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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Williamson Free School

One of my favorite things at the flower show is to visit the exhibits done by horticulture students. This year the kids - historically all boys - did a Tuscan kitchen that is lots of fun. The won best in show for academic education. The two Daniels - Arms and Conway - were greeting visitors. Both seniors, they said this was their class project for the year and the most meaningful thing they'd done at school. The exhibit has an arbor covered in mandevilla, which may or may not bloom this week! The kitchen is eat-in, the table set with red wine and plates of cured sausage, cheese, dates, olives, and dried apricots. Nearby is a basket of brown eggs. Daniel Conway's mother, who is not herself Italian but was linked by marriage, has offered up her recipes for homemade gravy, sausage scallopini and fettucine alfredo. Copies - alas, no samples - available at the exhibit. Both Daniels already have jobs, 24 days before they're finished, and I wish them well. Ciao. 
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About Virginia A. Smith
Ginny Smith, a Philadelphia native, worked as a reporter at newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Ohio – with six short months at the end of the Bulletin tossed in – before returning to Philadelphia in 1985 to join the Inquirer. Her favorite beats here have included Center City, roving around Pennsylvania (and getting paid for it!) and alternative medicine. She’s also been City Editor and Pennsylvania Editor. Ginny has been happily writing – and learning - about gardening fulltime since 2006. She’s won two silver medals of achievement from the national Garden Writers Association and in 2011, Bartram’s Garden honored her with its Green Exemplar award for her stories about “the region’s deeply rooted horticultural history, cultural attractions and bountiful gardens.”
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