Spring has sprung and AP and I are just itching to get to a nursery—any nursery, does not matter if it’s near or far! To scratch our nursery itch, AP and I decided recently to visit some nurseries in the Santa Rosa and Sebastopol area where there are so many nurseries it really is just a “hop, skip and a jump” from one to the other ..read more

Spring. It's Coming. Let me count my ways ..read more

I used to think that once I put all my plants in the ground, my garden would be done. Nope. I've come to realize it ain’t done and won't be done until I myself am in the ground—like, six feet under. My garden evolves and won't stop evolving because plant offerings in nurseries won't stop evolving. I'm hooked because of my passion (obsession, some would call it) for All Things Plants. AKA, "I've got to have that plant ..read more

Alladin was the last nursery visit of the day for me and AP, and thank gawd. It had been a damn hot day—like, OMG, 105° degrees or more. Which may sound lovely to you now in early January, but this was not January and it was NOT lovely! Alladin’s tagline though—”For Those Who Love Plants”—called out to us and required a visit no matter how hot. I know I complain about the heat, Friends, but I am willing to sweat for plants I love ..read more

I see red and it ain’t Santa. My goodness Fall Colors are lasting a long time this year. I hope you see red in your landscape to enjoy while in your yard or looking out your windows ..read more

I was rather surprised Plant Depot looked so unexciting from the outside the first time we visited it. But it has undergone a facelift it deserved. Because on the inside, it is truly a Destination Nursery on a large scale with demo gardens, a fantastic lay out and a huge selection. I may be just an insignificant nursery hopper, but in my opinion Plant Depot is a plant-lover's dream ..read more

f the seasons didn’t change, would you get bored with the look of your garden? Probably. We need change! I do my share of digging up and relocating, switching up container plants, hunting for new plants to freshen up a garden’s look. But no gardener comes close to the makeover that nature gives a garden every season ..read more

Some nurseries have a grand entrance, others just a mediocre one, and some—like Seaside Growers—where you can’t even find an entrance! There was a dirt road we avoided taking because it appeared to belong to a private residence (which it does) but finally we did take it—because no nursery was turning up anywhere we'd already driven too many times ..read more

If you love love love succulents and cacti and want to get poked, prodded, and pricked by a thousand spiny things, then Good Lord Almighty, this nursery is for you! The amount of inventory here is overwhelming—AP was beside and beyond herself—though some of it I’m certain has been there since Solana Succulents opened way back in 1992 ..read more

Plants are my life. I’m always maintaining, refurbishing, shopping, ripping out, making over, shopping, designing, redesigning, shopping, and installing. When I’m not actively doing any of that, I am thinking about all of that! None of it would matter much though if it weren’t for plants. I mean if life isn’t all about plants and grandkids what’s the point ..read more