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HOLIDAYS
" In order to be totally objective, I took a fishbowl and put
numbers in it that corresponded to the number of prizes I
had. I put the prizes themselves into brown paper bags and
numbered them. When you or your team won, you got to
choose a number out of the fishbowl and then take the bag
with the corresponding number. That way everyone had an
equal chance. It's always worked out so that everyone has
gotten a meat and a vegetable prize.
" We try to keep things fun for our staff over the holidays,
aside from donuts and having lunch brought in. Between the
Christmas shop, poinsettia sales, our Luminaria Night, and
our Winter Farmer's Market, it can be a busy and stressful
time for them, so one of the things we do is let them make
the projects we teach in our classes. We let them make a
Christmas wreath, a centerpiece, or other project on our
time. I often bring in homemade cookies and we make a
party of it.
" Because we had been to Hawaii a few years ago and now
Some of the pineapple
crop at Four Seasons
Greenhouse and Nursery.
have a pineapple forest in one of the greenhouses where we
grow our own fresh pineapple, one year we had Maui Gold
pineapple flown in for everyone for Christmas. We then let
them plant their tops in the greenhouse and this summer
they've been harvesting their own pineapple.
" In short, I try to mix things up so that they never know
what to expect - and perhaps that's the key to avoiding
burnout. I have great fun thinking about new things with
which to surprise them. This year for Mother's Day, I had pink
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