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I live in Pennsylvania and engaged and were having a Victorian wedding. My fiancé and I were thinking of a few places to have our wedding and one was a rose garden and we don’t know where any good rose gardens are that would be really beautiful for our wedding. Someone please help us!

look online for places near you — PA tourism sites

I’ve only used preen a little in the past. I know it’s early spring where I live right now, but I’m wondering if it would be ok to start weeding and sprinkle preen this early? I have mostly perennial gardens. Some of the early perennials are just starting to barely make it through the soil. Any good info would be appreciated. Thanks!

PREEN inhibits the germination of SEEDS…. so if your perennials drop seed, like coneflowers, etc, then they won’t come up, either…. but once you have weeded, if you put down the PREEN, no weed seeds should be able to sprout and grow while it’s active….. read the label to find out when it needs replenished…. but it just has to be down and ready before any weeds are at their sprouting point….

directions and the label , here…

http://www.preen.com/products/preen-garden-weed-preventer#Application

since you don’t want to disturb the ground after putting it down, we like to weed, put it down, replenish mulch and scatter some on TOP of the mulch to help there, too….once watered in, it’s not very visible…this is a good place to use the Preen and Green….

I want to order a ticket for Busch Gardens now, because there is a good offer, but I will not be there until July/August. Will it be valid to use?

For Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, the ticket must be used anytime within one year of purchase:

1 Park – Busch Gardens Africa
Take advantage of select tickets at kids’ prices when you pre-purchase on our Web site.

Enjoy one visit to Busch Gardens anytime within one year of purchase during regularly scheduled operating hours.
2nd Visit Free offers the flexibility to return a second day during your vacation so you can experience Busch Gardens on your schedule.
2nd Visit Free is valid for one additional visit to Busch Gardens during regularly scheduled park hours for up to 7 consecutive days from the date of the first visit at no extra charge.
This offer is not to be combined with any other special offers or discounts.

For Busch Gardens Williamsburg, their offer is good until November 11, 2009 (if you scroll over the "things to know before you go", this info will pop up).

My school took the whole 8th grade class to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay last Friday, and I have to put a short video together of all of our pictures and videos we took there. What would be a good, upbeat song to play during it? It would be better if it had no words, but if it does, they have to be completely clean. Thanks!

Supergrass "We are young"

http://www.last.fm/music/Supergrass/_/We+Are+Young

I have huge gardens outside my house and it takes forever to keep on top of them in the summer. I’m not lazy and like to keep busy but I have half an acre of garden and the previous owner here obviously liked to grow things because half of it is dug up and the other half is grass. I want to have it looking good but not take me all day to do. As an extra nuisance I have hedge all the way around the boundary so that gives you an idea of how much I have to keep on top of. Thanks for your help.

Landscape a large sweep of the area to trees, and plant native flowering /berrying ones such as cherries or crab apples, or birch, which will need little if any pruning and provide height and interest to the landscape and food and shelter for the wildlife. Let the area below the trees go to grass, and plant bulbs, fritilillaries, anemones, and other early-flowering things which will flourish in the light conditions before the summer shade takes over. Get a good ride-on mower, or pay someone to cut the grass regularly in summer, leaving you time to enjoy more interesting gardening tasks.
If you like, make a paved area near to the house where you can sit and enjoy the view. Plant round this with large clumps of perennials such as lavender, curry plant, hebes, heathers, thymes etc, which will be good ground cover, flower reliably and provide nectar for bees and insects. Avoid annuals if you don’t want the work, or go for ones which will self-seed such as cosmos, marigolds etc.
Put in a pond, if you don’t have one already. If you have, make it bigger!
Get your hedges pruned in WINTER (assuming they are deciduous hedges, not conifers) – the advice about pruning twice a year, including in Spring/Summer, is WRONG becaue the birds will be nesting after the middle of February and it’s actually illegal to prune hedges in the UK between Feb and Sept. They only need doing once a year, and you can buy a reliable garden shredder (get a Bosch) to process the chippings and make mulch for the garden. If you have conifer hedges, do them in late August, after the birds have nested and when there’s no fear of frost. You could employ someone to cut the hedges and do other pruning occasionally if it’s too much to manage.
Do some research online or in the public library about other ideas for low-maintenance gardens. But remember, no garden is maintenance-free unless it’s all concrete, that’s the joy of it!

This is my third day of playing and I’m about to leave on that one ship after beating the Crucible. The game said to take care of whatever I wanted to before I left. I’ve pretty much bought all the property available and have done all of the quests available, but I can’t find Fairfax Gardens to do the Archaeologist Quest. Can someone tell me how to get to Fairfax Gardens? And also any other main things that I should do before leaving?

The entrance is in Bowerstone Market. Go down the street that goes between the blacksmith and the bar/inn and follow it all the way to the end, and you will enter fairfax gardens. You don’t really need to do the archeologist quest now, it is an on going quest and you’ll need to complete the game in order to eventually complete the quest. Just make sure you do the Westcliff development quest and if you are doing a "Good" game not "Evil" then do the Giles farm quest and if you haven’t missed it do the Temple of Light Protection quest. These quests all effect the way the world looks in the future of the game and won’t be available after you go to the Spire. Other than that you should be good to go, have fun!

What is Busch Gardens policy for pictures/video on the Serengeti Train? Because I know you will get thrown out if they see you doing it on any other ride, but how strict are they about the Train ride getting photographed/videotaped?

They are strict about all the rides. You could get thrown out if you are caught taking pictures.

I need to know the the historical significance the Hanging Gardens have made towards art?

it was one of the original seven wonders of the world.They were built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BCE. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the trees and fragrant plants of her homeland. The gardens were destroyed in an earthquake after the 1st century BCE.

I want to apply for a summer job at Busch Gardens Europe in Virginia, but the website doesn’t say the age requirement. Does anyone know the age?

You need to be 18 and older