While we were in your charming town this weekend to visit Camellia Forest Nursery, I picked up a copy of The Carrboro Citizen, drawn by the promise of a “Spring Gardening Special Section Inside.” Since we own a nursery in Southside Virginia,  we are always interested in the gardening sections printed in newspapers in surrounding towns. We have been dealing with garden centers, nurseries and landscape professionals in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area for 25 years, so I was particularly interested to see the names of many of our customers listed in the various categories. One flagrant omission from your list of landscape services was a business which has celebrated responsible gardening in your area for many years, Spring Branch Landscaping, owned and operated by Carrboro resident Mary Jane Pearson Baker (springbranchlandscapes.com/aboutus.html).

Spring Branch has promoted responsible, organic and sustainable gardens for many years. Gardens designed by Mary Jane Baker and installed by Spring Branch have been featured in national magazines and have won numerous awards. Her designs are featured at a number of public spaces not only in Chapel Hill/Carrboro but throughout the Triangle; each garden is different and beautifully suited to its area. Plants featured within the gardens include the best of our natives as well plants from around the world, all individually selected to suit our tough Southern summers with minimal additional water once established.

Although we understand how easily such omissions occur in the rush to get to press, your research department had only to check the phone book or Google “Landscape Services Carrboro NC” to find a list. We feel an apology should be offered to Ms. Baker and a notice of this omission printed in the next issue of The Carrboro Citizen. We are sure it was never your intention to slight Ms. Baker or anyone else and that you will be responsible for correcting your error.

Richard and Judith Knott Tyler
Pine Knot Farms
Clarksville, Va.