By Mindy Keyes Black
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
When Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale shoppers ask Carol Payne what is special about the varieties of lavender she grows for the sale, she encourages them to lean in. “Put your nose over here,” she says. “Now isn’t that wonderful?”
For Payne, who has been selecting, growing and selling lavender to support the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ work at the Gardens for more than a quarter century, there is no substitute for engaging the senses.
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