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The covers for the popular plant catalog are illustrated by American cartoonist, Jack Pittman, and are always something that gets a good laugh from many gardeners.
The image on the right is the Spring 2008 cover of the catalog and it titled 'National Plant Care.' I wondered if Plant Delights Nursery would go there with the fall catalog cover so I e-mailed them and asked.
Today I got my answer;
Good morning Mr. Brown Thumb,
Tony asked me to pass along this little tid-bit of information regarding our upcoming fall catalog cover:
“Please tell Mr. Brown thumb that our catalog cover was designed a month ago and that it does include some Obama-esque satire.”
Oh dear! Here we go! J
Cordially,Dianne Austin
Manager, Customer Service & Shipping
Plant Delights Nursery, Inc.
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Update;
I emailed Dianne back to thank her for the response and to say I was looking forward to the cover her reply;
"Tony’s catalog covers always make me VERY nervous even before I see them and I haven’t seen this one as of yet J
You have no idea the hate mail I had to wade through when he released Gardening Jihad. Sheez! I’m glad to hear that you are looking forward to it. That’s makes one of us! "
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Here is the 'Gardening jihad' cover that Dianne is talking about.