Today, Friday the 15th we are in Silverton, Oregon and I drove over to Kelly's nephew Gary and his wife Joy's greenhouses where they are breeding begonias.  What an experience!  He breeds different begonias together to get new varieties.   He has begonias from Africa and Australia and is cross breeding with strains we have here in the states.  He also grows container plants for the nurseries to put together in large hanging baskets.  This is where it actually begins.  Gary used to work for Color Spot growers so he really has a lot of experience.

Later, Connie and I went to the Oregon Garden on the outskirts of Silverton.  Oh yes, Silverton is the home of my favorite iris grower, Cooley's. At the Oregon Garden, we saw a Frank Lloyd Wright house that was disasembled piece by piece where it was built and rebuilt on site.