What's YOUR "EGM" (Earliest Garden Memory)?

Visiting my cousins, going to their grandparents... running through rows of a Raspberry patch and having fun (age 4,5,6...)

While growing up, a neighbor, Mr. Moore, would come home from his job and attend to his vegetable garden.
He always shared his tomatoes, and I never forgot the taste of fresh picked corn, uncooked, as sweet as butter... by age 12 I dug my first vegetable garden, and I fell in love with the activity.

During that time, I wandered the fields of a (soon to be) defunct estate, adjacent to my home. Early on, it occurred to me that deliberate care had been taken to create a beautiful landscape of non-native/native trees and shrubs: streams guided, their pathways bordered with stone walls; an island with an open air hut, Quaker Ladies (Bluets) by the stream... all planned and waiting to be enjoyed...

(age 10) Meeting Jean, along with her sister, Doris, who showed me perennial/herb gardening, flower arranging, and design.

In 1978, having graduated with a B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture, I house sat/gardened for Nancy and Walter Howard, in Wayne Pa. Their garden impressed me, and I hoped one day to draw' on my own piece of the green earth.

Home is where you land after a day of being involved in a world of "other places."
What's fun about experiencing other environs, past and present: (at the right time) incorporating aspects of their design to enhance your own garden.

Some places I like to visit:
Longwood Gardens, http://www.longwoodgardens.org/Directions_1_2_4.html
Chanticleer, http://www.chanticleergarden.org/history.html
Morris Arboretum, http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/visit_directions.shtml
Triple Oaks Nursery & Herb Garden, http://www.tripleoaks.com/
Meadowbrook Farm, http://www.meadowbrookfarm.org/

What say you?
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Everyone has memories...
Michael Bruce