Don Garibaldi Tribute - The Violet Man!
Tributes to Flower Friends
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3m 15s
Don Garibaldi - The "Violet Man"- proprietor of Ano Nuevo Flower Growers - or "House of the Blues" (Flowers that is)... This is One of My Favorite Interviews of All Time... here is that interview - which has been featured in The CA Grown Experience- and on J Schwanke's Life in Bloom on PBS and Create TV... His Violets were the Prettiest in the World... He once supplied 600 Bunches for Elizabeth Taylors Birthday Party... If you were ever able to enjoy one of his bunches of Italian Violets- then you know how special they were! Thank You Don for making the World a Better Place with your Flowers.. Rest in Peace my Friend... You and Your Violets will be Missed Forever... Much Love and God Speed...
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