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A few years ago Machaelle cancelled our three annual on-site open houses "until further notice" because of the serious avian flu situation. Since then the information about global warming and "carbon footprints" has exploded into the public consciousness. A few of us did the carbon footprint math for one of our open houses. We averaged the number of people who attend and the distance traveled (by car and plane, domestic and international). Well, the carbon footprint for just ONE on-site open house at Perelandra is this: If you drive a Hummer that gets 12 mpg around the planet's equator FIVE times, you'd get the equivalent release of carbon into the atmosphere as one of our open houses.
In order to turn this warming problem around for our planet, we each have to make a difference. So, Machaelle cancelled our on-site open houses and officially started a new tradition. We now offer our Virtual Open Houses and "open" Perelandra up in a different way by making ourselves available on the web site four times a year with a live Question Forum with Machaelle, a garden tour video and new garden photos. We also open our Question Hot Line so that you can ask those burning questions you might have and we have real, live folks manning our order lines.
We post updates on Virtual Open House days here, and send email announcements to those on EarthSave. We even tell you what our weather is going to be so that you can adjust your home accordingly and get that real seasonal Virginia experience! So don't be shy. Join us on our Virtual Open House days.
I really enjoyed the Virtual Open House! I was surprised at how
personal it was and how much you offered. I loved it. And I
appreciated the question forum as well.
— Question Line Caller
Just a short note to let you know what a nice job you all did with the
Virtual Open House. It was nice to put a face with the name! It was also nice
to see the photos of the gardens and other buildings!
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