Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Garrettgreg!

-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 13:10, 1 December 2019 (UTC) Born Gregory York Garret August 18, 1957. in Dallas texas.. Family Fathers name William York Garrett, mothers maiden name Mary Louise Blalack.. three older sisters.. Education Attended Holy trinity Catholic School from first thru sixth grades.. Saint Monica seventh and Eighth grade. Edward H Cary middle school 9th Thomas Jefferson High School..11th and 12th grades Arts Magnet High School Booker T Washington Graduate. Career Artist.. Musician.. Horticulturist.. Garrettgreg (talk) 14:01, 1 December 2019 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Garrettgreg (talk • contribs) 13:40, 1 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

I'm only one person.. & I'm an Artist.. I've dedicated my life to art music & serving others.. I am a Primary caregiver.. I've spent most of my adult life growing tropical plants as a hobby, to paint.. as subjects for a book I hope to publish.. in the near future.. I began growing exotics in grade school..& eventually had two greenhouses in our back yard at home..one was 28 feet by 36 feet.. the other was a glass house around 900 square feet. I raised orchids and bromeliads..I focused on the plants from several families, Neoregelia, Cryptanthus, Billbergia, & Vrisea. In the orchids, were Cattleya, Epidendrum, Dendrobium, Miltonia, & Oncidium. In 1985 someone decided to kill all of my plants.. using a gallon jug of round up.. everything that got sprayed.. died, and went to the landfill. I had a mild heart attack, followed by a mini stoke that paralyzed me from the waist down, & affected my left arm & hand. After 6 months of therapy, I was able to return to a more normal life. I regained the use of my legs and my left side. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garrettgreg (talk • contribs) 13:58, 1 December 2019 (UTC)Reply