What luck!

The newspaper ran an ad from LOWES that they would be giving clinics all day on planting container gardens. Although I have planted some, I really admire the ones that are done professionally. Hubby and I got up early and headed to our nearest Lowes. We wanted to be at the 1st clinic. They were also offering give-aways. We got there a few min. before the 1st clinic was to begin. Of course NO ONE knew a thing about it. I finally tracked down the manager of the garden dept. SHE didn't know either. She thought that I had mis-read the ad, perhaps from Home depot. She went to make some phone calls. I was persistent!!! I followed her all over the store. They couldn't even find the ad I mentioned. By then I was getting frustrated, as was the manager. They called the newspaper and sure enough, I was right! (thank goodness) Now let me tell you the best deal yet. The manager apologized profusely, which I accepted of course. I about to leave when she offered a plant and fertilizer to make up for our time. The plant up to around $20. At first I told her it wasn't needed, but she insisted! How nice to find a store that actually lives up to their promise of customer satisfaction!!! I brought home a 5 gal. Hardy fern and a lg. bag of fertilizer. I will definitely return to LOWES.