{"id":697,"date":"2006-07-26T02:22:25","date_gmt":"2006-07-26T06:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/a_memorable_aft"},"modified":"2006-07-26T02:22:25","modified_gmt":"2006-07-26T06:22:25","slug":"a_memorable_aft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"A memorable afternoon at Wildwood Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/dsc00111.jpg\"><\/a><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/dsc00112.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/dsc00112.jpg\" title=\"Dsc00112\" alt=\"Dsc00112\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; float: right;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We drove a few miles south of Floyd, VA on Route 221 and found Wildwood Farms, where owner Judy Bowman has created a visual feast of daylilies and has also found a way to create a memorable experience for her customers.<\/p>\n<p>Gretchen and I spent several enjoyable hours there. Gretchen searched through 1200 varieties in 30 garden beds to find the daylilies she wanted while I relaxed in a shaded swing seat or photographed daylilies that interested me.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/dsc00118.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/dsc00118.jpg\" title=\"Dsc00118\" alt=\"Dsc00118\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 5px; float: left;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBy the time we were finished, Gretchen had selected ten varieties for planting at home and I had taken photographs of a hundred other varieties that caught my eye.<\/p>\n<p>For more pictures of Wildwood Farms and their incredible assortment of daylilies, go to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floydcountyscenes.com\/2006\/07\/wildwood_farms_.html\">Floyd County Scenes<\/a> weblog. <\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/dsc00057.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/dsc00057.jpg\" title=\"Dsc00057\" alt=\"Dsc00057\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMake sure you visit the Wildwood Farms photo albums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove a few miles south of Floyd, VA on Route 221 and found Wildwood Farms, where owner Judy Bowman has created a visual feast of daylilies and has also found a way to create a memorable experience for her &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=697\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1778],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-bf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}