Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA

George Griffith’s fingers won’t always be stained purple from packing hundreds of water lilies for shipment each spring.
And the 74-year-old designer won’t always be able to slog into his ponds in hip waders to examine his Chinese lotus, grown from 2,000-year-old seeds.

Lotus flowers from 2,000-year-old seeds will be among stars at benefit