Working on something that one loves is truly not work but fun! Sometime early June, long-time friend CV Lazaro of Los Banos called up to ask whether I would like to exhibit in a garden show he is helping to organize. Though I have not done an exhibit in a competitive environment for a number of years and was not that hot on doing one at that time, I told CV that I was listening. It turned out it was not the typical garden show competition staged by the numerous Manila-based garden clubs. It…