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April 20, 2012
Story and cover photo by Bram D. Eisenthal
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I’ll never forget the Saturday night movie on TV the evening before I departed for sleepaway camp for the first time, back in 1967. The film was The Day of the Triffids, based on sciencefiction author John Wyndham’s hit novel of the same name. It was about plants, murderous, bloodthirsty, walking plants, out to ply vengeance against the human race. If you missed that classic, you may have seen the horror comedy Little Shop of Horrors and its anti-heroine, Audrey, the deadly venus flytrap. These films may give plants a bad rap, but considering the mess we have made of our environment, it’s no wonder plants might well daydream, in their little plant minds, of taking us out before we take them out. Well, thanks to professionals like West End landscaper Mike Page, plants may learn to see humans in a nicer light. For a quarter century now, Page has been lovingly taking care of plants, especially tropical palms, cultivating them, planting them and selling them to people who truly appreciate their worth.
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