Where have all the flowers gone???
 

It has been a couple years since TV has planted any flowers at the entrance to our Rio Grand Villas and was wondering if any others out there are experiencing that.
I did call and talked with the admin. today and hope to find out why ours has been passed by. The Villas across the street have nice planted flowers as do others in the area.................maybe because we live in an established area with no new homes to sell?
It appears to me that they are keeping the new areas planted real nice in order to sell homes and not doing as much for the more established areas.:mad:

I have noticed that the older areas don't look quite as spiffy as the newer ones in the flower department. You know I am a loyal cheerleader for all things villages but this just isn't right.

What did admin. say?

Hi obD,

Please let us know when you get your answer...or your flowers.

When we first looked at TV, in 2007, I was told that the flowers are changed 4 times a year and the cost was covered by the fees paid by the residents. (It might have been 3 times, but I think it was 4.) Anyway the flowers looked wonderful everywhere then. And I remember at the time thinking..."Where do all the flowers go?" -- after they are dug up.

At the time though, the TV real estate market was just starting to come down from the days when those who were ready to buy were often given a really short time to make up their minds or it was on to the next one on the list. But we were not ready to buy then anyway. But now, as a potential buyer of a second home, out here watching things closely, I hope your lack of new flowers was just an oversight and not a trend.

Thanks for letting us know, and please keep us posted.

Boomer the Flower Girl

Ah yes the flowers.
 

O.K. Boomer, sometimes you do this, but I won't be able to do it as well. I mean talk about the subject, just a little off the subject, but kinda on the subject.

It seems like the flowers are changed more than four times a year because they kind of evolve into different looks. In the Spring, they planted those ornamental cabbages and they were big and cabbagy at first and then the grew long skinny flowers and meanwhile the other flowers in the bed were eating up all their rapidgro and just filling out and blooming their little heads off, so that what was at first SOME yellow snapdragons became a LOT of yellow snapdragons and because they are all planted so precisely in diagonals and rows, they just keep looking better and better as the season progresses until............someone in the dead of night takes them away and gives us a whole new bunch of different flowers. I think Boomer that is because the flowers that disappeared weren't gonna be good for that time of the year...either the heat or the cold or something....ANYWAY, even during the cold they were showing off. The flowers I mean.

I was trying to show off just now. Trying to write like Boomer, Soaring Parsley Boomer, THE Flower Girl.

I will never do it , but every once in awhile I just have to try!!!:a20:

I do know that they replace the flowers at the Springdale/Piedmont entries and circle and the Glenview entry and circle. I will have to look at the other gates when I go to lunch today.

When I called the admin. office this morning they took my name, address and phone number and said a supervisor would call me back.
It is now 11 pm and no phone call...................

Maybe the supervisor was out planting flowers.

Waiting to hear of something on your flower dilemma OtherBrudda....Do I need to come down there and take them on myself?:confused:

:shrug:I think ALL villages should have equal flowers. I feel strongly about this. What has happened here??:sigh:

I drove from Springdale to LSL and all of the entrances with signs had flower. Some needed watering because they looked very dry.

Try calling your CDD rep. They control the upkeep in your district. That is what you pay for annually on your tax bill.

Flowers for Buttonwood
 

When I look at a home in Buttonwood that is on the new homes site, there is a beautiful, flower filled garden in front of the Buttonwood sign. When I went out yesterday to take pictures of my future new neighborhood, they were all dead. Buttonwood is one of the newest so it is at least equal opportunity garden neglect. LOL:shrug:

Hard to imagine that a few flowers would be a deal breaker.

Back when there was an issue with golf course conditions, I seem to recall that it took a few tries before one of the TOTVers was able to find the right person-- someone who could and was willing to address the issue. Conditions improved.

I hope this will happen again. obD has not yet received a response. Here's encouraging others who see deteriorating Village entrances to make some calls. I'm not in TV now-- boo hoo-- or I surely would.

I think it works best when people report the issue respectfully, ask questions and let admins. know that we want and expect better for our community. Expressing anger might be less effective as it is often met with defensiveness.

TOTVers alerting each other to issues affecting our community is one of the things I love about this site! Much thanks to obD for calling this to our attention.

This morning, Saturday, I drove on Morse Blvd., north of 466. The plants and flowers that are there are not looking good-most need water, if it is not too late. The traffic circle at Morse and 27/441 has flowers that were planted just recently, and they are dying from lack of water.

Biggest impact to golf course improvements was it warmed up and we got a lot of rain.

Definitely not a deal breaker, but the landscaping and plantings in public areas are are a big part of the overall appeal of TV, IMHO...

Keep in mind it has not rained for about 2 weeks and TV is under water use restrictions.

Monday morning and they are replacing all the flowers at the round-a-bout at Morse and El Camino. I am happy that is happening, but hope they water these as I think the others died from lack of water. I do like the flowers.

We never did get a phone call back........same story when my neighbors called.................
So I decided to go to talk with them in person. I explained that we have been getting overlooked and was concerned that they were being charged for the service when none was being provided.
They did say they would contact the company that takes care of our area and the supervisor came to our Villas to check it out for themselves.
Now we are in a waiting game to see if they will take care of the problem.:icon_bored: