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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Simplest answer: subtlety to the outside world.

The oldest money family I know — 5th Avenue penthouse, Hampton summer home, generations of New England boarding schools — might drive by in their 15 year old Jeep Grand Cherokee (but it’s immaculately clean inside), or go to an NYC restaurant in well-worn boat shoes and a generic polo shirt. The mom and dad might be flying first class to London but they walk out to the street to hail a cab themselves to get to the airport. They occasionally hire a gardener at their weekend home [b]but take pride in potting plants and pruning roses themselves.[/b]

Whereas my real estate agent who came from nothing but now makes a killing isn’t caught dead walking around New York in anything less than “horse-bit” loafers and branded belts, and takes black cars everywhere. And [b]he wouldn’t dream of getting his hands in the dirt. He actually doesn’t care what plants are in the garden, as long as they’re “nice.”[/b][/quote]

Gardening is definitely an old money thing. My grandfather had four vegetable gardens. Four of them. That is so much work, lol. And apple, peach, pear and plum trees. A strawberry patch. Raspberries and blackberries. And even some grapes. My grandmother tended to flowers as well as the vegetables -- I can picture the zinnias and dahlias and peonies. No roses. Not sure why. And their house had an attached greenhouse that many of the plants were started in. Some fancy plants grew in there as well -- there was some night blooming thing? I don't know. All of the extremely wealthy ladies belonged to the "garden club." [/quote]

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