITH NATURE IS SO GOOD FOR THE SOUL AND SPIRIT. WHAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE ANNUAL GET TOGETHERS TO SHARE STORIES, FOOD, INTERESTS AND ONE ANOTHER. PLEASE BE IN TOUCH.

  • ian_bc_north
    18 years ago

    This has to be the oldest thread I have run across.
    Yes there are single male gardeners.
    I live at 54Â 50" North. Not exactly crowded around here.
    I am divorced. Was born 1947. Rather set in my ways.
    Not really looking and donÂt really expect to meet anybody via this thread.
    I am still working, garden in the summer & ski in the winter.
    Ian

  • faerieannette
    18 years ago

    I found this thread searching for "Maryland" Im not single but would like to meet gardeners in my area.

    -Annette

  • sunset49424
    18 years ago

    Another Michigander here(west mi).Sounds like a great idea! Read somewhere of a plant swap in Kokomo,In, the spring2006 but now cant find it.Single gardeners would be alot of fun,and it appears like we would come from all corners of U.S..........sunset49424

  • zanygardener
    18 years ago

    I'm going to take the suggestion and try the Master Gardener training program. Thanks!!

  • irishgardener
    18 years ago

    It has been a long time since anyone posted to this thread so perhaps this is silly, but if not, I just wanted to say that I'm glad to see there are other single gardeners. Actually some of the master gardeners I know are, but they are all women!
    There is a site for green singles so I think there should be one for single gardeners as well!

  • ohgeo
    18 years ago

    Maybe we need GardenWeb to start a new forum? - GardenMatch or something.

    I'm a single male gardener in NE Ohio looing to share my gardens and my love. ;-) Any single ladies interested in visiting a nursery together?

    George

  • Capella
    12 years ago

    Love the idea of a fun and friendly site for gardeners - dating and new friends. I'm 66 - a passionate gardener who enjoys being outside every chance I can. Spring is really here in North Carolina. Like many of you, most of my friends don't garden, but it seems most people in this area support local farms and tailgate markets. Fresh food is best.

  • GGGF
    11 years ago

    Ohb, I am glad you restarted this thread.[I can't come to Ohio because I have my own farm!] I am not far from NC (about 120 miles northeast of Asheville). I am a single gardener or farmer really, in my mid 60s. I plan on gardening the rest of my life and am hoping to find another single gardener to share this place. I don't need somebody with money. I do need somebody that I can feel secure around -- meaning they are not into drugs and liquor. I used to commute to NYC to work years ago, and I also lived in cities awhile -- I was always trying to find places to plant things. I even dug up the sidewalk curbs. Finally I got a place. For awhile, I had relatives to trade flowers with etc., but they're all dead and gone. Now, having a gardening friend would be the greatest thing.

  • Rion.Sky
    11 years ago

    A Singles forum on this site is a great idea! I can't believe there hasn't been one established.

  • Sparky1961
    10 years ago

    I'm 51 YO Female divorced (many years ago) and newly (6 months) single after dating the same man for almost 3 years. I'm 5'4" not obese but not ideal weight either, and live in the TriCities area of TN. Not bad looking I'm told. :-) I love organic vegetable gardening including great interest in composting/Interbay mulch. Pretty quiet, not a party girl or bar fly. I like bluegrass and antigues and flea markets and the Colbert Report. I'm from Alabama (Tuscaloosa) originally and love Bama football (but few other sports but will go to baseball games for fun!). Have been known to enjoy catfishing and bass fishing on occassion but would never go on my own. Love fine crafts also especially pottery. Appreciative of old skills of homesteading but can't see myself totally off the grid.. I'm looking for a 40's-50's something single/D male, a real guy type (but not sexist and fully appreciative of women in all their talents) intelligent (regardless of education) and interested in the world. If polictics differ must be able to disagree without being disagreeable, enjoys some of the same things, thoughtful and courteous. How's that?

  • snycal
    10 years ago

    That was awesome Sparky1961, I'm sure we would make a great friendship if you were closer!! I'm married and female but I didn't want that great post to just linger in the abyss.

    (oh how I miss catfishing!)

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