Her elderly father lived with her and loved the flowering bushes in the yard .He was the office janitor who was responsible for making sure the flowers were watered .The narrator was in a park when she was speaking to the man about the flowers .He was her home   gardener and she paid him to care for the flowers .
Where was the narrator when the man said he needed to water the flowers ?
The man suddenly stood up , stated " well , time for me to water my flowering Red Kern " or something like that and walked slowly towards the edge of the meadow . I did n't know whether to say goodbye or not . He crouched in some bushes , pulled a jar full of water out of his pack and watered something .