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Ann Welles's avatar

Thalassa Cruso (Thalassa Cruso Hencken). Had her own gardening show in the Julia Child era of PBS. A Massachusetts gardener with fresh, frank advice. Well worth reading anything she wrote.

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Ellen Zachos's avatar

I remember her and yes, I'm that old! But I didn't know about her show biz background. Thanks, Carol.

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Carol J Michel's avatar

You're welcome. I think she also took classes at the NYBG.

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Nancy's avatar

In reading her "Five "Steps" I am surprised and delighted at her advice, which was way ahead of her time!

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Carol J Michel's avatar

Yes, we could follow that advice today and it would make good sense.

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Sharrie's avatar

I laugh out loud when I read Cassandra's books. She is a great gardener and extremely funny. I remember her time of television. She was absolutely charming.

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Kathy Jentz's avatar

I didn't know of her - but came to comment how sad it was to hear of her early death and how well she would've done in the social media of today - she sounds like a TikTok natural!

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Carol J Michel's avatar

Yes, she sounds like a fun person to know and garden with!

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