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[Image]   It was another cold day with not too much activity going on outside  We're ready for the premiere of the Holiday Lights Show (HLS) as part of the Taste of Chocolate tomorrow night.  Pat was here today to repair lights and do some pruning. Big John did some final tweaking of the HLS.  Bill O. got our snowblower ready and Janice was in for a bit as well.  We also saw Maury (errands), Dr. Yahr, Dr. Gredler, Vern and a couple others.  I was outside for some HLS tweaks and now start the next four months of desk work to include budgeting, seed orders, etc.    This blog is dedicated to another great year from our dedicated grounds staff.  Above are Terry (left) and Big John cooling off in the koi pond.  The grounds staff are truly the unsung heroes of the garden and are the backbone of so much that happens on our 20 acres.  I can assure you that they don't work at RBG for the pay and are all personally invested in the gardens.  In fact, every one of them started as a volunteer at the gardens.  Most recently of course, the HLS has been a priority (well done team!) but the gang is involved with such an increasingly diverse range of duties well beyond planting, weeding, watering and mowing.  The collective years of experience at RBG (not including me) for our grounds staff from 2014 was 62 years!  We look forward to having a great year next year but need to celebrate the significant and much appreciated contributions of Jenny, Janice, John, Terry, Pat, Cindy, Cheryl and Larry (all seen below in action).   [Image] Jenny [Image] Jenny [Image]  Cindy [Image]  Cindy [Image]  Pat [Image] Pat [Image]  John [Image] John [Image]  Terry [Image]  Terry [Image]  Janice [Image] Janice [Image]  Cheryl [Image] Cheryl (driving) [Image] Larry [Image] Larry